The Telegraph has an article about Otto the Octopus. Otto is quite smart, and has done astonishing things like turning out the power by squirting water at a lightbulb till it shorts out, juggling hermit crabs, and throwing rocks at the tank wall. Rad.
Add comment December 4th, 2008
The World’s First Wave Farm Goes Live in Portugal. Inhabitat has a post about the wave farm that uses the undulating motion of waves to shove hydraulic rams and generate power. It all seems very “We are now in the future” . (But maybe it’s just the fact they numbered the wave energy converters with big yellow numbers in a retro sci-fi chunky typeface.) Still, pretty awesome.
Add comment October 23rd, 2008
Sticky tape generates X-rays from Nature. The act of peeling tape off the roll in a vacuum has been shows to emit xrays. Sufficient to take an xray of a researcher’s finger. Pretty bizarre phenomenon for a mundane item.
Add comment October 23rd, 2008
The Things He Carried by Jeffrey Goldberg describes just how flawed the TSA system is.
Add comment October 18th, 2008
Net Hotels
CNN has a video article (preceded by annoying mandatory 30 sec ad) about the rise of “Net hotels” in Japan. These are living spaces of a scale between capsule hotels and Japanese business hotel rooms. They have just enough space for a few days worth of clothes, a computer, and somewhere to sleep. This niche market caters to the Japanese unemployed who may have lost their homes and property due to bankruptcy etc. Japan sure knows how to sell things to very tagreted demographics.
Add comment September 15th, 2008
Boston.com’s Big Picture features images of atheletes at the Paralympics in Beijing. The photos are inspiring, eye-opening, even a little uncomfortable - but totally compelling at conveying the power of the human spirit.
2008 Summer Paralympic Games - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Add comment September 13th, 2008
Wayne Hale of NASA posts an interesting article to his blog about shutting down the shuttle and the logistical nightmare of keeping this old technology going.
Add comment September 7th, 2008
There is a great Gizmodo interview with Alton Brown about the Food Network host’s latest road show Feasting on Waves, and the gadgetry that is involved in making hte show. Interesting read! Loved Feasting on Asphalt.
Add comment September 6th, 2008
Dean Takahashi has an excellent (and lengthy) 6 page article that covers the story of the Xbox 360 console and it’s RROD / reliability problem. Read
Add comment September 6th, 2008
trick77 has a great tutorial on Nikon D80 RAW .NEF GPS geotagging workflow on the Mac.
Add comment August 31st, 2008
The awesome music recommendation service Pandora faces the prospect of shutting down.
Add comment August 17th, 2008
Behind the design of the BMW 7 Series
Add comment August 11th, 2008
Somewhat surprisingly, the Wallstreet Journal has an article about the town that is the backdrop of Lucky Star, and how guys show up at the shrine there dressed as the schoolgirls >.<
Add comment August 10th, 2008
Interesting NYT article Hannah Montana Tickets on Sale! Oops, They’re Gone which touches on bots defeating Captcha systems to buy up tons of tix.
“Kevin McLain, Ticketmaster’s senior director of applications support, estimates that on some days, 80 percent of all ticket requests that arrive at its Web site are generated by bots.”
Add comment August 8th, 2008
Wired has an article on the High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas who wrangle and rescue huge ships.
Add comment February 27th, 2008
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