Ugly, uncomfortable, horrible color scheme man you got to love new technology
LG announced its Design the Future competition winners, and among them was this Hi-Fi cellphone that doubles as a pair of headphones. Folded up, it’s said to fit into a slot in a laptop, or maybe even your pocket. Unfolded, and it gives you [...]

This is definitely not the cream we all know and love to eat
Mr Paul Karikari, 55, has invented an “Electric Cream” that generates intense heat of up to 100 degrees Celsius within four minutes, intended to solve the energy problems of the country.

Ahh i’m sorry scientists at least this year you cant play around with the $10 million you received
This has been an unusually mild year in Tornado Alley, which is good news, of course, for the people who live here, but a little frustrating to scientists who planned to chase twisters as part of a $10 [...]

Are you seeing spots
A strange spot emerged on Venus last week, and astronomers are not sure what caused it. They hope future observations will reveal whether volcanic activity, turbulence in the planet’s atmosphere, or charged particles from the sun are to blame.

Its like a pregnancy test for guys
A urine test can diagnose the sexually transmitted infection chlamydia in men within an hour, enabling on-the-spot treatment.

Oribiting gas stations for refueling on the way to the moon
FORGET huge, expensive rockets. A plan being examined by a US government panel would allow smaller, cheaper rockets to fly to the moon and beyond by stopping off at an “orbiting gas station”.
 

There was a golden age when the expansive hood of the American automobile could double as a picnic table. Thankfully, engine compartments have conformed to smaller motors and superior aerodynamics, but why give up the pleasure of dining (or making out) on the hood of an American classic just because you drive a Honda Fit? [...]

The typical 50-year-old has only 1,990 calories each day, does at least four forms of exercise and treats themselves to just one piece of junk food each week
Researchers found the average 25-year-old consumes over 2,300 calories a day, exercises only three times a week and munches on 12 types of junk food a month.

A one-hour procedure has been devised by surgeons that could end the misery of migraines while rejuvenating the face
A simple operation that ends the misery of migraines while rejuvenating the face has been devised by surgeons.  The one-hour procedure offers fresh hope to the millions whose lives are blighted by crippling headaches.

The Urban Mole
It’s 2020, and cities are so overcrowded that it’s impossible to deliver packages. UPS trucks have nowhere to double-park, and obnoxious bike messengers can’t even ride on pedestrian-jammed sidewalks. How, then, can important parcels reach their destinations in a squalid megalopolis of the future?
 

What cant a hacker get into these days
Hugh Pickens writes “PC World reports that at the Black Hat security conference this week, security researchers say that it is pretty easy for a technically savvy hacker to make a fake payment card that gives them unlimited free parking on San Francisco’s smart parking meter system. “It [...]

Seriously if you need this just put the controller down
The ultimate eye preservation apparatus has been created for gamers who thrive on three-day marathon sessions. The device, called Wink Glasses, was created by Japan’s Masunaga Optical Manufacturing to force computer users to blink to avoid eye strain.

Here fishy fishy
Who doesn’t wish they could share their snorkelling adventures with everyone on YouTube? Get in touch with your inner Jacques Cousteau with this waterproof camcorder from Hammacher Schlemmer.

When the camera was falling back to Earth do you think the guys were saying amongst themselves “Now thats a really high speed camera or maybe Say cheeeeese?”
A piece of cheese that went missing after being sent into space has been located – in High Wycombe.

Who needs the big bad wolf
In this video, the BBC’s Jem Stansfield test fires a vortex cannon that uses anacetylene and oxygen fueled explosion to fire an extremely powerful blast of air across a lake.

Jellyfish mixing up the oceans’ waters
Talk about a “butterfly flaps its wings” scenario. Scientists Kakani Katija and John Dabiri of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena have worked out just how jellyfish swim, and propose that the way jellyfish and other swimmers move through the water could have as big an impact on mixing [...]

Women are better at short-range focusing, says a study
If your husband accuses you of missing the bigger picture or your wife says you have no eye for detail, there may be more than an element of truth to it.

Tanning beds are a cancer risk
Tanning beds now rank alongside cigarettes and asbestos as a top-level cancer threat, the World Health Organisation’s cancer research agency announced on Wednesday.

Beer-in-a-Box
MillerCoors LLC has begun testing the sale of $20 draft-beer systems for consumers to drink at home, part of a string of new products and package innovation from beer giants grappling for market share in a crowded, slow-growing industry.
 

Amazing art installations and building modifications
When does a building transform from a shell into a work of art within itself? Can artists improve even beautiful architectural wonders, turning them into something more creative and meaningful? Some architectural art installations are done out of necessity because the work is simply too large to be contained. Others use the [...]

Hey looks like Jerry swallowed a smurf
Fifteen minutes after this rat was paralyzed, researchers injected the rodent with Brilliant Blue G dye, a derivative of common food coloring Blue Number One. The dye reduced inflammation of the spinal cord, which allowed the rats to take clumsy steps—but not walk—within weeks, a new study says.

Now thats losing your head
Naked, beheaded, and tangled, the bodies of 51 young men—their heads stacked neatly to the side—have been found in a thousand-year-old pit in southern England, according to carbon-dating results released earlier this month.

TP to the extreme
Like artist Yuken Teruya, artist Junior Fritz Jacquet makes toilet paper rolls art as well. He too puts my toilet paper roll binoculars to shame. To do it he crumbles and folds toilet paper rolls until they look back at him in, happiness, disgust, anger, sadness and so on.

One word sums this invention up…What?
I absolutely love it when designers come up with concept designs that will never, ever become real no matter what. They just let their imaginations run free, not paying attention to reality and not worrying about things like logistics. Like this CAIR Air Helmet for example. What the hell?

Startling image of the newly discovered Soap Bubble Nebula has generated enormous excitement among astronomers
It may look as if a child’s soap bubble has strayed in front of a camera lens, but this extraordinary image from the heavens shows a newly discovered planetary nebula. (Pics)