I really want microcredit (lending very small amounts of money to poor people in developing nations) to be an effective antipoverty measure. But Thomas Dichter’s thoughtful critique of the practice definitely makes the case for much lower expectations.

Samsung has filed a patent application for a system that links a smart stylus with a projected display to enable big-screen applications on mobile phones.

There has been some success recently with the growing of replacement organs. But growing is slow, especially when you consider organ replacement is best done sooner rather than later. Enter Gabor Forgacs, a biophysicist at the University of Missouri – he has developed a new bioprinting technique that could be used to create complex tissue structures such as veins far more efficiently than previous methods allowed.

There is now sufficient mobile apparatus at the New Mexico Spaceport to permit UA Aerospace Inc. to go through with their first planned suborbital launches in July. Moving to permanent structures will require the granting of a licence from the Federal Aviation Administration, but the Spaceport crews have plenty of other work to be getting on with in the meantime.

I’ve been to Mexico City, and while they say it’s the most polluted city in the world, I don’t believe even that level of pollution warrants a product like the new OGO. Essentially, it’s a can of air. That you breathe. And pay for. It even comes in flavors!