It's really not that hard at all to text while driving and be safe at the same time. You just need to text very very slowly. Taking a quick glance at the phone to see where a letter is or what that word was is no more dangerous than the quick glance you take at the radio, or the speedometer, or at that colorful sign on the side of the road. The people who say "oh, but you have to concentrate on what it is you want to say in response", are kidding right? People think about all SORTS of things unrelated to the road while they're driving. No one is thinking 'road road road road, straight straight straight straight, follow lines follow lines. If you limit text writing to very brief glances at the phone, I don't see how your risk factor could be increased any beyond that created by the normal distractions of driving. The problem is with those who stop looking at the road for extended periods of time, and that's a problem that goes way beyond texting.

I've personally noticed the opposite effect. When I was younger I could get by with 5 hours of sleep with no problem. Somewhere along the line I started requiring much more, and can now barely wake up if I don't get at least 7 hours. It would be nice if someone could just flip a genetic switch and make it so I can again only get by with 5 hours....assuming there aren't any nasty side affects that these women experience. The doctors say they seem healthy...but who knows in the long term.

LOL. I just tried viewing this article at work and it came up blocked. "This Websense category is filtered: Tasteless."

Please don't give them ideas.

Right when it started I had trouble loading /. even. It kept stalling while loading Google ads. However that seemed to only last for 10 minutes while my Gmail, iGoogle, etc. was slow for 1/2 an hour or so. Maybe they fixed the ads quickly...

I was very disappointed to see that this wasn't a story about Stargate.

Looks like I'll never be buying electronics from Amazon again.

From the article:

"Here at Time Warner Cable, consumption among our high-speed Internet subscribers is increasing by about 40 percent a year"

So basically they want to see their profits go up by 40% per year, since I'm sure the 10GB cap isn't going to become 14GB next year.

I guess Microsoft must have already had the patent on automatically updating in a manner that was completely not transparent to the user.

Since the NPT entered into force in 1970, three states that were not parties to the Treaty have conducted nuclear tests, namely India, Pakistan, and North Korea. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_nuclear_weapons )

Granted it says they probably have less than 10. But I'll bet they could do a lot of damage with 10 nukes.

I'm definitely foreseeing a problem when you hold the phone out in front of you and move it around to try and find reception. That's a very similar position to the one you would use for picture taking.

This technology definitely has the potential to revolutionize the energy storage industry, between the high energy density, the quick charge time, the ultra-low self discharge rate, and the potentially unlimited cycle life. I'm curious though...The patent mentions that a some of the electrical measurements were done at an ambient temperature of 85C (185F). Was this maybe done to simulate operation near a hot car engine? Is this the standard operating temperature of the device? Or were the results just much better when recorded in a warm environment?

The energy storage numbers that they claim are quite impressive. 55kWh for 285 lbs is absolutely remarkable. As someone else pointed out in another comment, a lead-acid battery with a comparable weight would only provide 4-5kWh. Lithium batteries generally have an energy density of about four times that of a lead-acid battery, so this technology still gives a 200-300 percent improvement over Lithium batteries in terms of power to weight ratios. What's really impressive is the stated charge times and self-discharge rates. To be able to pump 55kWh of power into something and store it within 3-6 minutes without creating huge heating issues is an amazing feat. Their leakage current of 4.28 micro-Amps means that it will stay virtually fully charged for years. One thing which I thought was kind of strange though was that many of their measurements were done at an ambient temperature of 85C (185F). Do you think this is to simulate operation near a hot car engine?