Archive for February 2011
guy driving a car with his brain… is this the future?
Devices that pick up brain waves and translate them into mechanical action are being developed to control prosthetic limbs, robots and video games. Soon you’ll be able to control your television and phone. But now comes the BrainDriver, a car that is driven entirely by your thoughts. It’s a new application of the brain-computer interface [...]
Why 24-bit Audio Will Be Bad For Users
Apple and other digital retailers are planning to offer 24-bit audio to consumers. It should be an easy sell; recording studios use 24-bit, it’s how the music was mixed, and it’s how the consumers should hear it. Right? Wrong. 24-bit audio might be the staple of recording studios, but there’s a reason it should stay [...]
Daft Punk gets their own Coke bottles
Daft Punk won’t be walking home with an Oscar this Sunday, but Tom and Guy do have an equally impressive claim to fame: they’ll soon be able open their fridge and pull out a bottle of Daft Coke. That’s because the iconic French duo have just partnered with Coca-Cola for a specially branded version of [...]
Man Names His Newborn Girl Facebook
While American parents worry about their kids being on Facebook, Egyptian parents are naming their kids “Facebook” to commemorate the events surrounding the #Jan25 revolution. According to Al-Ahram (one of the most popular newspapers in Egypt) a twenty-something Egyptian man has named his first born daughter “Facebook” in tribute to the role the social media [...]
Cellphone Radiation Increases Brain Activity
Radiation from a mobile phone call can make brain regions near the device burn more energy, according to a new study. Cellphones emit ultra-high-frequency radio waves during calls and data transfers, and some researchers have suspected this radiation — albeit inconclusively — of being linked to long-term health risks like brain cancer. The new brain-scan-based [...]
The Bar Is Open….A Slot Machine That Pays In Drinks
Gambling just to win silver coins can get boring. Instead, play for a perfectly crafted cocktail. The BarBot was built by a team from the hacker collective NYC Resistor as part of a hacking competition co-sponsored by the videocontent company VIMBY and the carmaker Scion. read more here
Solowheel ‘self balancing electric unicycle’.. this thing is crazy
Segways are nerdy and awkward, there’s no way around it. This solowheel, a “self balancing electric unicycle” is just as nerdy as a Segway but slightly less awkward. The Solowheel only weighs 20 pounds and comes in a relatively small package and is definitely no where near as unwieldy as a Segway. Plus, it doesn’t [...]
Top 50 Most Innovative Companies 2011
This is a list full of surprises, even though the No. 1 pick is no surprise at all. Apple itself was once written off; but the company restored innovation to its proper place. 1 APPLE For dominating the business landscape, in 101 ways 2 TWITTER For five years of explosive growth that have redefined communication [...]
if you into graff you’ve gotta check out Redbull’s ‘Street Art View’
A collaborative collection of sites from google street view showcasing street art all over the globe View more here http://www.streetartview.com/
Lil Wayne Steals Oreo’s Record for Most Facebook Likes in 24 Hours
Lil Wayne has broken the Guinness World Record for most Facebook likes on a single post in 24 hours — a record only too recently created and briefly held by Oreo. Around 16.7 million Facebook users “like” Oreo’s page on the social network; Lil Wayne’s fanbase weighs in at 20 million Facebook users strong. However, [...]
The Legendary: A Film About The Roots (9 min)
The Legendary: A Film About The Roots from Cam Be on Vimeo.
Knife In Man’s Head Removed After 4 Years
Surgeons in southern China successfully removed a rusty, 4-inch (10-centimeter) knife from the skull of a man who said it had been stuck in there for four years, the hospital said Friday. Read More
Tattooed pigs?
Pigs can expect to be branded, but one farm has turned the process into an art form, decorating them from head to toe with tattoos. Crowds are flocking to Art Farm China in Yang Zhen, Beijing, where Belgian artist Wim Delvoye displays his colourful sows and boars. The animals are still on display to farm [...]
Video of working “Facebook phone”
Remember all that talk about a Facebook phone? And by that I mean an Android phone built by various cell phone manufacturers optimized for social experiences with Facebook’s help. One of the first partners planning to come out with a Facebook phone will be INQ Mobile, a British startup owned by Hutchison Whampoa (HTC is [...]
