Drivers in three US cities will soon be able to earn a buck or two just for vacating a parking space. SpotScout is a website that matches people about to leave a parking spot with those looking for one. Using a cellphone, drivers tell SpotScout when they will leave their parking spot, where it is, and how much they will sell this information for. The site, to be launched next month in New York, Boston and San Francisco, matches this information with people looking for a space.
Want to know where the Hubble Space Telescope is right now? Finding out is easy at , a website that demonstrates the increasing power of 鈥渕ashup鈥� sites (New 杏吧原创, 13 May, p 28). The site merges Google Maps with satellite orbital data to let you track the position of many spacecraft.
