Posts Tagged ‘nerd stuff’
X-Wing Squadron Kickstarter vs Death Star Kickstarter
Who would you give your money too? The Empire or Rebel Alliance? Comment below. From Popsci.com: This Death Star-funding story just became a trilogy. First, the White House shot down a petition to build a Death Star. Then, a ...
Firebox: Personalized Superhero Action Figure
from gizmag.com Firebox will put your head on a superhero action figure Users start by obtaining well-lit front and profile head shots of themselves against a neutral background – glasses are a no-no. They then upload those s...
Apple’s ‘Area i51′
Area 151 is Apple’s data center that is home to Apple’s iCloud service. No doubt you have heard of Area 51. That’s where the government keeps all of it’s little green men, or grey men if you really follow...
“TJ” a Remote-Controled Anamatronic Puppet
I am re-writing my Christmas list and including this little guy from gizmag.com Mechanical engineer Jeff Kessler originally designed TJ* as a one-off creation, for use in a film. Now, he’s raising funds on Kickstarter to t...
Flutter – Gesture Control for ITunes and Spotify
Hipsters Rejoice! I only say that because of the girl in the video they used to promote this feature. Looks like they are trying to appeal to a certain demographic. from gizmag.com Flutter brings (limited) gesture control t...
earHero earphones let you hear your music, and the car that is about to run you over
source gizmag.com and earHero Conventional earphones can become a liability you are out and about on city streets by limiting your ability to hear approaching vehicles or other potential hazards. That’s where the earHero com...
Yo Gamma Gamma
Don’t you love a story where even scientists are “perplexed”? Strange gamma-ray objects perplex scientists The universe is filled with high-energy radiation, much of which is made of gamma rays belched out by ...
Richard Branson ALSO Goes Deep, with Tom Hanks
Joe VS The Volcano INR Greg Rose writes on Virgin: Richard Branson launches journeys to the centre of the Earth through Virgin Volcanic. Academy Award winning actor Tom Hanks to join first expedition. Only 500 people have been...
Jumping Robot (Video)
Yet another post from your friends at HYR about how we keep improving robots and making them more powerful then us. This is so in the future we can do a post entitled “We Told You So!” when the take over happens. ...
Asteroid? No Problem Lasers Will Save Us!
from gizmag.com Laser-wielding satellite swarm to deflect asteroids A collision between Earth and an asteroid a few kilometers in diameter would release as much energy as the simultaneous detonation of several million nuclear b...
Ewww and Coool
Totally gross and totally awesome. Ever sit around wondering what the the thoughts of a roach sound like? Not reading it’s mind but hearing the neurons fire? Me either but now we can! SpikerBox lets you listen to bugsR...
Pirate Bay Heading to the Cloud
Arrrgh source wired.com The furor over the idea began earlier this week when the Pirate Bay, a Swedish website that enables file sharing, said it would launch a fleet of small flying servers. Per its blog: With the development ...
Human Birdwings a Bunch of Birdsh$t?
I’m not sure what to believe here but if these things are real I want…nah actually I’d be too afraid to use them from gizmag.com Evidence of Human Birdwings flying hoax piles up The project has been in the wor...
MIT researchers taking all the fun out of ‘Hide and Seek’
Stupid nerds, why can’t they just be good at a game instead of trying to figure a way to cheat!? full story here MIT researchers create camera that can see around corners Fans of the classic 1982 science fiction movie Bl...
E=MC Looooove
Albert Einstein‘s complete archives — from personal correspondence with half a dozen lovers to notebooks scribbled with his groundbreaking scientific research — are going online for the first time. from http://www.us...
WIRED – Since 1994
I “borrow” stories from Wired.com once in awhile. They are a great source for all things that I find to be awesome and therefor so should you. I had no idea that they have been around such a long time. No, I am not ...
