Guitar Boat
Either Aussie singer/guitarist Josh Pyke shrunk to a tenth his size, or somebody built a scaled-up replica of his Maton acoustic guitar. Indie rocker Pyke takes a ride on the seaworthy mega-guitar in an upcoming music video of his song “Make You Happy,” released last Friday. By the way, the guy is a really [...]

 
Even Our Animals Are Becoming Obese
Very funny video with everything from obese dogs to giraffes.

Who Says Only McDonald’s Can Use Soybeans for Gas
Scientists in the US have turned oil from plants like soybeans and coconuts into jet fuel that is equivalent to kerosene derived from oil.
According to a report in the Scientific American, working with the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), scientists at the [...]

 The two famous monkey waiters
A Japanese restaurant has employs two monkeys to help with the table service. Yat-chan and Fuku-chan work two hours a day due to Japanese animal rights regulations. The monkeys were originally kept as household pets by the restaurant owner, but the oldest started helping him and that is [...]

 
 Prototype of KDDI Corporation 3D LCD display
KDDI Corporation has released a prototype of the world’s first 3D LCD display, designed for mobile phones.

 
Underwater cacophony caused by commercial and military ships has become so intense that it is killing whales, scientists at the World Conservation Congress say.

 
CityWall has been around for a little bit now, offering a giant multitouch display of maps and other service-oriented features. But now the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology just launched their new 3D UI for the interactive display, which makes it look super futuristic and awesome.
 

 
 Energy Seed Lamp
I threw away two batteries yesterday. I know, I know-it’s almost the same as chopping down like five old-growth oak trees or something, but it was just so damn easy. And what else are you gonna do with dead batteries? That’s exactly why I am jazzed about this Energy Seed concept by Sungwoo Park. [...]

 
With geeks all over the world testing the supremacy of technology and pushing its frontiers, simple yet useful devices are going through a major facelift. An innovation of today becomes an object of daily use in a matter of few years. This time, it’s the turn of lighting devices. General Electric Co. has come up [...]

 
In 1990 the Nikkei stock index dropped almost 20%
The sky over Tokyo seemed to fall in September of 1990, when the Nikkei stock index dove almost 20 percent in one month. Real estate prices would plummet and the financial sector would crack, trapping Japan in a “lost decade” of economic growth. Is the United States [...]