This month Unix celebrates its 40th birthday. Though for being over the hill, the operating system just seems to be getting better with age… or at least it’s definitely not become obsolete. In 1969, Ken Thompson, a researcher at Bell Labs who had previously been working on a larger operating system project when AT&T pulled […]
Yes, you read that headline correctly, no need to rub your eyes. The following video features 3 bikini babes reading some parts of the Star Wars script for your, *ahem*, viewing enjoyment. Hey, It’s Star Wars… it’s bikini-clad girls… so uuuh, it has to be awesome… right? :) If this isn’t enough for you, there’s […]
In the following video, Dr. Michio Kaku talks about the multiverse and parallel universes. If you liked the clip featured in our “Visualizing the Big Band” post, then you’ll definitely want to watch this one as well.
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Many people, well, geeks, are participating in a Twitter meme where lyrics to well-known songs are rendered in computer code. If you don’t get it: songsincode tries to display either a title of a song or part of its lyrics (as some songs are more known by the refrain than their title – for example […]
Gamer is an upcoming scifi movie from Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor featuring an online multiplayer game called “slayer” in which players control real human beings as game characters. The film is set to be released on September 4, 2009.
We made this video about the Big Bang because the theory is important and amazing, but often misunderstood. This video was produced without any funding from any outside sources. It was put together with donated creative time from a group with a desire to further public cognition of science. Science has many amazing stories to […]
TMZ reported yesterday about a grill featured on Sears’ website under “Human Cooking > Grills to Cook Babies and More > Body Part Roaster”, and they produced the following image as proof: According to reddit user gfixler, who claims responsibility for the prank, he’s been able to make these sorts of modifications to the breadcrumb […]
Bluetooth rotary phone handset This is either brilliant, pointless or just brilliantly pointless. It’s simply an old fashioned style telephone handset adapted to hook up to your cellphone via a Bluetooth connection. To be fair, using it in public is likely to have you committed to an institution. However, in the home, it could be […]
Janine Benyus has a message for inventors: When solving a design problem, look to nature first. There you’ll find inspired designs for making things waterproof, aerodynamic, solar-powered and more. In the following video presentation, she reveals dozens of new products that take their cue from nature with spectacular results.