Remember TomTom’s Darth Vader GPS recording session we posted a few months ago? Well to promote their new Yoda GPS voice pack, the company has just released a similar video, but this time, featuring the green little guy. Check it out:
Sure, lots of people have made beer fetching robots in the past, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one as effective as this one. I mean, look at the thing! It can even open bottles for you if you don’t have a beer bottle opener handy. Simply awesome. [Via Willow Garage]
The following video features excerpts from Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space. More specifically, from the chapter titled A Universe Not Made For Us. Narrated by Carl Sagan himself, the clip is truly a wonder to listen to. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
On Tuesday we reported on an attempt to fly a plane for a full day without a drop of fuel. That attempt was a success – and the designers say they expect to one day fly a similar plane around the world. As the name implies, the Solar Impulse project’s plane HB-SIA is powered entirely [...]
[Via MUO | TheOatmeal]
Today marks the 172nd birthday of Ferdinand von Zeppelin. Or, as his full name goes, Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin. You can likely guess what we have him to thank for (and no, I’m not talking about anything related to Robert Plant and Jimmy Page). While airships never quite gained in popularity as [...]
Now that is really cool. German Vimeo user Surfap used a projector and a motion tracking system to play Mario on a sidewalk. Check it out: [Via TechEblog]
Hey Stargate fans! Whether you watched both series on TV (and missed a few episodes…) or are looking to listen to them for the first time, Amazon.com has a pretty amazing deal on the SG-1 and Atlantis box sets. The Stargate-SG1 box set is currently priced at only $79.99, and the Atlantis one goes for [...]
A few weeks ago we reported on an ultra-powerful laser pointer made available for public sale and many of you commented in negative terms. It’s now emerged that George Lucas shares your dislike. As you can probably imagine, Lucas’ company is not just concerned with safety, but with intellectual property. It has written to the [...]
If one estimate is correct, Microsoft’s Xbox Live has become a billion dollar business. Bloomberg made the estimate after failing to get a precise figure from Microsoft. It did, however, get two points confirmed by the company: Around half of Xbox Live users are on the paid Gold subscription. In the 12 months to the [...]
From Pogo, the internet-famous creator of Expialidocious, here’s “Gardyn”, an original song created using only samples of his mother’s voice and sounds from her garden. As is usual with Pogo’s music, the final result is absolutely fantastic. Check it out: Song available for download here.
Discover Magazine reports on a fascinating flight, going on right now in Europe. There’s been plenty of discussion about alternate fuel options for decades now, and in my steampunk research I’ve come across the history of steam-powered airplanes. But solar powered? Now there’s an idea. The plane, called the HB-SIA, is a long, lean machine, [...]
