Fear of Needles? Not to Worry, FluGen is Here!

By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] It seems that there is a really neat technology out there that could make vaccination a whole lot easier.  Designed to reduce the pain and fear associated with needle injections, FluGen‘s novel immunization patch delivers the medication just below the skin in a convenient, one-time-use dispenser. This reminds me of […]



Track the Swine Flu Outbreaks on Google Maps

By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] Want to track the swine flu outbreaks on your desktop?  A chap named “niman” has created a nifty Google Map of all the swine flu activity…ON EARTH! View H1N1 Swine Flu in a larger map Key: Pink markers are suspect Purple markers are confirmed Deaths lack a dot in marker […]

Science is Sexy: What is Swine (H1N1) Flu? How Does an Animal Disease Spread to a Human Host?

Have you been watching the news at all recently?  If so, you’ve probably heard the term “Swine Flu” or “H1N1 Flu” bouncing around a lot.  While most people come down with the normal human flu at some point, it’s not really a danger to anyone but the very young and the very old.  Why is […]



Eating the World’s Largest Cheeto Over the World’s Most Expensive Keyboard

Eating anything that crumbles over a keyboard is gross. Anyone who has managed a small or large fleet of office computers will agree with me. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, here’s a short experience that will enlighten you. Take your keyboard, put one of its extremities on your desk, and tap it […]

The Ultimate Purse for Geekettes

This one is for all the geeky ladies reading us: Jeri Ellsworth is one hell of a geekette. She took a NES/C64-on-a-chip system, an lcd screen from a portable DVD player, 2 NES controllers, and assembled everything on a purse for the ultimate in female geek fashion. Unfortunately, I don’t think Jeri plans to commercialize […]

Busted! The sneaky moves of anti-social smartphone users

In this funny (and actually poignant) 3-minute talk, social strategist Renny Gleeson breaks down our always-on social world — where the experience we’re having right now is less interesting than what we’ll tweet about it later.

Were You Here Before Oprah?

By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Seeing Oprah start “tweeting” made me realize a few things: Celebrities who are not comedians or geeks twittering is just a bad, bad idea. I realize that this probably just makes me a snob, but Oprah’s credibility goes down once I learn that she can’t use apostrophes correctly. My […]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Trailer

By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Is it July 15 yet? The new trailer for Half-Blood Prince is pretty awesome. So far it looks to be a great thing that David Yeats (director of Order of the Phoenix) is back for this one, as the dark aesthetic seems to be similar, which is fitting for […]