The engineer shortage in Japan can be directly attributed to the latest fashion – the mummy look
Japan is running out of engineers.
After years of fretting over coming shortages, the country is actually facing a dwindling number of young people entering engineering and technology-related fields.

 Millennials would rather buy an iPhone than trust a banker.  Smart!
Young adults remain an untapped market for retirement and financial advisers, according to a recent Mintel report.
According to the study, 69% of Generation Y workers who are eligible for a 401(k) retirement plan are not enrolled. Millennials refers to those who are currently ages 14 to [...]

 
If you are a gaming enthusiast with money to burn then make you bid now to own this one off original swarovski crystal covered Sony Playstation 3-40GB. 

 
A person standing by the interstate in 2035 will see a truck pass them every 3.5 seconds
A recent report by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials predicts a tsunami of freight hitting U.S. shores by 2035 due in part to truck volumes approaching “staggering levels” on the Interstate Highway system.

Taking voyeurism to a whole new level
A high technology very small UAV made in Germany by microdrone GmbH. Can reach an altitude of 400m and stay in the sky for 30 minutes. Second video after the jump.
 

Go, Go Gadget Robot

Those fortunate enough to live in Tokyo have recently sighted lifesize Coca-Cola robots wandering the streets. Now you can own your own miniature version of the wandering Coke robot for your desktop.

Yummy? Alcoholic Vegetables

Vegete is a canned concoction from Japan containing fruit juice, vegetable juice and 4% alcohol. Think of it as a V8 with a lot more horsepower – and a high coefficient of gag reflex!

Bang

The digitally tremulous will never be true rubber band snipers. I know how to make a rubber band slingshot with my fingers, know how to hook a loop of plastic around the tips of my thumb and index finger, know how to seat a glinting paper clip in the barrel. But somehow – the slippery [...]

Massage Your Ego As You Massage Your Scalp?

One day there will be creepy spider robots that crawl all over your body administering a full check-up, but until then you can experience a reasonably weird facsimile with the USB Head Massager. If you decide to add this gadget to your collection, just remember to tell your [...]

Problem Ants

First it was killer bees, then Argentine ants … Now, welcome our electronic-eating ant overlords: