The green movement has always had its share of both winners and losers. Today, we look at a few of the top losers for 2009. Hopefully with such a shameful honor to be bestowed upon them, they will clean-up their act for next year’s round of awards. We can always hope anyway. Let the shaming [...]

 A great new way to scare children!
Work is beginning on a robot with artificial skin which is being developed as part of a project involving researchers at the University of Hertfordshire so that it can be used in their work investigating how robots can help children with autism to learn about social interaction.

 
YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS!!!
so cool its creepy!!!more videos of Ruby below!!!

 
Well, what did you have in mind?
You may want to thank David French in advance. Because, in the event that a comet or asteroid comes hurtling toward Earth, he may be the guy responsible for saving the entire planet.

Series of dance nudes with ballet dancer, Giulia Piolanti 
These photos are taken by American fashion, fetish and fine art nude photographer IM SirReal.  (Pics)

Kyoto Box 
A $6 cardboard box that uses solar power to cook food, sterilize water and could help 3 billion poor people cut greenhouse gases, has won a $75,000 prize for ideas to fight global warming.

Diving to New Depths

A woman from London has set a new freediving world record after swimming 96m (318ft) below the surface of the ocean and back in a single breath. Sara Campbell, 37, from Wandsworth, spent 3min 36sec submerged off an island in the Bahamas.
The dive in the Vertical Blue contest took her down the [...]

      I Will call him peter
A humanoid robot newly acquired by Imperial College London will lead to a deeper understanding of human intelligence, says scientists. The College’s Departments of Computing and Electrical and Electronic Engineering believe that iCub, about the size of a three year old child, will further their research into cognition, the process [...]

 
StarShipSofa has, in one day, done what no other SF podcast has done before. In another unprecedented move, StarShipSofa has put out all seven Nebula Short Story 2008 nominees, all available as free audio podcasts for your listening pleasure.
The Nebulas are a very special event in the SF world and I wanted the StarShipSofa to [...]

Electric Motivation

No-one sane drives a scooter along Pittsburgh’s road-strewn potholes. The Movito, though, can combine with another Movito to become a kind of street catamaran: good for mastering the elements and awful chipsealing alike. A design by Tai Chiem, it was a winner at NASA’a “Create the Future” design contest, and is imagined as a [...]

Pick your Vice

Last year, vise-grip manufacturer Irwin held a contest called “Tell Us Your Vise-Grip Story” where people share their personal experience of using the tool. They’ve chosen 3 finalists, one of which is this one by Bryan from Chesapeake, VA:
As a US Navy spine surgeon, I routinely deal with dozens of different types of [...]

 
SaskWater is once again sponsoring Street Art, an art form popular in Europe for centuries and only starting to make its way into North America. Internationally renowned 3D artist Edgar Mueller will be coming from Germany to give a workshop to local artists, during which he will create his own vibrant masterpiece on River Street.
(more [...]

 
 Thinking locally, painting three dimensionally
Here is an impressive ad campaign put together by Johnny Walker in Taipei. This kind of art always draws a crowd and tons of publicity. (Pics)
 

A 4-year-old boy has won the use of an uninhabited tropical island, with white sand beaches and clear turquoise waters, in a Taiwan lottery aimed at boosting spending during an economic downturn.
Officials said Yeh Chien-wei, who won the prize at Thursday’s draw, will get exclusive rights to the tiny plot in the Taiwan Strait from [...]

 
“Its called The Jellyfish”
nventor Chad Maglaque doesn’t just want to bring change to the world of renewable energy — he wants to mass produce it. The Seattleite has recently invented an affordable, accessible version of the micro-wind turbine, which he calls the Jellyfish.

A Spectacular View!

Clark Little grew up on the north shore of the Hawaiian island Oahu. He has dedicated his life to producing photographs of the inside of waves. The spectacular results speak for themselves.
(more amazing pics after jump)

Dare to look DOWN!!!
German street artist Edgar Müller created the 3D work called “Ice Age” on a street in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland last August as part of the Festival of World Culture. Müller, who makes the streets his own screen, spent 5 days to create his latest work, with the help of 3 assistants [...]

Avoiding Chalk Boards At All Costs

A Utah woman listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for her long fingernails has lost them in a car crash.
Lee Redmond of Salt Lake City sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries in the accident on Tuesday.
Redmond’s nails, which hadn’t been cut since 1979, were broken in the crash.

 Optical Brain Imaging Decodes Preference With 80 Percent Accuracy
Researchers at Canada’s largest children’s rehabilitation hospital have developed a technique that uses infrared light brain imaging to decode preference – with the goal of ultimately opening the world of choice to children who can’t speak or move.

 
An in-depth study by Sandia National Laboratories and General Motors Corp.
has found that plant and forestry waste and dedicated energy crops could sustainably replace nearly a third of gasoline use by the year 2030.

Ok, now that’s WAY outta control!

Puny carrots in the produce aisle in your local grocery store not turning your crank? Tokyobling blog ran across this carrot shown above at a supermarket in Tokyo.
Apparently, it’s a breed called the “Javelot” long carrot (I can imagine where they get the name: what do you get when you [...]

“2009 AUDI ppi  and 09 Camaro!, FASTEST $H@! ON WHEELS “-Tjames
MORE PICS OF THE HOTTEST 2009 CARS BELOW including
2009 models of the new CAMARO, Subaru Impreza, BMW 7 series, and more!!!

Millions of people take cruises each year; but when their cruise ends, they usually return to their homes on land. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a cruise that never ended? That’s the basic idea behind a new ocean vessel called Freedom Ship.    MORE PICS BELOW

I told you to meet me at 3!

One of the fine artists over at ETSY brings us a cluster buckler for our brain. Behold the math clock. Finally a use for all those equations you’ve gathered over the years.