The Boy Who Played With Fusion

The real life Sheldon Cooper.

by GrapeApe 2012-02-20 21:43:13 | 0 reads | 7 comments

How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did.

Every time you go shopping, you share intimate details about your consumption patterns with retailers.

by GrapeApe 2012-02-18 19:45:43 | 0 reads | 1 comment

Build Your Own ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE

A number of DIY guides.

by meeproach 2012-02-17 22:47:53 | 0 reads | 1 comment

A Day Made of Glass

Click on the video links to get a visual realization on how glass, partnered with companion technologies, will help shape our everyday lives.

by Salvo 2012-02-05 20:13:55 | 0 reads | 4 comments

Apple wrestles with its China problem

Two decades into China's industrial transformation, how much responsibility do authorities shoulder for its Hukou (household registration) system that effectively institutionalizes migrant workers as second-class citizens in their own country?

by MstrLance 2012-01-31 22:35:26 | 0 reads | comment

Physibles and post-scarcity economy

Physibles are 3D printer plans for duplicating physical objects. This is a fascinating insight and early glimpse into the post-scarcity economy. This is a landmark event marking the transition of post-scarcity from the online world leaking into the physical world.

by MstrLance 2012-01-28 10:37:20 | 0 reads | 4 comments

Iran's High Tech, Low Cost Military: US Headache

Iran's military has a ton of anti-ship missiles, fast attack boats and submarines that could cause great damage to US forces. It seems the media may not be covering this story the way it should:

by DaveyM 2012-01-28 08:56:51 | 0 reads | 1 comment

IBM Shrinks Computer Memory Into Only Twelve Atoms

IBM announced last week that it had successfully created the smallest magnetic memory storage yet - they were able to record a bit into just 12 iron atoms.

by MstrLance 2012-01-28 07:00:23 | 0 reads | comment

Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory

Mike Daisey was a self-described "worshipper in the cult of Mac." Then he saw some photos from a new iPhone, taken by workers at the factory where it was made. Mike wondered: Who makes all my meep? He traveled to China to find out.

by witty_screen_name 2012-01-23 19:32:39 | 0 reads | comment

Remember Kiddies, the Internets Can Ruin Your Life

So meep like this happened all the time, but only a select few got to experience it. Now, your life gets ruined for 30s of juvenile stupidity via a nice camera vid. I find it funny and sad at the same time. If youth can't get out their stupid via pranks, what hope is there?

by BigDinWaunakee 2012-01-23 00:43:48 | 0 reads | 1 comment

Super Mutant Virus No Longer Being Studied For Fears Of Accidental or Intentional Release

A strain of the "Bird Flu" that has been specially mutated to spread and kill everyone on Earth will no longer be researched...the other dozens of Evil Plagues will continue to brew.

by BeachGoat 2012-01-21 13:37:21 | 0 reads | 1 comment

FBI shuts down Megaupload.com, charges seven with online piracy

Even without SOPA, it starts.

by dragonstaff 2012-01-20 07:25:50 | 0 reads | 12 comments

New act scuppers LightSquared's 4G plans

Hopefully this will finally kill lightsquared.

by GrapeApe 2012-01-11 05:57:51 | 0 reads | comment

A Wrinkle In Time

Scientists believe they have created stutters or blips of reverse time during experiments that may lead to actual useful meep. Wouldn't that be fun.

by BeachGoat 2012-01-06 06:09:44 | 0 reads | comment

Bitcoin Finishes 2011 Up 1,473%

The last trade for 2011 at the leading Bitcoin exchange was at the rate of $4.72 USD. For the year, Bitcoin's exchange rate rose from $0.30 - a 1,473% increase.

by MstrLance 2012-01-04 18:27:38 | 0 reads | 8 comments

Either Your Phone Plays Taliban Ringtones, or You Die

The newest craze to hit Afghan cellphones? Taliban ringtones. It's not exactly a hot trend: Afghans fear that the Taliban will kill them if their phones play anything else. This is what losing a war sounds like.

