Let's play the cancer card!

No, no! I'm not referring to assigning people their careers or discriminating against them on the basis of their cells, as in one of my favorite movies, Gattaca. If you haven't seen it, you must!

When cancer is on the run (metastasis - spreading to other organs, finally causing death), let's play the cancer card! A new business-card-size silicon chip dotted with 80,000 microscopic posts, the posts covered by special molecules that capture malignant cells, seems to offer an inexpensive way to track cancer, count it, and treat it on an individual basis. Microfluidics? Wow!

Personalized medicine is here!

Tesla - the new Green sports car!

Red, you say? You're colorblind??? Tesla just announced that they are going to be building their all-electric Roadster sports car that whizzes from 0 - 60 mph in 3.9 seconds right here in California. Arnold Schwarzenegger was really happy that Tesla could say "I am back" in California after working out attractive tax breaks! California is blazing the way!

Tesla also announced future $60K sedans and possibly cheaper cars for the masses down the road. That's when things get interesting for the environment. A real non-gas solution. Tesla also announced supplying lithium-ion batteries to Mercedes. Ironic timing - GM, behemoth of the auto industry just hit a multi-decade low today ($10) - here's a clear strategy forward for GM or Ford - acquire Tesla now!

Hands-free - it's the law!

I remember bumping my new Lexus into a car in front at a traffic light on Christmas eve a couple of years back...I was coming to a stop, but looked down for a second to pick up a credit card that I'd dropped next to the car seat...and hey! I was stopping...only a little bump that caused the hood to telescope out and cost me a pretty penny, made my insurance go up! (noone was hurt)

Therefore, I do think there's merit to California's new law - hands-free calling is better than no-hands-on-wheel, especially on the freeways!

Now, if only Apple created a pair of earphones that work with my iPhone and actually stay in my ears!!