'Six Hundred Dollars for a Rolling Ashtray' [Beyond the Beyond]
Bruce Sterling locates a $600 ashtray from Switzerland present as part of a "micro swarm" of robot servants.
Fast Fauxward [Epicenter]
Can there be a "green" sports car? Clever Japanese engineers are working on a hybrid with some grunt. Spencer Reiss reports.
The End of the End of Polio (and Measles, and Yellow Fever...) [Wired Science]
The greatest overlooked achievements of the 20th Century include the effective elimination of killer diseases like smallpox. What's stopping us wiping out other curable conditions? Posted by Thomas Goetz.
Condom Applicator Wins Design Award [Sex Drive Daily]
As simple as it sounds, this lovely lump of moulded plastic could save your life. Discovered by Regina Lynn.
New MPG Ratings Hurt Hybrids [Autopia]
John Gartner on new rules that will more honestly report MPG ratings for cards, knocking the Prius down a hefty 9; from 55 to 46 goes Toyota's green machine.
