May links

Body modification - Stelarc implants ear in arm:
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/16/stelarc_posthumanist.html

The Sarah Connor Chronicles (trailer for new TV show):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc7mzoqHahU

A fanfiction Terminator 4 Trailer (made by some guy on the web... not the real trailer, but still cool)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX1tKEyt_iU&NR=1

Bartenders with Flair:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6AnZ-e_-BA&NR=1

OMG, this is not FFR (Fuck Fuck Revolution--a wonderful idea suggested at a party recently) but it's pretty close!
Intimate Video Game Controllers
http://www.jennylc.com/intimate_controllers/

David Deutsch: What is our Place in the Cosmos?
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/47
Interestingly, he argues toward the end that it's too late to do anything about global warming, so instead we should be focusing on learning how to adapt to higher temperatures.

Dean Kamen (inventor of the Segway) demos his new robotic arm technology (my favorite link this month--watch the last 30 seconds of this video!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hzRja9eunY

Autism: Not Just in the Head? (An interesting article, although it unfortunately a few unfounded stereotypes and assumptions in it)
http://discovermagazine.com/2007/apr/autism-it2019s-not-just-in-the-head

Add facial recognition to the list of things computers can now do better than humans:
http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/18796/
"Sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the match up of face-recognition algorithms showed that machine recognition of
human individuals has improved tenfold since 2002 and a hundredfold since 1995. Indeed, the best face-recognition algorithms now perform more
accurately than most humans can manage. Overall, facial-recognition technology is advancing rapidly."

Wearable displays:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=457670&in_page_id=1965

Paralyzed Mice Walk Again: Scientists Use Nanotechnology to Mend Broken Spinal Cords
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Story?id=3102679&page=1

Hilarious Onion New Network broadcast, via infopractical:
Gap For Kids By Kids

Male Restroom Edicate, via smileycynic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzO1mCAVyMw

Apparently, I can post from work but not from home (whether I use the browser or drivel)... all signs point to ISP problems... unless I got hax0red or something.