Of course the day I take a potshot at Wired for being behind the curve would be the day they have a bunch of interesting stories, like these two that I swiped from Bluesnews. The first details the Army’s continuing focus on the development of new solar panels as they work to incorporate flexible panels into tents and clothing. And apparently soldiers often leave depleted battery packs in the field, rather than humping them back to base, so it wouldn’t hurt to get some a little less pollutety in their packs, or maybe teach them to clean up after themselves. And pick up those depleted uranium shells you left all over the desert, too, you lazy little pukes.
The second story is a good old-fashioned scare piece, filled with stories of high-tech cars almost killing their occupants as accelerators and braking systems go haywire. It reminds me of that old science fiction yarn where the gas attendants swap ghost stories of an automatic car that travels the highways, shuttling its trapped occupants inside from one gas station to the next, their dead faces pressed up against the glass.
