The Order of the Spork

The N12 bikini is the world's first ready-to-wear, completely 3D-printed article of clothing. All of the pieces, closures included, are made directly by 3D printing and snap together without any sewing. N12 represents the beginning of what is possible for the near future. The same process can be used to make shirts, dresses and suits that are custom fitted using body scanning. It is 0.7 millimeters (1/36th of a inch) thick nylon. 

We have a multi-year process to re-license based on advice from multiple sources that Creative Commons is not applicable to data. We wish it were, and it probably will be in the future but it wasn't clear when we began. Until that happens we have a process to move to the Open Database License, which explicitly covers data and not just creative works like photographs or text. The ODbL was in fact started as a result of investigations around the needs of Science Commons and we just helped it to its conclusion. At some point down the line I personally expect the ODbL and CC to be compatible and we will be able to cross-pollinate once more.

Spammers don't fit the life patterns of regular users.  "[Microsoft researchers]  are using studies of legitimate and malicious social networks to spot bogus email accounts that are used to push spam, malware, and otherwise malicious links."

A series of 12 episodes are made available from Michael Sandel's innovative lecture series on morality and law.   Now anyone can essentially attend this highly sought-after class at Harvard. 

Samsung want to introduce smartphones, wrist watch with these flexible displays in 2012. To reach that goal Samsung Mobile Display sets up a joint venture with Ube Kosan.

Wikipedia's tech team announces a test site for ensuring Wikipedia works seamlessly across mobile devices.  They are asking for input and testing support.

Hilarious (and mostly benign) prank/lesson on accurately setting your Facebook privacy controls.

This article summarizes some of the issues around the recent study that possibly finds a link between cell phone use and cancer.  The neat thing about the article is that it provides a tool to look up cell phone models to see how they perform on this rating.