The headline says everything that needs to be said, really. If they’re not as big as you had hoped, just head back to the surgeon for an extra supplementary boost. It’s a weird world we live in.

If you’ve been following Futurismic for a while, you’ll probably have seen mention of Organic Light Emitting Diodes before. Chances are you may see them everywhere you look within a few years, as an international research project has been launched to improve the production of OLEDs for use in applications as diverse as household lighting and road-safety clothing. Their main advantages are that they’re energy efficient, and flexible enough to be incorporated in almost any material. Now, if they can just make them cheaper and more reliable …

UK astronomers have recorded magnetic sound waves produced by the churning of our sun’s fusion-powered corona – which, although way below the audible threshold of human hearing, are (apparently) produced in the same way that a plucked guitar string makes a note. Who says science and poetry are incompatible?

Scarcely a week goes by in which we don’t hear about some new piece of science fictional gadgetry being added to the equipment of the world’s armed forces. What thos stories rarely bother to mention is what the soldiers themselves think of the new gadgets – and according to this article, US Army troops are distinctly underwhelmed by the ‘Land Warrior’ systems they’ve just been fitted out with. [SlashDot]

There I am, still smarting from the bitterly ironic revelation that George Orwell’s house has 32 CCTV cameras overlooking it, and then I read this: a new type of urban surveillance is being trialed in the UK, a flying drone that watches for ‘suspicious activity’ and then trails the potential perpetrator from 550 feet in the air, recording all the while. It may be time to commit to that often-considered move to Europe.