Nasa has now reported a seemingly simple discovery on Mars: its atmosphere contains methane.

Methane is fragile in air and easily absorbed when hit by ultraviolet light, so any Methane on Mars must have been put there recently.

The outburst of methane on mars follows the seasons, with strong outburst in the summer regions of the planet.

Theres only two plausible explanations to what could have been put methane on Mars.

One is vulcanic activity, but there are no signs that any volcanism has occurred there for millions of years.
The other explanation is life.

links:

Live Blogging The Mars Methane Mystery: Aliens At Last?

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/01/marsmethane.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/23/science/space/23mars.html?_r=1

Have since the leaked announcement in august, waited in anticipation for more info on Jules Urbachs OTOY serverside rendering technology. The technology should be able to deliver high end graphics, to thin clients via serverside rendering. 

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/08/amd-and-otoy-working-together-on-fastest-supercomputer-ever/

Check it: Out Otoy Edition

raytracey

Developer SDK is available here:
http://www.otoy.com/site/start.htm

Youtube videos here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALD4NRR_DwY&feature=related

In the early 90′ies i was very much into Virtual Reality, even made one of the first danish tv-documentaries about it for a local TV station. -Back then i imagined us all being wired up into our own personal reality system, somewhere beyond 2005. - But by now its just a vague buzzword from the nineties.

Lets check out the current state of VR technology.
The realities of tommorow
New Motion-Sensing Technology Unveiled at CES
New Vuzix VR Glasses To Be Unveiled at CES
Soldiers get virtual reality training