Gallery of 3D printed objects

These are items created by 3D printers, driven by captured or generated data. Mind blowing stuff! Thanks to Chriz for the link.

http://www.oobject.com/category/3d-printed-products/

This example is especially nice, the path of a moth around a light source, rendered as a single solid ribbon.

Lakota Sioux declare themselves a sovereign nation

This is one of the most amazing things I've ever read. The Sioux have renounced their ties with the US and declared themselves an independent nation. They are also promising that anyone may come and live tax free on their land. My profound admiration and best wishes go to these brave, brave people. If only the rest of us were so courageous...

Real-time avatar generation from Japan

Head tracking for VR with the Wii remote

It's pretty freaking neat. I think someone needs to write an SF love story about a couple who can't touch, but can see each other through such a virtual window. Thanks to Chriz for the link.

Flight Gear 1.0.0 is finally out

I've been waiting for this for a while now. Flight Gear is a free, fully featured flight sim created by volunteers. While it's not as graphically polished as the juggernaut of Flight Simulator X, it's got really good flight modeling and is quite fun. It also supports multiplayer. Check out the screenshot gallery!

You can find the download links (there are three mirrors) under "Quick Links" on the Flight Gear homepage. It's only about 175MB.

Ron Paul is kicking ASS despite attempts to hide him

Ron Paul's fans raised an amazing $6 million in a single day, December 16. That's a record amount, and a great deal more than his last fund drive which raised $4 million. All told he has about $16 million dollars saved for his campaign, which makes it one of the most well-funded of the bunch. And this is despite the mainstream media trying to ignore him when it isn't busy making fun of him.

Here's proof they're trying to find ways to cut Ron Paul people out of the polls:

A good source for up-to-the-minute Ron Paul news is the Lew Rockwell blog.