Mouse 2.0: Multi-Touch Meets The Mouse
The folks at Microsoft Research just released a short video demonstrating 5 novel multi-touch mice combining the standard capabilities of a regular computer mouse, but with some multi-touch features thrown in.
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New Verizon Commercial Spoofs iPhone Ad: “There’s a map for that.”
Apparently if you were watching the Vikings play the Packers on Monday Night Football (and weren’t taking a bathroom break during the commercials), you saw the new Verizon ad that spoofs Apple’s “there’s an app for that” campaign. Are you wondering why you (you, being the dude with the Verizon phone) can use all your […]
11th Doctor: Matt Smith & the New Doctor Who Companion
With David Tennant departing from the show, the big news in Doctor Who world early this year was the casting of newcomer Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor (perhaps even overshadowing the other big news that Steven Moffat is replacing Russell T. Davies as head writer). And a couple of months ago it was announced […]
Cartoon: Driver Installation Support Woe
Posted with permission from Mark Anderson. [Source]
Amazon Coughs Up $150K for Lost Homework
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Remember how a kid’s Amazon Kindle ate his homework? Described as “a bit ironic,” the situation that spawned a lawsuit involved remote deletion of electronic copies of Orwell’s 1984 from customers’ Kindles due to some copyright confusion. The kid in question had already taken notes on his, and then […]
Zombieland delivers gore, geekery, and guffaws
By Natania Barron Contributing Writer, [GAS] I have a confession to make: I’m not that into horror flicks. It’s not that I’m a total wuss, necessarily, but I happened to have been raised in a household where viewing such material was simply off-limits. So I didn’t really get the opportunity to watch anything gory or […]
Oh Nom Nom Nom: Cupcakes for Zombies
Made by flickr user xsomnis, these delicious-looking raspberry brain cupcakes with french vanilla cream cheese frosting will make the perfect addition for that upcoming All Hallows Eve party. I don’t know about you, but even though I’m no undead, I still feel a powerful urge to go bake a dozen of these right now and […]
Bear-4 Sends HD Camera to the Edge of Space
This is the kind of thing I dreamed of doing as a kid. Okay, it’s the kind of thing I still think about doing now. I’m not sure how I missed this earlier, but thought it would be worth a post for those of you who might not have seen it yet. The flight was […]
Balloons in Liquid Nitrogen
In the following video, Matt Strafuss, a technical instructor at MIT’s Physics Department, demonstrates the ideal gas law. A drop in temperature with fixed mass and external pressure will result in a smaller volume, and vice-versa. [Via MIT News]
Terminator & Back to the Future Animated Mashup
What happens when you combine two of the most implausible time travel movies of all time into one great trailer? This is what happens: