The DJs of the world can breathe a sigh of relief, because if this video is any indication, it’s going to be a long time before they’re in jeopardy of losing gigs to robots.
Watch in horror as this artificial turntablist lays down some of the worst beats I’ve ever heard from the wheels of steel. And that’s including my own feeble attempts on a friend’s 1200s.
Continue reading… “Robots Suck At Scratching Vinyl”
Punk Bird
Absolutely no photoshoppery involved here, no siree. I refuse to believe that punk bird is anything less than real, so I can’t tell you how Mladen Penev got animals to sit still long enough for impressive haircuts and mustache trims for ad agency Staudinger Franke and their client, the shavers and grooming equipment maker Braun.
(more photos after the jump…)
Continue reading… “Extreme grooming for animals”
Even after moving into the limelight as a highly paid jewelry model,
Earl couldn’t escape the fact that he was still a pig
It’s been a wild year and our Top 10 Photos is a reflection of the craziness of our times.
Unbeknownst to most, the caption writer for this series is world renowned FuturistThomas Frey. This is one of his favorite pastimes. Over the years the Impact Lab’s Top 10 Photo series have bee seen by over 1 million people in every country in the world.
Here are this year’s Top 10 of the Top 10 Photos.
Continue reading… “This Year’s Best Top 10 Photos of the Week”
Discounts from sites are helping some people fill holes in their health insurance coverage.
Mark Stella didn’t need an insurance card the last time he went to the dentist. Instead, he pulled out a Groupon.
Continue reading… “Uninsured turn to Groupon and other daily deal sites for health care”
“Where’s my organic milk?” There is a shortage of organic milk across the country, and it has become so bad in areas like the Southeast that Publix stores from Florida to Tennessee have put up signs in dairy cases anticipating the shopper’s frustration.
Continue reading… “Organic milk shortage around the U.S.”
Oil refineries in Deer Park, Texas
The United States is the world’s biggest gas guzzler. But for the first time ever the top export for the U.S. is — wait for it — fuel.
Bullet
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) student has invented the first “self-balancing” electric unicycle. (Video)
Continue reading… “World’s first self-balancing electric unicycle”
Drones can be used for many things.
From whaling wars to military wars, surveillance drones are everywhere — including the Occupy movement. But it’s not the police employing these unmanned machines — it’s reporters like Tim Pool, an American journalist best known for his 21-hour marathon of live-streamed coverage of the Occupy Wall Street eviction, which occurred in New York City on November 15.
Despite a media ban on the raid, Pool was able to single-handedly report on events on the ground that day, using little else than a smartphone and donated batteries…
Continue reading… “Occupy Wall Street reporter to utilize drones to prevent brutality”
Steven Hawking needs a new assistant.
Sometimes who you work with can be just as important as the job itself. And if physics is your passion the opportunity of a lifetime has just popped up, as Stephen Hawking is now looking for a new assistant…
Continue reading… “Think You Got What It Takes To Work For Stephen Hawking?”
“High expectations are the key to everything” – – Sam Walton
Futurist Thomas Frey: On a recent shopping trip, I went to three separate stores and had difficulty finding what I was looking for. On each of these occasions I talked with a staff person and they told me about an option that either wasn’t apparent to most customers, or that I hadn’t considered.
Continue reading… “Flooring the customer: Retail 2.0, the rebirth is coming”
Twine could change your world.
We stumbled on a neat little Kickstarter project this afternoon, and it appears to be a bigger deal than meets the eye.
It’s called Twine, a tiny rectangular gadget that looks like a translucent bar of soap. And it’s become a big deal on Kickstarter.
Twine has built in sensors for detecting movement, temperature, moisture, switches, and inputs from pretty much any other gizmo you can think of.
Oh yeah, it can tweet too…
Continue reading… “Why did this Kickstarter Project raise $400,000?”
Some employers’ perks include free tickets to theme parks.
Workplaces are providing a unique range of benefits for employees in 2012. From the quirky to the somber, they are offering benefits such as, Pet insurance, at-your-desk meditation services, jewelry discounts and funeral planning
Continue reading… “Businesses turn to quirky perks for employees in 2012”