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 [...]