The Cube, the smallest eco-home in the world
If you think your home is a little cramped, take a look at this one. (Pics)
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Here Comes Internet Boom 2.0
Groupon’s headquarters in the former Montgomery Wards’ catalog warehouse.
The prospect of finding the next Facebook, Groupon or Twitter is driving the biggest rush of venture capital into the Internet start-up arena since dot-com mania first boomed and then fizzled more than a decade ago.
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A Virus Could Help You Lose Weight: Study
A virus to help you lose weight.
How would you like to trick your brain into making you feel less hungry? Scientists show how a virus could be used to alter your brain so you don’t get as hungry in a new study.
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Flexible Paper Phone will be the Phone of the Future
Flexible Paper Phone
Though we saw another paper phone not to long ago, but the latest paper phone we’re seeing is much more high tech. Like the Kindle, it uses an E-Ink display and works by bending the phone into different positions to make calls, use apps, and listen to music.
Created by research teams at Queen’s University in Canada and Arizona State University, the 9.5-centimeter (diagonal) screen is actually a lightweight flexible display. It’s said to feel similar to a bendable piece of plastic.
Its thin body resembles that of a paper document, but, according to the video below, underneath the screen is a “flexible printed circuit with resistive bend circuits,” which are used to identify the bending of the display screen. The user actually chooses the shape for each function…
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Men Think About Food and Sleep as Much as Sex
There’s ‘nothing special about sexual thoughts,’ reports study researcher
Do you think men have sex on the brain every seven seconds? Not according to a new study that finds men think about sleep and food as much as they do sex.
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Simple Fixes for Annoying Tech Problems
There are simple solutions to problems with your tech gadgets.
Does the battery life on you phone only last a few hours? Do you really need a computer password logon? Do you have Wi-Fi dead spots in your house? Or maybe the screen on your smartphone is cracked! Tech gadgets are only fun until they annoy the heck out of you. Here are some solutions to make your annoying gadgets behave.
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Changes in Sleep Habits in Mid-Life Can Accelerate Cognitive Decline
Length of sleep among middle aged adults affects cognitive function.
If you wanted to spend your retirement years sleeping until noon before drinking your first cup of coffee, you might want to weigh that luxurious dream against its consequences…. Such a change in your sleep habits may just leave you with not a lot on the ball.
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Study: Coffee, Exercise and Blowing Your Nose Can Trigger a Stroke
Doctors have identified eight everyday activities, including drinking coffee, that often precede a stroke.
According to new research, everyday activities such as drinking coffee, energetic sex and even blowing one’s nose can burst blood vessels in the brain. Losing your temper and suffering a shock can also temporarily raise the risk of suffering a stroke among people who have aneurysms.
Raspberry Pi: A $25 Bare-Bones PC That Fits On Your Keychain
Small and inexpensive technology is always handy.
There are a number of barebones/mass-market low-cost devices out there, many of them aimed at the huge developing world market, hoping to outfit people with basic PC functionality for as little cost as possible. The OLPC is among the most famous, but perhaps the most luxurious: with a cutting-edge screen, built-in keyboard and networking, and so on, it has perhaps aimed too high, resulting in (as we’ve seen) increasing price and limited uptake. India’s “$35″ tablet comes to mind as well.
David Braben, perhaps best known for developing the revolutionary Elite, is now leading a foundation called Raspberry Pi to mass produce this ultra-minimal PC and distribute it where even an OLPC is too much. Their device is as bare-bones as it gets, and they’re hoping to sell it for $25…
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Reinventing Humanity by Reinventing Time
Futurist Thomas Frey: Humans think about the underlying systems we use for keeping time in much the same way that fish think about water. We simply don’t.
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20 Creative Billboard Ads
Special Poster for “Oldtimer”, a big Austrian chain for motorway rest stops.
(Advertising Agency: Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann, Vienna, Austria)
Adertisers want to catch a person’s attention and create a memorable impression. Billboard advertisements do just that. They leave the reader thinking about the advertisement after they have driven past it. They need to be readable in a very short time because they are usually read while being passed at high speeds. Usually they have only a few words in large print and are humorous or have arresting images in brilliant color. (Pics)
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Doing Household Chores Brings Out the Macho in Men
Men hate household chores according to a new study.
It’s hardly a suprise to any wife — men don’t like doing household chores and they become aggressive if asked to do so, suggests a new study.
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