A fireball fight, a stiletto race, a mass dog wedding and more.
Funny 911 calls
'I'm locked in my car...' hilarious! :-D
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Spy gadget - calculator video camera
'Comes with its own digital receiver which has a built in LCD screen so you can view and also record whatever the calculator video camera sees'
Solar trees on tour round Europe
'Arguably this is not a new idea but it seems it's going to take the efforts of prominent design figure Lovegrove and heavyweight lighting manufacture Artemide to raise public awareness'
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Bubble wrap destresser
Online version, with manic mode :)
Denis Zilber illustrations (some NSFW)
Next-gen UK broadband to go straight to communities still on dial-up
'Communities bypassed by broadband should be the first to get even faster services, says an Ofcom advisory group. The regulator's Consumer Panel said excluded areas of the UK should "leapfrog" to next generation access' - they're going to wonder what's hit them, those lucky folks.
Focused ultrasound system gives new type of tactile feedback to games
'At the moment, the system provides a small force only in the vertical dimension, but the team is improving the geometry of the array and the amount of power it can produce so that future devices will provide a stiffer feel and more contoured objects. Prof Iwamoto envisions marrying the approach with 3-D modelling software and video games'
Hackers target self-service supermarket checkouts for credit card fraud
'The fraudsters are looking for self-service systems to avoid contact with store staff who may spot fake cards'
Chemical coating makes waterproof, breathable fabrics possible
'Shoe maker Hi-Tec has signed a deal with the developers of the process to use the technology to waterproof many of its shoes'
New model helps computers recognize patterns the same way humans do
'Humans have a natural tendency to find order in sets of information, a skill that has proven difficult to replicate in computers. The new algorithm, which was developed at the MIT, may impact the field of artificial intelligence'
Track bank accounts, email, social network accounts and more, on one webpage
'Instead of hopping from Web site to Web site, juggling multiple usernames and passwords, why not check up on all your online accounts from a single, secure, AJAX-based site: Pageonce.com. Using Pageonce, you can check your phone bill, bank accounts, Netflix queue, MySpace inbox, and more, without ever having to jump to a new Web page.'
Tiny cube links up all known space technologies (US, Japanese, Russian etc)
'It turns out that astronauts don't want to see messages like "Error: The driver for the Oxygen Processor could not be found 00xxxxxeeff333"'
Odd animal couples
'Gohan and Aochan (above) make strange bedfellows: one’s a 3.5-inch dwarf hamster; the other is a four-foot rat snake'
'Six-month-old dog, Torque, adopted tiny baby owl Shrek when she was taken from her mother for her own protection after just three days'
'Get to the point' bookmarks
'These slip over the page pointy bookmarks mark a specific line or passage that you want to get back to'
Stacking glasses
'Usuhari Stacking Glasses are made using the same technique used to make light bulbs. Although they may appear to require special care, they require the same care as any other glasses'
