Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have succeeded in obtaining and reconstructing a persons thoughts and memories. The result is a crude digital recording of the visuals occurring in the person’s head putting us one step closer to being able to record thoughts or dreams (and uploading them to YouTube).
Month: September 2012
Understanding Engineer Jokes
We present a collection of Geeky jokes (Part I). This week, “Understanding Engineers”.
570-Megapixel Dark Energy Camera aims to figure out the mysterious dark energy that fills our universe
Tim Cook issues letter to iPhone owners apologizing for the Apple Maps fiasco and suggesting alternative mapping solutions
Tim Cook issued a letter to iPhone owners today apologizing for the Apple Maps fiasco. In the letter (see below) he summarizes the problem and suggests customers try alternatives like Bing, MapQuest, or Google Maps.
Dark Knight Rises Blue-ray, DVD, and cool Batman cowl replica coming December 4, 2012
Warner Home Video has announced the release date and details for the Dark Knight Rises DVD release. The Dark Knight Rises starring Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Anne Hathaway and Gary Oldman, will rise on December 4, 2012 in 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and full 1080p video. A Combo Pack priced at…
Here’s what Albert Einstein looked like when he was a kid
MESMERIZING VIDEO – watch 32 out-of-sync metronomes magically synchronize themselves
If you place two metronomes on a stationary board and start them out of sync, they will remain out of sync forever. But if the board is placed on two rollers, so that the movement of the metronomes can be transferred through the moveable board, each metronome’s movement will affect the movement of the other…
NASA Curiosity Rover finds evidence of ancient flowing streams on Mars – UPDATED PICTURES
NASA announced today (on the evening of Sol 51), that Curiosity Rover has found evidence of an ancient flowing stream on Mars at a few sites. Round-shaped rocks, called clasts, have lead Geologists to the conclusion that they have been moved about by water. The clasts are too heavy to have been moved by wind.
Bad Piggies, the sequel to Angry Birds, was released today
From the creators of Angry Birds, an all new game from the Pigs’ point of view was released today. A cross between Angry Birds and Amazing Alex, Rovio released Bad Piggies for iOS and Android devices. You create flying/crawling/rolling/spinning/crashing devices and use them to pilot the pigs safely to the eggs that their king desperately…
Wool book review – how self-published book made Howey a rich man
Wool, written by U.S. writer Hugh Howey, was self published through Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing system (it can be purchased from Barnes and Noble too). The series, which can be purchased as a single omnibus edition, consists of six novellas – Wool, Proper Gauge, Casting Off, The Unraveling, The Stranded, and First Shift. Wool tells…