When well-known biologist and scientific humanist E.O. Wilso accepted his TED Award recently, he made a plea to those listening, to roll up their sleeves and to help him create an encyclopedia of all living things on the planet, called the Encyclopedia of Life. It would be a sort of biological wikipedia where every species of organism would get its own webpage. It’s a bold initiative, which will be amazing if it happens. There’s already a web site with some test pages and a video intro. I especially like the slider which allows you to dial the extent of your interest (from amateur to expert) and the content morphs to the level you dial. The species geo-location tech is nifty, too.
There seems to be no end to what sorts of weird and wonderful subjects get rendered in plastic and vinyl these days as action figures. Long ago, we jumped track from superheroes, soldiers, sci-fi and fantasy characters. Now we have action figures of scientists, authors, rock stars, characters from other fictional universes, the list goes on. 
There are three main scales of electrical power generation: Large-scale generation is what we’re most familiar with, using centrally-located power plants and wide-spread distribution systems. Micro-generation is when you locally or home-brew power, via say, solar cells, wind, or small hydro generation. The third type is known as nano-generation, which is when the devices that would normally draw power from a large-scale or micro operation, generate their own juice. As solar photovoltaics and power storage technologies improve and come down in price, nano-gen will increasingly become a viable option for some types of devices. Read more in 
Another Jobs Keynote (a.k.a. a “Stevenote”), another exciting game of “Keynote Bingo!” If you haven’t played before, try it, it’s fun! To play, you simply print out the 
Greg recently updated his site, and among other things, now sells signed limited edition prints, posters, and T-shirts. Above is an image of his Eris robot, being constructed in his studio, that he was kind enough to send us. 
…headphones? You may have heard that hardware hacker Big God