The idea of using insects and other small creatures as data-gathering devices has always been hampered by the need for short-lived external batteries. But what if you used the animal’s own metabolism to continuously power their sensors? A research team from Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York, headed up by …
IBM’s just announced that one of its Blue Gene/Q supercomputers will be heading to the University Of Melbourne. The Blue Gene/Q will be housed at the Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI) in Melbourne, and is expected to be up and running by mid next year. It’ll provide a hefty …
Avenge Kasparov’s defeat! Show you are better than the F@H algorithm!* *Best to run F@H in the background to soak up the spare cycles too. Source
The iPad’s a darn attractive gadget, but that 30-pin connector ain’t made for love. That’s why this Fleshlight-holding iPad case concept caught our eye. Imagine all the things you could pretend to have sex with! And it turns out, it’s not just some crazy, er, pipe dream. It, or something …
Late last year, a British documentary used footage from a video game and amazingly labelled it as a secret IRA recording. It has now, a few months later, been given a severe dressing-down. British communications regulator Ofcom, which began an investigation into the incident last October, has this week issued …
Life Hacks are ingenious ways to do everyday things that make life easier, more convenient, more fun, or otherwise better. They require little effort and cumulatively make a big difference. Macguyver baby, Macguyver. Source
Hidden away in a remote CES corridor, amidst a sea of gaudy phone cases and chargers, something catches my eye. What’s a toilet doing here? Oh, you know, just revolutionising how you use the bathroom. No biggie. Behold the Swash 1000, the latest and greatest evolution of Brondell’s line of …
The creators of the original TOOB (Think Out Of Box) have spent the last two years researching and developing what they call the “world’s first affordable dome screens”. The TOOB Earth hopes to bring the IMAX experience into the family home and at an affordable price. It features a 1.2 …
Piranhas might have razor sharp teeth and the ability to communicate but I’d rather have them feast on my body than this Pacu Fish. Why? Well, you see, the Pacu Fish has human-like teeth and loves to bite off testicles to ensure you die a slow, ball-less and bleed-full death. …
When the internet gets upset about something, it doesn’t sulk alone in IRC, a single felt-pen tear static on its cheek. No, it goes all-out. At the moment, it has GoDaddy in its sights, and with Jimmy Wales’s decision to find a new, non-GoDaddy home for Wikipedia, the internet has …
The “TESV Acceleration Layer” is a new mod that claims to increase Skyrim‘s frame rate by a clear 30-40 per cent, without affecting graphics quality… or anything else for that matter. It does this by using rewritten SSE2 instructions and removing redundant code from the game. This isn’t even the …
Just when I thought you couldn’t make a product that makes you look more of an utter fuckwit than 7 polo shirts with popped collars, along comes this. Source
Most people only care about Christmas for a few weeks out of every year, but porn is on our minds every day. But what’s this? Each year “Christmas” briefly eclipses “porn” on Google? Will purity reign? Not this year, baby. Leftism were right, it is bigger than God! Source
Let’s say you had a sweet dessert that you wanted to market specifically to adults. Now to spice things up, let’s say you’re also a Scooby Doo villain and can’t stop wringing your hands over all the “meddling kids” who are going to ruin your campaign trying to steal delicious …
This is insane. Gerry Harvey, he of the fire and brimstone statements against importing goods and services from overseas, has just announced a brand new online service that — get this — allows Australian gamers to import games from overseas at reduced prices, minus the GST. Nothing says televisual feast …
Keys can be stolen, remote alarms can be hacked. But your butt-print is yours alone. And if these Japanese researchers have their way, you’ll soon use it to start your car. Some will require two-part authentication where you have to fart the tune of your school song. Source
Somewhere, someone knows how this Buzz Lightyear action figure wound up in an anus. It could be a long story. It could be a short story. Maybe there’s no real story at all. But there is this X-ray. The image is from the recent hit from powerhouse genre x-rays of …
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1-gUmpKJGY[/video]In an attempt to make hitting a poke button convey as much emotion as actually jabbing someone with your finger, researchers at Osaka University have developed a smart balloon interface that knows when it’s being touched or squeezed. The system uses a standard birthday party issue balloon that’s been packed …
Wired’s Danger Room has learned that a computer virus has infected the United States’ Predator and Reaper drones. The virus is a keylogger that keeps track of every pilots’ keystroke as they perform missions over Afghanistan and other locations. Why aren’t they running Kaspersky? Source
In news that will no doubt be of great concern to owners of HTC smartphones, a security team is claiming to have uncovered a “massive security vulnerability” in HTC Android devices that allows any application with Internet access to gain access to private data, including user accounts, email addresses, GPS …