Haha
PS Did you notice she was wearing cleverly hidden heels? Gotta keep up that height ratio.
New Technology Enables Touch Interaction on Everyday Objects, Liquids and Humans
Touche is a new sensing technique developed by a team of researchers at Disney Research, Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Mellon University. Instead of sensing electrical signals at a single frequency, like the typical touchscreen, Touc…
This is so fucking cool.
Pilotless planes project begins test flights over Irish Sea
Dan Milmo, industrial editor, guardian.co.ukAstraea prototypes follow programmed instructions, with the aim that they could fly missions autonomously for days at a time
BAE Systems has taken a step closer to removing pilots from fighter jets by launching the first major test flights for a…
So crazy.
Dinosaur flatulence may have led to global warming
CBC News, cbc.caSauropods may have produced more methane gas than all modern sources combined
Dinosaurs may have warmed the prehistoric Earth’s climate thanks to enormous amounts of methane-producing flatulence, researchers say.
Sauropods — the…
Funny and possibly true?
Rejected Film Projects: Joss Whedon Talks About His ‘Batman’ Movie
Angie Han, slashfilm.comAt this point, there’s no doubt that Joss Whedon has done really, really, really well for himself with The Avengers. As of today, opening day, the film has a domestic opening weekend estimate of $172.5 million and a…
They can’t be all winners.
So you need to drink your own urine
Esther Inglis-Arkell, io9.comPerhaps you have been put on an impromptu space flight. Perhaps you’re trapped with minimal supplies … in the Atacama Desert. Perhaps you’re just bored and want to figure out how strong a stomach you have. Whatever your reasonin…
The more you know..
This well-known Egyptian symbol is actually an early math problem
Esther Inglis-Arkell, io9.comChances are you’ve seen this symbol before, because it’s one of the most well-known Egyptian symbols. It’s called the Eye of Horus. It’s been in the background of plenty of mummy movies, and been turned into a lot of necklace charms.
Some…
I never knew.. Cool.
AT&T Chief Regrets Offering Unlimited Data for iPhone
By BRIAN X. CHEN, nytimes.com
Randall Stephenson, AT&T’s chief executive, spoke about the state of the wireless industry at a conference this week, and he shared some surprisingly frank comments about the iPhone. He said he loses sleep over services like iMessage.
I wonder if the adoption rate to the iPhone would have been different if it was limited. At the time unlimited was still all the rage.
Japan closes last nuclear reactor
Japan begins the process of shutting down its last nuclear reactor, leaving the country without any nuclear power for the first time since 1970.
I wonder how many nuclear plants if any are active in the states..
Four Weeks With DuckDuckGo
Mahdi Yusuf is a passionate web developer who lives in Ottawa. He’s also curator at Pycoder’s Weekly. You can follow him on Twitter or GitHub., mahdiyusuf.com
I like trying new things, and the new hotness on search engine world is DuckDuckGo. So I decided to unhook from Google and use DuckDuckGo exclusively for a month. You too can do this by following this guide for Chrome.
A few things…
I completely agree.
