Who says candle flames need to be yellow. The candles from More Than Light put a fun spin on an everyday item.
“The More than lights online store offers clear paraffin oil as well as a variety of colored oils designed for burning in clear (glass) containers, enhancing the natural beauty of the oil lamp and […]

Sliding is easy with socks and a smooth floor. It’s damn near impossible on carpet. Thanks to the carpet skates from fun slides, it’s easy to slide across a carpet with ease. In fact, this puts an entirely new spin on indoor horseplay. Think of all the trouble you can get into. Think of all […]

 
This is cool!  It has 5MB of on board storage and can handle up to 128 frames. It is Windows compatible, so you’ll need a PC if you want to actually use it to do something other than move air. I think the video on this one shows it off better than any description I […]

Yeah, this is a little crazy and probably not high on your priority list.  There are 11 different robotic animals like the one shown. Each robot has its own internal program which reacts with the outside environment thanks to its infrared sensor that makes the robots come to life and become aggressive towards anyone who […]

A new strain of genetically engineered mice has allowed researchers to pinpoint, for the first time, the precise cellular connections that form as a memory is created. By tracing a protein tagged to glow fluorescent green as it migrates through individual neurons, from the cell body out through the branching dendrites, the researchers could see […]

NASA has obtained new high-resolution radar maps of the Moon’s south pole–a region the space agency is […]

The solar power plant Abengoa Solar will build in Gila Bend, Arizona won’t rely on fancy photovoltaic panels. Mirrors focus the sun’s rays into tanks of heat-transfer oil, heating it to about 400°C, boiling water for a steam turbine.
The appeal of the system is its low cost and high scalability. MIT’s Technology Review says that, […]

The latest data from comScore showed that clicks on ads placed on Google didn’t change much from January 2007 to January 2008. Clicks were actually down 12% from the last three months of 2007.
Clicks on Yahoo! ads also fell 3% from the fourth quarter, but it was Google that got all the unwelcome attention, including […]

 
We are not really sure where this picture came from and would like to hear from you about its location.
But come on.  Really?  Who was it that thought this was a good idea.

DARPA this week opened its giant wallet to spend over $38 million for the initial development of its advanced space technology program that ultimately aims to replace traditional “monolithic” spacecraft with clusters of wirelessly-interconnected spacecraft modules.
The program, called the Future, Fast, Flexible, Fractionated, Free-Flying Spacecraft United by Information Exchange also known as the System […]

More than one in 100 adults in the United States is in jail or prison, an all-time high that is costing state governments nearly $50 billion a year and the federal government $5 billion more, according to a report released yesterday. If you don’t see something wrong with this picture, you’re obviously living in another […]

 
 
The “Hoverbike”, created by Jim Chalmers, is in it’s own league and will most likely bring a whole new spectrum of “bike” gangs into the streets.

Travelling at up to 50 Mph and available in electric and gasoline powered engines, this revolutionary form of transportation will have you hovering off into the sunset.

Does your message work? You only have 10 seconds to connect before a person tunes you out. That’s the bad news. The good news is that improving the first 10 seconds allows for a HUGE leap in communications.
On Saturday, March 1st, the DaVinci Institute will be hosting […]

This crazy USB Speedometer will not only measure how fast you type, but will also keep track of the total words.  So you can tell who is better - your fastest typist or your dedicated slow and steady worker. The WPM speedometer pegs at 260, so if you’re going faster than that you’re in your […]

Several areas around the planet are experiencing record cold and snow pack — in the face of all the predictions of global warming.
Now there is word that all four major global temperature tracking outlets have released data showing that temperatures have dropped significantly over the last year. California meteorologist Anthony Watts says the amount of […]

 
Is there any spot where flowers aren’t blooming this spring?
The latest addition to the bouquet comes from New York fragrance house Bond No. 9. Dubbed ANDY WARHOL UNION SQUARE, the spicy green floral comes in Bond’s signature (and appropriate) superstar bottle, […]

 
It’s finally official. India is indeed a trillion dollar economy.
The Economic Survey released on Thursday said the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) for 2007-08 would be the equivalent of $1.16 trillion calculated at the average dollar-rupee exchange rate for the year.

If you think tattoos are so over, you’ve got another think coming. The latest in permanent ink? Tats on your eyeball. That’s right - a sharp stick in the eye.
When doctors do it, it’s called corneal tattooing; but when perfectly healthy folks looking for new horizons in tattooing, piercing, scarring, etc., do it, it’s […]

STOP by several of Europe’s thermal spa clinics and you will think you have dropped into a waiting room in purgatory. Sterile and dull hospital-like interiors are usually scattered with pale, slipper-clad clientele who look like they have not had much fun since celebrating the end of World War II.
At the Toskana Therme, however, at […]

Researchers had developed a new nanoscale crystal called ZIF (zeolitic imidazolate framerwork) that can trap 80x its volume of carbon dioxide!

Apples in a vibrant shade of red may soon be in Britain’s shops.
The new variety — so far unnamed — is being grown by Swiss experts seeking a healthier fruit.

There’s no chance of Robin, Rebecca and Ruby Mackriell’s parents forgetting their birthdays - because all three children were born on the same day.

Using the radiocarbon dating method and special proteins in the lens of the eye, researchers at the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus can now establish, with relatively high precision, when a person was born. This provides a useful tool for forensic scientists who can use it to establish the date of birth of an unidentified […]

 
These people must hate bicyclists…

In the middle of May 2008, Kenichi Horie, an adventurer known for such feats as paddling a pedal powered boat 4,660 miles from Hawaii to Okinawa in 1993, will be sailing a wave powered boat from Honolulu’s Hawaii Yacht Club to the Kii Channel in Japan. The boat, a 3-ton catamaran named the Suntory Mermaid […]