How Would You Like This Gift For Christmas “Ho Ho Holy Crap!”
A manhunt is under way in western Germany for a convicted drug dealer who escaped by mailing himself out of jail.

All I Have To Say About This Article Is “Creepy!!”
The website selling the urine (http://urina-ru.narod.ru/ click on English translation) has a massive slogan that in English reads: “Russian Urine Against Doctor’s Scalpel,” which in the Russian language comes out in rhyme. They have been in operation since 2000, spreading joy and doing well by [...]

Adult Diaper’s Gone Wild
What better way to showcase the needs of Japan’s rapidly aging population then an adult diaper fashion show? The well-attended event was organized in part by the Aging Lifestyle Research Center
and featured diaper-wearing models walking the catwalk to the beat of ’80s hits like “Relax”, by Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

The End Of The Paper Style Day Planner Is Near
Most of us have a pretty boring daily routine, so designer Andy Kurovets decided to make fun of that fact with a watch that leads us through the six stages of an average person’s day. Starting with Wake Up!, the watch leads us through our commute [...]

 
The National Ignition Facility out at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California is the size of a football stadium and equipped with the largest laser in the world. With said massive laser nearing completion – it’ll be done by 2009 – and the facility scheduled to begin testing in 2010, the folks running the [...]

 
 Test of the new motor from ETH Zurich’s Department of Power Electronics exceeds 1,000,000 rpm in the digital readout.
Industrial motors can spin at a head-spinning 250,000 revolutions per minute. But a new matchbook-sized motor runs circles around the competition.

 
An innovative imaging system that uses muons – a type of cosmic ray – to reveal the interior of a volcano has been developed by scientists at the University of Tokyo’s Earthquake Research Institute.

 
 Matrox Iris GT Camera
Wondering what Montreal-based Matrox has been doing since it conceded the graphics card wars to NVIDIA and ATI a few years ago? Besides building lots of great video editing equipment, the company has been working on Iris GT, a smart camera that’s packed with processing power and might just be a body [...]

 
 Aftershock
Disaster preparedness is about as sexy as flossing regularly, but a new alternate reality game could put the fun into contemplating the destruction of Los Angeles.