Who Wouldda Thought?
Discovery News features a “tiny gold combined toothpick and earwax spoon, believed to be more than 385 years old, found during the search for a shipwrecked Spanish galleon off the Florida Keys.” Don’t laugh. If you were going halfway across the known world to a place with no gold earwax spoons that would […]
Burroughts Had A Blast With His Art
Timothy Leary’s estate, the Futique Trust, is auctioning off a an original painting from the infamous Shotgun Art series of William S. Burroughs. The piece was a gift to Leary from Burroughs in the late ’80s.
The painting, which hung in the Leary’s living room for years, is being auctioned […]
To win a finger wrestling contest you have to pull your opponent across a table, using only one of your digits
It may sound funny, but for some Bavarian and Austrian men finger wrestling is no joke. They take it very seriously: For them it’s about prestige and honor.
In the old days, people say, it was […]
A Bang Up Menu
A fast-food restaurant in Beirut’s war-torn southern suburb has hit upon an explosive way to attract customers.
Buns and Guns is made out to look like a military post and diners eat to the sound of gunfire instead of muzak.
Owner Yousef Ibrahim presents rebranded Lebanese favourites like the “rocket-propelled grenade” (chicken on a […]
Finally, a way to cart around my rock collection without getting a hernia
Live Luggage, the powered luggage pioneer has spent five years designing and developing power assisted luggage with the PA (Power Assisted) Series of suit cases. Live Luggage is internationally recognized as the creator of the world’s first power assisted suitcase. […]
The only good use for old American Express cards is picking out some classic Clapton tunes
If you’ve been wondering what to do with all of your old credt cards, here’s an ingenious new idea. Handmade guitar picks. Most are made from old plastic cards (gift cards, credit cards, hotel room keys, etc.) Other materials are […]
Those of you who aren’t millionaires yet, perhaps working harder is not the answer
The number of people around the globe with at least $1 million in assets grew 6% last year to 10.1 million, according to the 12th annual World Wealth Report released Tuesday by Merrill Lynch and Capgemini Group, a consulting firm.
That means an […]
After all these years, artificial brains are still hard to come by
James Gaskin: “If you define artificial intelligence as self-aware, self-learning, mobile systems, then artificial intelligence has been a huge disappointment. On the other hand, every time you search the Web, get a movie recommendation from NetFlix, or speak to a telephone voice recognition system, […]
The original image (left), the image slowed for 6 microseconds (middle), and the image stored for 2 microseconds (right).
Books are written on solid pieces of paper for an obvious reason: the atoms in a solid don’t move around much, keeping the words and pictures in place for centuries. Trying to store letters and images in […]
A new voice controlled wheelchair will allow patients who are not physically able to maneuver a joystick control and use a wheelchair. It uses voice recognition software to allow the user to speak, rather tell the chair what to do.
730 ton stabalizing ball keeps tallest building standing.
The Taipei 101 building in Taiwan has held the title of the tallest, completed building in the world since 2004. With great height comes great responsibility; namely, making sure that the thing doesn’t topple under the assault of high winds and ground tremors - and the Taipei 101 […]
Ever thought the curtains in your house are not bright enough? Researchers at MIT have created designs for flexible photovoltaic materials, known as solar textiles, that can also be draped as curtains, which may change the way buildings receive and distribute energy.
MX4 Paramotor with attached trike
There are a few things that are very important when it comes to paramotoring. Firstly, the safety a paramotor provides and secondly, the comfort.