Electronic Arts has found a creative way to make its latest incarnation of the Madden NFL series even more realistic: live weather updates. Thanks to a hook-up with the Weather Channel, players who have their consoles connected to the internet will have the option to play under the conditions which are currently happening in the […]
Yeah, we know, the video is in Russian, but fortunately, you don’t really need to understand anything being said to enjoy these people’s camouflage techniques! [Via Gizmodo]
Realized by Esteban Diácono using “Adobe After Effects, particular v2, soundkeys and a little starglow,” Let Yourself Feel is a short computer-generated animation featuring colored smoke dancing to the beautiful sound of Olafur Arnalds‘s music. [Via Geekologie]
Don’t want to use Google’s services anymore? Then there’s only one thing left for you to do my friends: Move to Google’s brand new opt out village. Check it out:
A South Korean scientist who faked the production of a human embryo from cloned material is facing four years in jail over the incident. Hwang Woo-Suk has been charged with embezzlement and with accepting funds under false pretences. That relates to the US $2.25 million he received from public funds to carry out the studies. […]
In the following video, deceased (1988) American physicist Richard Feynman amuses himself with an old puzzle – why do mirrors seem to switch left and right, but not top and bottom?
Anyone who has ever got stuck in the traffic for several hours during a hot summer day will definitely relate to this guy. Warning: video contains strong language.
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.