Category Archives: technology
New submarine can travel at 100 knots, fight X-Men
DARPA, which has brought us everything from the Internet, to driverless cars, to telepathy, has developed a new submarine that can go four times as fast as existing models. Via Popular Science: The sub utilizes the phenomenon known as supercavitation. … Continue reading
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Twitter in 1891
Back in the day (via the NY Times), people used to send telegraphs. Telegraphs were expensive (per character), and no one had invented LOL or emoticons yet. In other words, it was a dark time. To get around this, people … Continue reading
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100 things your kids will never know about
Kids today are crazy with their iPhones and their Twitters and their hologram hook up parties. They were born into that. Generation X is comprised of people that grew up in the 80′s and were formed in the Reagan years. … Continue reading
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My first Fark green light
Fark.com is one of the best websites on earth. As with many news aggregators, people submit funny and interesting articles to the site. The twist with Fark is that people make up fake headlines or descriptions for every article they … Continue reading
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New – glowing babies!
Sometimes your baby is crying and feels warm, but you are too busy losing money in the market/pwning nOObs/getting drunk to try one of those…thermometer things. Enter – BabyGlow. This otherwise normal looking outfit (pictured here with Andre Agassi) will … Continue reading
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Shadow art created from junk
Two British artists (Tim Noble and Sue Webster) have created statues that look like ordinary garbage, but create incredible shadows when light is shown against them. Many involve intricate scenes involving multiple objects. Click here to see more – come … Continue reading
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USB powered microwave…for beans on your desk
Heinz has unveiled the Beanzawave, an unfortunately named USB-powered desktop microwave. Although the device is just a prototype, it does work and the science behind it has been validated. However, the article (somewhat disturbingly) mentions the technology behind it: Apart … Continue reading
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Skydiving from space
When putting together my 101, I decided I would be going skydiving, so I started doing some research (read: YouTube). This was a terrible idea, as 70% of all skydiving videos are the same, with the remaining 30% showing people … Continue reading
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Printer sounds can tell you what words are being printed
A team of German researchers has figured out a way to determine what is being printed based on the sounds the printer makes. Michael Backes – professor for cryptography and information security of Saarland university – and his research team … Continue reading
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Internet commenter magazine
Anyone who regularly reads blog comments knows how…interesting they can be. This magazine should serve the community well. (h/t HolyTaco)
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