There has been a rumor for some time that Neil Gaiman would be writing an episode of Doctor Who (now under the helm of Steven Moffat), but when his name didn’t appear in the list of 2010 writers, many thought it wasn’t to be. However, while accepting an award for his Batman comic at SFX [...]
I thought for a minute that were approaching infinite recursion. Now everyone will want to try a live webcast just so they can do this and try handling it better. [via b3ta]
Warning: Video contains strong language. I never realized this until now, but it looks like Mario is cheating on Princess Peach in this game… unless these two have an open relationship… who knows?
Microsoft is finally withdrawing the Xbox LIVE online gaming service for owners of the original Xbox (ie, not the 360). The move will also mean the withdrawal of online play for Xbox titles played through the Xbox 360. The firm isn’t giving too much detail about the reasons for the change, but says it’s related [...]
Google has just started releasing a series of videos documenting the story behind the company’s new phone, the Nexus one. In the first episode, various people who worked on the design of the phone talk about some of the decisions that were taken to make the Nexus One the most advanced mobile on the market [...]
The machine works by having a magazine of dominoes that is dragged along the table and a slider that moves back and forth sliding one domino out of the magazine at a time. All along, the machine is driving forward, which causes the released dominoes to be spaced out. [Via Woodgears]
Q: What do Snoop Dogg, David Beckham, and Star Wars all have in common? A: Shoes. Adidas is launching a line of Star Wars shoes, and somehow the obvious spokespeople are a rapper and a soccer player. In any case, today saw Darth Vader and a group of stormtroopers along with people in Adidas jumpsuits [...]
It’s been quite some time since Sonic’s heydays in the 90′s when Sega unleashed him to rival Nintendo’s Mario. Since then, the Italian plumber has continued to prosper while the blue hedgehog’s star has petered out miserably. The two icons recently ran into each other in an exceedingly uncomfortable setting: Thanks Ziad!
Last week we brought you the news that scientists have now found a way to deduce which colors dinosaurs may have been by analyzing the structure of melanosomes. Those are cell bodies which carry melanin, which determines color, and in the case of the Sinosauropteryx had survived in fossils. Unfortunately there’s some bad news to [...]
From the same guy who produced the Amazing Robocop Rap, here comes a new video paying tribute to yet another masterpiece of geek culture: Aliens!
[Via Gizmodo]
Traditional lab tests for disease diagnosis can be too expensive and cumbersome for the regions most in need. George Whitesides’ ingenious answer, at TEDxBoston, is a foolproof tool that can be manufactured at virtually zero cost. Check it out:
