Interactive TV isn’t dead. It just took a while. Judging by an Ensequence-sponsored study of US adults
conducted by Harris Interactive in November and December 2007, many TV viewers are ready to use their remote controls for more than just adjusting the volume.

On Saturday, January 26th the DaVinci institute will be playing host to an Elance Boot Camp starting at 8:30 am at DeVry University in Westminster, Colorado. The event will focus on teaching people how to match talented professionals from around the world
with the needs of your business – at the click of a button

It speeds across the seas with the help of a breeze, just like the majestic clippers of the 19th century. 
But this vessel uses something a little more modern to harness nature.
The MS Beluga SkySails, which set off on its maiden voyage from Bremen to Venezuela on Tuesday, is fitted with a giant computerised kite which [...]

The number of Internet users in
China grew so sharply in 2007 that the country now has the largest
Internet user population in the world, according to a January report by
the state-controlled China Internet Network Information Center as cited by Agence France-Presse.

The Globus Mobile is a complete office workstation and chair hidden in
a large ball. The concept by designer Michiel van der Kley can be moved
to any place using its hidden wheels. When you want to work, you just
swivel it open and bingo: you can slot in a laptop, perch on the padded
chair and think up [...]

British border guards in Calais have been banned from using X-rays to search for illegal immigrants in lorries – unless they ask for the stowaways’ written permission. French authorities have blocked the use of the scanners, claiming they could breach European health and safety laws.

Cotton Monster is the handy work of Jennifer Strunge. She creates amazing stuffed monsters in all sizes.

Produced in the late 1800s, a man’s small ring is an example of what
was called "la petite protector," a five-shot revolver. No known
intelligence service used this killing device, but it illustrates the
type of technology produced for intelligence services or assassins. The
ring pistol once was one of the smallest killing devices ever developed. (w/pics)

What’s better than getting a free T-shirt at a sporting event? Catching it after it was fired out of a T-shirt cannon, of course!

Here’s the world’s largest swimming pool located in the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Algarrobo, Chile. The pool’s more than 1,000 yards (914 m) long, covers 20 acres and holds about 66 million gallons (250,000 m3) of water.

This lovely Larva Chocolate (Youchu Choco) is hand-made by a confectionery in the Akita prefecture of northern Japan.

Although Facebook has come on
strong in recent months, MySpace averaged more than three-quarters of
all US visits in 2007 among the top social networking Web sites,
according to Hitwise. The site received 72% of US visits to social networks in December 2007 alone. However…

An experimental gene therapy treatment for chronic pain enabled rats with this
condition to go symptom-free for three months, a study released on Monday
said.