Researchers in Australia have developed a technique for aerating showers so they use as much as 30 per cent less water without feeling like a trickle dribbling out of the shower head. I’m beginning to detect what feels like a big shift, in which environmentally friendly practices and products are becoming both practical and attractive. It’s a heartening development. [digg]

Recent studies have demonstrated that applying a light current to sleepers’ brains can improve memory, although it sounds like the jury is still out on why that’s so.

A company called Draganfly Innovations has released a self-stabilizing remote control helicopter with on-board wirelessly streaming video camera for $2,500. That’s not spare change, but neither is it beyond the reach of the amateur paparazzi. [engadget]

According to the Hindustan Times, India will put a man on the moon by 2020. [slashdot]

OK, so I’m being deliberately provocative. I can’t help it, there’s just something too shiny and happy about the coverage of Gannett’s decision to restructure its newsroom to take advantage of “crowdsourcing” (which is another way of saying, to get better tips). I’m actually happy that a big publisher is beginning to embrace participatory journalism.