One day, Timothy Jones quit the zebra stripes and did some serious jaywalking. This naturally aroused the suspicion of the cops, who interdicted him. What the coppers didn’t expect was the thing Timothy had in his pants. Mind you, Timothy is no kid. He's a 36-year-old man packing a nasty … [Read more...] about The Case Of The Man With The PS2 In His Pants
Engineers And Scientists Concoct Invisibility Cloaks To Curb Wave Erosion
Woah, invisibility cloaks. Sounds really high tech and overly technical. It isn't. There's no weird science here, folks, just clever engineering to keep one of nature's most effective tools at bay; at least for a while. Call them wave absorbers and they could be used in large numbers very soon. … [Read more...] about Engineers And Scientists Concoct Invisibility Cloaks To Curb Wave Erosion
Finnish Researchers Find Way To Halve Industrial Fuel Consumption
It requires electric power transmission systems be installed on industrial machinery. Call it a straightforward solution to industrial emissions that has tons of potential. The guys from Aalto University are responsible for this minor breakthrough which could find wide acceptance in factories … [Read more...] about Finnish Researchers Find Way To Halve Industrial Fuel Consumption
Sleek HASSEL Concept Train Is For The New Australian (Rail)Way
Mega design firm HASSEL has unveiled their super smart and super electric double-decker train for the Australia of the near future. The whole point of the A-HSV is to open a new frontier in mass transportation that's easy on the emissions but big on service. Hence there's ample space on this baby … [Read more...] about Sleek HASSEL Concept Train Is For The New Australian (Rail)Way
DIY Space Rocket Blasts Off To Success
They did it! They really did it! A team of Danish aerospace enthusiasts have successfully tested a suborbital rocket in the Baltic Sea. Though it failed to reach its target altitude of 15 kilometers, it did blast off, attain considerable height, and crashed into the ocean. There was supposed to be … [Read more...] about DIY Space Rocket Blasts Off To Success
Ninja Attacks Apple Store, Then Disappears
Disturbing anti-social behavior and Apple stores seem to be a volatile combination. Aside from that Chinese teenager who sold one of his kidneys to buy an iPad 2, there's now news of an attack on an unsuspecting Apple store in Greensboro, North Carolina. But the weird part needs to be read in … [Read more...] about Ninja Attacks Apple Store, Then Disappears
Gas From Uranus Makes For Great Starship Fuel
Actually the title should've been "gas from your anus" but that would be too inappropriate. (Though funny, real funny.) Long story abbreviated: enormous planet-wide helium-3 deposits in Uranus can be harvested for interstellar travel. Helium-3 is an ideal fuel because it's abundant and reacts well … [Read more...] about Gas From Uranus Makes For Great Starship Fuel
Blackberry Playbook Coming To Sprint In June
RIM's surprisingly robust tablet, which still boasts the best Flash implementation on a mobile device from what we hear, is about to make the trek over to Sprint, where it will be going for about $500. And by about, we mean exactly that amount. Not only that, but apparently there's a 4G Playbook … [Read more...] about Blackberry Playbook Coming To Sprint In June
Panasonic’s WiGig Heading To Mobiles
We'll confess we hadn't heard of Qualcomm's WiGig protocol until now. Colour us embarrassed, but colour us honest at the same time. However, a consumer electronics communications protocol operating in the 60GHz band that promises speeds twenty times the speed of regular old WiFi connections? Add … [Read more...] about Panasonic’s WiGig Heading To Mobiles
Symbian Getting DLNA Update
Despite consigning it to an early grave, Nokia is still standing strong behind Symbian for the moment. In fact, it's already announced it will be supporting the OS all the way through 2014. But apparently apart from support they're even adding the odd new feature, like DLNA support. Introducing … [Read more...] about Symbian Getting DLNA Update
Project Cafe Details Leaked By Nikkei
Some of the more fanciful details of Nintendo's Project Cafe, or Wii 2 as most people inevitably still think of it, have apparently been confirmed by Japanese website Nikkei. The six-inch touchscreen controller, which also doubles as a portable console, puts in an appearance, and this time we even … [Read more...] about Project Cafe Details Leaked By Nikkei
PlayStation Store “Welcome Back” Content Now Up
The par-tay's over on the PlayStation Store, as the swag it promised customers for powering through the month-long PSN outage is now being distributed. Just as a quick reminder, PSP owners are getting to choose two games from a list of four, while the PS3 crowd can choose any one game from a list of … [Read more...] about PlayStation Store “Welcome Back” Content Now Up
