Less than 10% of plastic trash is recycled — compared to almost 90% of metals — because of the massively complicated problem of finding and sorting the different kinds. Frustrated by this waste, Mike Biddle has developed a cheap and incredibly energy efficient plant that can, and does, recycle any kind of plastic. [TED]
Seems climate change has forced Bigfoot away from his traditionally chilly home; the elusive (but totally real) beast of legend has had to resort to extremes, apparently, as he was recently spotted strolling along the surface of the Sun. See? Alan Friedman snapped this shot of an oddly familiar-looking solar prominence. [A] prominence [is] an eruption of ionized gas [...]
Chris Evans-Roberts from Ithaca Audio used an APC40 (Ableton Performance Controller) to create this totally epic mashup using some samples from The Imperial March, the theme from Shaft, and sounds from a few other sources. [Via G.TDW]
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There’s a rumor that Sony Pictures is looking to acquire the film rights to the upcoming (authorized) Steve Jobs biography (the release date for which has been pushed up from November to October 24). The timing may seem a bit unfortunate, but the book was already nearing completion and had a lot of buzz, given [...]
Our friend Ashley over at Her Universe has this absolutely adorable Star Wars Halloween tote bag for sale that should help your kids (or even you, who knows!) carry their candies when All Hallows’ Eve comes. The bag is currently available for pre-order and will ship by October 17th, 2011. However, if you want one, [...]
The best policy in business is to avoid making dumb decisions. But the second best policy is to be smart enough to realize when you’ve made a dumb decision and change your mind. That’s certainly the case with Netflix, which has completely abandoned a rebranding and reorganization process that had some particularly bizarre and counterproductive [...]
We asked for pics of your geeky body art, and you delivered. Here are all the entries that made it in before the cut-off (for the rest of you: we’ll save yours for Round 2 sometime in the future). There’s a bit of everything here, which is encouraging because that means our geek-base is nice [...]
For today’s edition of Deal of the Day, Amazon has the Seagate Expansion 3 TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive for just $119.99. That’s 45% off the drive’s usual retail price of $219.99. Seagate external desktop drives provide extra storage for your ever-growing collection of files. Instantly add up to 3TB (depending on model) [...]
When he gets home he’ll be like, “It rained the whole time.” Kudos to Tony Bamber, the creator of this awesomeness.
Yes, I know you guys have seen tons of videos of various people launching video cameras attached to weather balloons, but this one by Page Stephenson is particularly spectacular, so be sure to check it out! [Vimeo]
There’s really no connection between a cornfield and NASA. But that hardly matters, really, because these NASA-themed corn mazes are pretty spectacular. Seven farms across the US are participating in a special collaboration with NASA called Space Farm 7 to celebrate the space agency’s achievements and progress in space, as well as providing education and activities about [...]
