Feed aggregator
Rockford Spins, Drive-Thru Weddings and Flatbread Tacos
Crazy adventures begin almost as soon as Jeremy Hart sets off on an around-the-world drive in a Ford Fiesta.
Categories: Technology Tools
It's Another QWERTY Keyboard, Now for TV
We're living in an age of multiple connected screens, where even our media-savvy televisions demand some occasional typing to search for a videogame, TV show or Netflix rental. Problem is, typing (more like hunting and pecking) with a game controller or remote control is a pain in the butt — and that's the world into which the TiVo Slide is being born.
Categories: Technology Tools
NFL Teams, Still Worth Billions, See Slight Decline
According to Forbes, the average value of a NFL team has dipped 2 percent to $1.02 billion, marking the first time that data point has declined since the magazine started tracking NFL team valuations in 1998.
Categories: Technology Tools
Vintage Circuit Boards Create Stunning Sculptures
Artist Theo Kamecke has taken vintage circuit boards and transformed them to adorn furniture and sculpture that can be used in homes and galleries.
Categories: Technology Tools
Video: Dancing Parrot Boogies Better With a Partner
SEATTLE -- Snowball the dancing parrot doesn't just bob to the beat. The YouTube sensation, who proved last year that humans aren't the only species that got rhythm, gets his groove on better with a dance partner. "It's not just an automatic response to sound," said neurobiologist Aniruddh Patel of the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego. "It's concerned with bonding."
Categories: Technology Tools
August 27, 1874: He's Ammoniac, Ammoniac at the Fore
Carl Bosch, a chemist whose work would transform agriculture and industry — and eventually enable the Green Revolution — is born.
Categories: Technology Tools
Alt Text: Offline Social Network Sites Don't Live Up to Hype
I'm always on the lookout for the latest edge-defining interactive trends, so when I read a blog post that pointed to a tweet referring to a Facebook group that referred to a thing called a "get together," I was intrigued.
Categories: Technology Tools
RIM Offers India Compromise to Avoid BlackBerry Ban
Research In Motion Ltd., facing a possible ban on its BlackBerry service in India, offered to lead an industry forum in developing ways to balance the country’s security needs with customers’ privacy requirements.
Categories: Technology Tools
Lightning in Humid Regions Could Be Harvested for Energy
It could be possible to harvest "hygroelectricity" from lightning the air in regions that experience high humidity, such as the tropics.
Categories: Technology Tools
Ötzi the Iceman May Have Had Funeral Ceremony
A prehistoric man whose naturally mummified body was discovered frozen in the Italian Alps may have been toted up the mountain by his comrades, a new study suggests. The Iceman, also nicknamed Ötzi, lived between 5,350 and 5,100 years ago as part of a genetically distinct European population. Hikers noticed the Iceman poking out of a glacier in 1991.
Categories: Technology Tools
Fans May Not 'Like' Facebook Film
Users of the world's biggest social network are more excited about a low-budget horror flick than the forthcoming The Social Network
Categories: Technology Tools
HP Tops Dell’s 3Par Bid Again, Offering $1.8 Billion
Hewlett-Packard Co., waging a bidding war with Dell Inc., said it would pay $1.8 billion for 3Par Inc. -- about $200 million more than a Dell offer from earlier today.
Categories: Technology Tools
Google's E-Mail Calling No Threat to Skype
Google may need to add mobile, business features to make its new Internet-calling service a true rival
Categories: Technology Tools
Klingon Opera Ramps Up for Earth-Bound Premiere
Dutch sci-fi fans will stage the world's first Klingon opera next month. They've even beamed a message into space inviting the Klingons to attend, but they have yet to receive any RSVPs.
Categories: Technology Tools
China Unicom May Sell IPad Next Month, Business News Reports
China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd. may start sales of Apple Inc.’s iPad in mid to late September, the China Business News reported today, citing an unidentified person at the carrier.
Categories: Technology Tools



