Lego is smart. And smart legos are going open source. It will be really interesting to see what the Mindstorms platform will evolve too once the community gets at it.

Dan Gillmor has posted a transcript of his New Media Lecture at Columbia University and it’s well worth your time to read, if you’re interested in what’s happening in the world of journalism. Gillmor’s portrayed as a radical, and I can see why given rabble-rousing statements like this: “The principles that collectively go beyond objectivity are thoroughness, accuracy, fairness, independence and transparency.” You go Che.

It’s hard to say for certain. They thought Voyager had the timing nailed, but now Cassini has sent back a result that reads 8 minutes longer. Astronomers theorise it may be due to some solar-magnetic anomaly, as they’re certain it’s not an instrument error.

The Pink Tentacle reports on Japanese press releases, concerning a Hitachi Maxell fuel cell made to a simple design and using aluminium and water to crank out about 10 watts, enough to power a laptop for four to five hours. A great potential use for all that scrap aluminium out there.

Why limit yourself to war on the planet’s surface? Think big like the Pentagon, and militarise space with ground-based anti-satellite lasers. After all, you wouldn’t want anyone else being able to take satellite images of the surface with the same degree of accuracy as yourself, would you?