Click click boom and then your gone.  Smart weapons are just plain cool.
Those three Navy SEAL snipers who ended the hostage crisis on the high seas yesterday are amazing. Picking off two pirates who briefly poked their heads out of a small covered lifeboat, and simultaneously shooting a third pirate through the boat’s tiny window? [...]

If love wasn’t confusing enough add Twitter to the mix
THREE-HUNDRED people are following my wife – most of them strangers. That’s a little worrisome. But now she has dropped the other shoe: She’s following 500.
OMG, Twitter! What have you done to our marriage? Five years ago, I thought I was marrying one woman, not a [...]

So much for those candy cigarettes
It’s taking place in lunchrooms, playgrounds and classrooms across the tri-state area.
It may even be happening in your own home — kids smoking candy.

 Flora
Ariana Page Russell has used a bizarre skin condition to turn herself into a human Etch A Sketch, and make works of art that sell for thousands of pounds. (Pics)

A four-finned rotor (center) floating on a pool of water spins when exposed to sunlight.
The sun is the most abundant source of renewable energy. But all the technologies that capitalize on sunlight, including photovoltaics and biofuels, require intermediate steps and infrastructure to turn the sun’s rays into something that can be used to perform work [...]

Sculptures made from recycled tires
 
Tires wear out every few years, and then you have to replace them. But what happens with the old tires? Often they are ground down and made into a surface for a running track. Or they are made into a sculptures. (Pics)

Congress joins Twitter 
This is what you get when politicians keep their comments to 140 characters or less: “We need to cut spending! Holy Cow! A novel idea in Washington.”

 
The Eco-Lamp
Satish Behera is a design student in India who has been exploring the ancient craft of paper maché as an ecological design material.  His style is so unique, his designs so impressionable that they are hard to forget.  His has created a style that is very professional and objects that are very desirable. (Pics)

Before ReCycling Try UpCycling

The recyclers are out in force. Whether it’s using a local recycle centre or a council-provided green bin, it’s never been easier to get your household waste processed back into useful raw materials. But that takes energy – and why spend that energy when this “rubbish” can be turned into something useful [...]

A roll of help

Instead of going through notebooks or other plain items with a pencil, laboriously converting them them into mediocre calendars or planners, use tape to easily convert them them into mediocre calendars or planners!