Somehow, I just don't want to see the wiring in there.

I love the way that in these "future" videos, everything is universally new. They live in a brand-new house, built with all this stuff seamlessly integrated, they work in a brand new office, the same way, everyone's devices work with everyone else's devices, etc.

"That means it's designed to be passed around on social networks - though it appears on io9.com, can easily be transplanted to Facebook, Twitter, Stumble Upon, and dozens of others. Or it can be converted to email or a text message you can pass along to people who've never heard of io9. "

Quite true. There are plenty of people who have other issues that mess with their weight.

Meh.

"Cat Rambo" ?

I would normally say that I can't imagine why anyone would want tone of these horrid things, but I don't understand why anyone wants a cellphone at all, so my judgment is suspect.

Probably not sick enough of it to actually do something about it.

I strongly doubt Humanity's ability to co-operate on anything at all over the course of decades, much less centuries or millenia.

"Just because something is difficult doesn't mean it's not worth doing."

It doesn't matter whether an idea is good or not, if people don't adopt it.

Nah, they coat the ground with their fallen needles, and block light from reaching it with the ones still on the branches.

You could probably just pick the cases up off the ground at a range, for free.

Okay, there actually will be some small amount of lead residue, since many jacketed bullets have exposed lead on the base.

"Researching ways to use solar energy for modern tasks like heating and fueling machinery was taking place 150 years ago. About the same time the first commercial oil well was drilled. History is full of scientists and engineers who lost funding or were forced into a different direction due to cheaper and more…

Meh.

Yeah, yeah, we're all gonna die...

(a) The distance adds to the inefficiency.

Looks like a variation on the Piasecki VZ-8 Airgeep:

(a) The sun is far away.