Feds on poo patrol

Scientists based in Oregon have been sampling sewerage through the United States, looking for traces of crystal meth, coke and other drugs, including coffee.
This study (excerpt and link, below), boasts new techniques to give authorities a picture of the levels of drug use in areas of concern to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Not surprisingly, crystal [...]

Gender-bending beyond meatspace

I’ve been out of the Second Life loop lately, save for this piece, which I wrote for the Boston Globe: Virtual business, for real?
But here’s an interesting development I missed this fall, in the extropian/transhuman community in Second Life: a call for the first-ever “Gender Freedom Day in Virtual Worlds,” with the admirable goal [...]

Design: A Dick Tracy watch for Twits

via “Transparency Watch”, Click and Share | Future Technology