by MstrLance 2012-01-03 08:56:49 | 0 reads | comment

China's Parallel Online Universe

To the casual eye, China's social media landscape might look diverse and lively. But the social media clones are careful to follow Communist Party censorship.

by DaveyM 2011-12-29 19:54:36 | 0 reads | 4 comments

Dot-dash-diss: The gentleman hacker's 1903 lulz

A century ago, one of the world's first hackers used Morse code insults to disrupt a public demo of Marconi's wireless telegraph

by GrapeApe 2011-12-27 17:45:51 | 0 reads | 2 comments

One Last Look Inside The Space Shuttle Atlantis

Space shuttle Atlantis, which only five months ago flew the final mission of NASA's 30-year shuttle program, is now being prepared for its public display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Its insides being pulled out to ensure it is safe for exhibit, as well as significantly lighten it for its planned steep-angled display, Atlantis is scheduled to be powered down this week for the final time.

by Clavis_Apocalypticae 2011-12-20 14:49:46 | 0 reads | 1 comment

Forum: I needs a new Puter!

Its time to upgrade the PC Tower. Mostly for media, internet fun and my Kids and there school stuff. My weif and I both have Lappies.

by HOBO 2011-12-12 07:09:47 | 0 reads | 9 comments

What Really Happened Aboard Air France 447

The voice data recorders were recovered this past April, here are the voice transcripts. Ah, the frailties of the human brain, man...

by Clavis_Apocalypticae 2011-12-08 09:24:43 | 0 reads | 2 comments

Kevin Slavin: How algorithms shape our world

Kevin Slavin argues that we're living in a world designed for -- and increasingly controlled by -- algorithms. In this riveting talk from TEDGlobal, he shows how these complex computer programs determine: espionage tactics, stock prices, movie scripts, and architecture. And he warns that we are writing code we can't understand, with implications we can't control.

by middle_age_man 2011-12-07 09:14:02 | 0 reads | 1 comment

Vintage info from the days of vacuum tubes

Herein you will find a collection of vintage engineering texts, vacuum tube datasheets, and other obsolete information, presented free of charge and without annoying advertisements.

by Crapalicious 2011-12-05 17:58:31 | 0 reads | 5 comments

Man from future tries to sabotage LHC

Time travel sure is fun!

by freakmachine 2011-12-02 10:17:26 | 0 reads | 3 comments

The Next 50 Years: Why I'm Optimistic Because Everything Will Be Terrible

As explained by sci-fi/horror author John Shirley

by saltpeter 2011-11-30 17:22:36 | 0 reads | 3 comments

Time Lapse View Of The Earth From The ISS

Simply stunning.

by Clavis_Apocalypticae 2011-11-14 12:47:37 | 0 reads | 4 comments

Stuxnet Raises 'Blowback' Risk In Cyberwar

The Stuxnet computer worm, arguably the first and only cybersuperweapon ever deployed, continues to rattle security experts around the world, one year after its existence was made public.

by zepherb 2011-11-03 07:18:24 | 0 reads | comment

Secret of Magic Viking Navigation Stone revealed.

experiments have shown that a crystal, called an Iceland spar, could detect the sun with an accuracy within a degree - allowing the legendary seafarers to navigate thousands of miles on cloudy days

by meeproach 2011-11-02 22:56:37 | 0 reads | comment

HP decides to keep its PC business

Hewlett-Packard announced Thursday that it will continue selling personal computers after all, reversing an earlier decision to exit one of its core business lines.

by middle_age_man 2011-10-28 08:18:26 | 0 reads | comment

spankerchief's journal: Fire Sword

Fine. I'll make a fire sword.

by spankerchief 2011-10-25 19:47:56 | 0 reads | 47 comments

Google Engineer: 'Google+ is a Prime Example of Our Complete Failure to Understand Platforms-

Last night, high-profile Google engineer Steve Yegge mistakenly posted a long rant about working at Amazon and Google's own issues with creating platforms on Google+. Apparently, he only wanted to share it internally with everybody at Google, but mistaken shared it publicly.

by LORDKAHUNA 2011-10-12 14:46:27 | 0 reads | 4 comments

Laser guided arrows

The laser is not a targeting system built onto the bow, these lasers come out of the arrow itself.

by hoyaguru 2011-09-26 14:43:02 | 0 reads | 2 comments

Making Things That Go "Boom!"

