If the idea of two female geeks locked in battle gets you a little hot under the collar, the reality may be somewhat disappointing: it takes place mainly through intellectual property lawyers. Melbourne’s Rosie Cross is an online feminist writer whose site is named geekgirl. Sydney’s Kate Carruthers is an IT consultant (among other roles) [...]
I’m not exactly sure where this cake comes from, but it sure looks geeky… and delicious! To whoever this cake is addressed, a lot of efforts were put into making it, so I truly wish you guys unending joy and happiness! Thanks Richard!
Did you know that the word “robot” was originally coined in 1920 after the czech word “robota”, which means “Compulsory Labor”? We’ve got a bunch of other interesting facts about our robotic friends right after the jump!
Facebook’s founder and chief has come as close as seems likely to happen to apologizing for inadequate privacy policies. Writing in the Washington Post, Mark Zuckerberg said that the company had thought it best to offer users detailed controls over every aspect of user settings relating to data use and privacy, but that “We just [...]
Remember Big Dog, that amazing 4-legged robotic mule we posted about a while ago? Well Big Dog has a little brother folks, and this guy really knows how to handle bumpy terrain. I’ll let you check him out: Now just imagine yourself trying to run away from that thing (for whatever reason) in a not [...]
All this to roll a die? That’s beside the point! I was particularly taken by the weird shapes of the found objects used in this Rube Goldberg contraption and how easily they could have underperformed. [via NeatoGeek]
-15 Amazing Home Theaters Setups Just got one word to say about these: Wow! -Star Wars In Odd Places Strikes Back Here is an awesome compilation of Star Wars characters appearing in the most oddest of places. -iPhone 4: Sifting Through the Rumors With Apple’s World-Wide Developers’ Conference 2010 and the presumptive launch of iPhone [...]
By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] If you follow the science (and probably Sci-Fi) news at all, you’ve probably heard about Craig Venter’s successful creation of the first synthetic organism. Just so we’re all on the same page, the new organism is much like any other bacterium, except it has a custom-made genome with not only [...]
Hey Everyone! Just a quick post to let you guys know about our new AWESOME t-shirts! The first idea comes from the mind of Jöshua, who won one of the prizes in the “design a t-shirt” contest we held a few months ago. The shirt was inspired by Newton’s second law of motion (F = [...]
A few months ago we wrote about the rumors of Morgan Spurlock and Joss Whedon teaming up for a documentary about Comic Con. Well, looks like the project is moving full steam ahead – and others have signed on as well, like comics icon Stan Lee, Ain’t It Cool News’ Harry Knowles, and Legendary Pictures’ [...]
The little yellow guy we all know and love is 30 years old! Launched on May 22nd, 1980 in Japan, the game Pac-Man swept the world within just a few months. The Guiness Book of World Records lists it as the most successful coin-operated game ever. To celebrate, Google has unveiled an interactive logo that [...]
