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Introducing the Doggy Treadmill
Champagne Cork Chair Finalists
So you say you have had a burning desire to make a chair out of champagne corks? What a coincidence, so have these folks.
Dangerbomb Alarm Clock: For That Explosive Morning Wakeup
To turn off the Japanese "DANGERBOMB" clock, you have to connect the blue, red and yellow wires in the correct order.
Wireless Sensors Extend Internet’s Reach
To the untrained eye, the sleek, airy building constructed atop a decommissioned nuclear reactor at the University of California, Los Angeles could pass for high-tech office space. A closer inspection of the glass-and-steel facade reveals dozens of miniature, low-resolution cameras and sensors. They’re wirelessly linked to computers throughout the 6,000-square-foot space, keeping tabs on traffic […]
Study Finds P2P Has No Effect on Legal Music Sales
The Journal of Political Economy is running the results of a study into P2P file-sharing, reports Ars Technica. The study has found that, contrary to the claims of the recording industry, there is almost no effect on sales from file-sharing. Using data from several months in 2002, the researchers came to the conclusion that P2P […]
Breakthrough In Brain Functioning Knowhow
It appears that the ever more omnipotent computer is set to add another remarkable by unravelling the secrets of mindreading.
Invention: Edible RFID
Inventors keep coming up with new ways to exploit RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags. The latest brainwave, from Kodak, is to use them to probe a person’s digestive system.
Supermodels Suffer from Shallow Existence
New research has revealed that models feel lonely and unhappy with their perfect bodies and huge piles of money. Hear that? It’s the world’s skinniest violin.
