Stephen Hawking taking a zero-g airplane ride!

He's not flying NASA's Vomit Comet, another company has been operating a similar aircraft (and flight profile) for several years that anyone can buy a ticket on. They're giving Hawking his ride for free.

http://news.com.com/Stephen+Hawking+plans+prelude+to+the+ride+of+his+life/2100-11397_3-6163473.html?tag=newsmap

New vehicle anti-theft device fills your car with fog for 45 minutes!

A variation on a dance club fog machine, the car fills very quickly and can also have strobe lights emplaced to further disorient the potential thief/burglar.

Hard to steal if you can't see. The site did not specify if the system could activate multiple times, it does say that it costs $10 per activation for the fluid.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/autotech/0,72886-0.html

For fans of Blackmore's Night....

There's an interview in the current issue (#53) of Renaissance Magazine with Ritchie Blackmore and his girlfriend, Candice Night. There's also a review of Blackmore's Night's new DVD, it's a two-disc set with something like four hours of material...