On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

There was a time when I would have been a lot more worried for my own safety after reading an article on this specific subject. That's no longer the case for me, but epilepsy is still a concern for a lot of people. Consequently...Marion Warnica's article for CBC's Edmonton news bureau.

coffeeem points out that the capacity for anthropomorphizing is subtler than we might be comfortable admitting to. Particularly where a gadget like the Sandia Hand is concerned.

rfmcdpei notes some of the technological limits still in play in the search for planets - life-bearing or not - that might be orbiting Barnard's Star. In passing, Alpha Centauri B is also discussed.

james_nicoll draws our attention to a region of the Greater Magellanic Cloud that may not be a good place for humans - or any other kind of life we might consider possible - to call home.

justinbeach argues against setting up ethanol plants anywhere, never mind his new home base of Oshawa. Your opinion may well vary. I'm wary, keeping in mind the possibility that there may be no good decision to take here.

Other stuff on other topics to follow...

Courtesy of Eric Darwin: a concern about pedestrian safety, focused on street-crossing signals.

I'll let him and those who answered him save me some energy in ranting.

matociquala pointed out this proposal for a scheme of icons denoting possible safety hazards that humanity might face in future.

The hazards covered by these proposed icons are the sorts of things that you see regularly in space opera and superhero genre comics, novels, TV shows and movies, at least in my experience. I'm surprised the likes of Keith Giffen, Richard Starking or Jack Kirby didn't come up with them ages ago!