The Handpresso marries a bicycle pump with an espresso machine.

Ask yourself this question:
Would you rather earn $50,000 a year while other people make $25,000, or would you rather earn $100,000 a year while other people get $250,000? Assume for the moment that prices of goods and services will stay the same. 
It turns out, the majority of people would choose the first option, even though [...]

Images of white clouds and sunny skies have been praised for deterring vandals from targeting a derelict building.

This awesome dance, called the Thousand-Hand Guanyin, shows how human beings can morph into the most interesting montages of movement and fluidic action. Considering the tight coordination required, the accomplishment of this group is nothing short of amazing, even if they were not all deaf.

Japan’s Panasonic has created the world’s longest-lasting alkaline battery, according to Guinness World Records.

A controversial Virginia lawmaker is trying to introduce new
legislation to ban rubber testicles from being fitted to the back of
trucks. (w/pic)

The number of online gamers in China rose 23 percent to 40.17 million last year, according to an industry survey.

Stanford University researchers have discovered a way to increase battery life tenfold by using silicon nanowires.

NASA is soliciting proposals from the scientific and aerospace communities for design ideas for its next lunar lander.
NASA officials said the Altair spacecraft will deliver four astronauts
to the lunar surface late during the next decade. According to NASA
Altair will be capable of landing four astronauts on the moon,
providing life support and a base for week [...]

According to a University of Michigan Health System analysis of nine studies,
people participating for a longer time in a pedometre-based walking program may
lose a good amount of weight, without even having to change their diet.

Hungarian scientists are working on computer software analysing dog barks that
could allow people to better recognise dogs’ basic emotions, Hungarian
ethologist Csaba Molnar said.

In 2006, B2C e-commerce sales
for the five major markets in the Asia-Pacific region totaled only
$59.1 billion, and Japan accounted for a tiger’s share of the sales. But things are changing.

Bucking the trend in many other wealthy industrialized nations, the United States seems to be experiencing a baby boomlet, reporting the largest number of children born in 45 years.