Cussedness
The natural cussedness of things in general.
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Ugobe’s Pleo
I read about Pleo last month in Make, and whilst the enthusiasm of the team involved was intriguing, the pictures of the product itself didn’t really make me want to know more: in still shots the little robotic dinosaur looks like a cheap plastic toy, boring and static. Seeing it in action, however, I begin to think they might have made something rather splendid. I almost want one for myself.
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Drug-dispensing Technoteeth
Crazy German scientists have developed a device for remotely administering drugs on demand via a dental implant. You need to look at the picture to get a full sense of the horror of this thing. (Via Gizmodo.)
This brings the CIA one step closer to broadcasting on your fillings, and they’ll even be able to sedate you at the same time: brilliant!
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Oystercatchers by Susan Fletcher
Susan Fletcher’s Oystercatchers takes the reader to a more uncomfortable place than its award-winning predecessor Eve Green ever does. It would be easy to call it a ‘dark’ book, but that adjective doesn’t convey anything useful in itself. The discomfort experienced by the reader is rooted not in obscurity or the deliberate withholding of information, but rather in the disclosure of truth; the sadness in the story comes from the contrast between darkness and light. Ultimately, it is a bleak exposure, a driving away of shadows, that gives this story its drive, as the narrator slowly reveals her secrets at the hospital bedside of her unhearing, comatose sister. At the end we are left in possession of all the facts, but with no real answers.
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