A nice resource to make your own fun stuff, because I'm too scared to do it myself anymore.

by BeachGoat 2011-09-20 09:24:48 | 0 reads | 3 comments

Online Gamers May Have Cured AIDS

Finally, video games make medical history

by Pepper 2011-09-19 11:12:19 | 0 reads | comment

My speech to the IAAC | Ben Hammersley's Dangerous Precedent

"the world is currently run by a generation whose upbringing has left them intellectually unable to be deal with modernity"

by LORDKAHUNA 2011-09-12 12:55:01 | 0 reads | 6 comments

The Million Dollar Space Pen Hoax

The story behind the pen that writes upside down.

by graycube 2011-09-10 22:01:42 | 0 reads | comment

Disturbing Conversation Between Chatbots

Via Cornell's Creative Machines Lab, two robots are forced into an uncomfortable conversation that touches on God and other existential matters. (Both are suspicious that the other may have android origins, but neither wants to admit it.) It's even more disconcerting to imagine robots someday having such discussions without human supervision and coming to epiphanies concerning their robotic nature.

by middle_age_man 2011-08-30 09:32:16 | 0 reads | 2 comments

Eyeborg Man Rob Spence Fits Video Camera Into Prosthetic Eye

pretty cool

by GrapeApe 2011-08-27 08:56:34 | 0 reads | comment

Jobs quits Job.

As CEO, but wants to stay employed.

by dragonstaff 2011-08-24 22:21:00 | 0 reads | 5 comments

HP kills TouchPad, looks to exit PC business

The company said Thursday that it is looking to spin off its industry-leading but struggling personal computer business. HP also killed off the TouchPad tablet it launched last month, as well as its webOS smartphone line.

by middle_age_man 2011-08-19 09:18:26 | 0 reads | comment

Russia loses contact with $265 million satellite

Ex-NASA shuttle engineers seen smirking and flipping the bird.

by spankerchief 2011-08-19 08:32:05 | 0 reads | 1 comment

Suck on it, AppleSoft

Google pulls a rope-a-dope

by LORDKAHUNA 2011-08-17 11:03:11 | 0 reads | 3 comments

"Full screen-split screen" hack using 3d TV/glasses

Pretty sweet.

by meeproach 2011-08-14 21:11:48 | 0 reads | 2 comments

Shutting Down... the West

"The British government, once an ardent advocate of absolute Internet freedom, has thus made a U-turn over its stance towards web-monitoring." said China while speaking down its nose at the UK.

by GrapeApe 2011-08-12 15:27:14 | 0 reads | 4 comments

Why Isn't America Innovating Like It Used To?

It's easy to imagine that our whiz-bang gadgets have made us more productive than ever. But what if that's simply not the case?

by GrapeApe 2011-08-12 11:37:30 | 0 reads | 2 comments

New cancer treatment reprograms immune system

For the first time, scientists have been able to successfully target cancer cells by using cells from a patient's own immune system.

by GrapeApe 2011-08-11 10:33:08 | 0 reads | 3 comments

Three reasons why Google should acquire RIM right now

Interesting op-ed

by middle_age_man 2011-08-06 13:33:45 | 0 reads | 4 comments

Update: Only 92% of Newt Gingrich's Twitter Followers Are Fake

The fake accounts are probably more intelligent than the real ones.

by GrapeApe 2011-08-03 17:34:42 | 0 reads | 2 comments

AT&T Data Plan Scareware: Beyond Our Comfort Level

Another reason to keep my cellphone off for the majority of the week.

by pete56 2011-07-31 08:13:36 | 0 reads | 1 comment

Are Internet Explorer users dumb?

AptiQuaint, a Vancouver-based Web consulting company, gave more than 100,000 participants an IQ test, while monitoring which browser they used to take the test.

by middle_age_man 2011-07-29 13:43:52 | 0 reads | 7 comments