Monthly Archives: September 2009
Unlock your Car Remotely Through a Cell Phone: Urban Legend or Fact?
We’ve all heard the story: Someone locks his car keys and remote car opener inside his vehicle, and can’t get back in. He does have a second remote car opener at home, so he calls up his home, where his wife/roommate/whatever answers. He asks the housemate to hold the second remote up to the phone […]
NASA Tests Ares I Rocket
NASA and industry partners lit up the Utah sky on Sept. 10, 2009, with the initial full scale, full-duration test firing of the first motor for the Ares I rocket. Engineers will use the measurements gathered from the test to evaluate thrust, roll control, acoustics and motor vibrations. This data will provide valuable information as […]
Symantec’s New Norton Internet Security Ads are Brilliant
Symantec has just unveiled a new ad campaign for the 2010 version of their Norton Internet Security suite, and while you may or may not like their products, you will have to admit that these commercials are both brilliant and hilarious. Check them out: Kimbo Slice vs. Caterpillar Dokken vs Chicken Thanks Andrew!
How people read each other’s minds
Sensing the motives and feelings of others is a natural talent for most people. But how do we do it? In the following video presentation, Rebecca Saxe shares fascinating lab work that uncovers how the brain thinks about other peoples’ thoughts — and judges their actions.
More useless information from Google: Internet Stats
By Sterling “Chip” Camden Contributing Writer, [GAS] ReadWriteWeb alerted us to the stealth release of Google Internet Stats, a new service from Google in which you can browse or search for trivia about the Internet and related topics – just in case you can’t waste enough time on Wikipedia or YouTube. The service is hosted […]
UK government says sorry for 1950s prosecution of computer pioneer Alan Turing
The British prime minister has issued an official apology for the 1950s mistreatment of Alan Turing, the man sometimes dubbed “the father of modern computer science.” It follows a petition signed by more than 30,000 people and may boost the case for Turing receiving a posthumous knighthood. Turing was prosecuted in 1952 for gross indecency, […]
Update: Teapot-Blowing Contest — Pictures
Yesterday I asked you, dear readers, to send pictures of yourself blowing into a teapot. I could not have imagined such a great response–the number of submissions was fantastic. And even though I offered $20 to the first three people who sent in their picture (congratulations to Touchcream, TheOrangeSquirrel, and Keaton Pepper), most of you […]
Kylie Returns in Cute Windows 7 Ad
Well, it looks like there’s no shortage of cute things this evening. First, a Google Street View stop-motion video, and now, a Windows 7 commercial featuring the one and only Kylie, one of the cutest little girl we’ve seen on television. [Via Gizmodo]
How Google Street View Works – In Stop Motion
In the following 2-minute stop-motion short, Google Japan explains how Google Street View really works. Cute isn’t it? [Via Jalopnik]