Archive for April, 2011

When you ionize but not burn different sections of your hair for precise chemical analysis, using delicate laser can theoretically tell what you ate and where you were in the world on an hour by hour basis. Read on for more information. More »


The Making of a Fly by Peter Lawrence, previously out of print, is now available on Amazon for $23,698,655.93 dollars. Mistake? Yes, thankfully. This … terrifyingly huge number is the result of the two companies’, Bordeebook and Profnath, pricing algorithm. The person who discovered this glitch said: More »


The nose can detect smells from a mile away. But we never thought it would be that good. Professor Hossam Haick and colleages from the Israel Institute of Technology have gifted us the newest technology - a sniffer by the name of NA-NOSE (short for Nanoscale Artificial NOSE). More »


Unfortunately, Yahoo! Mail is still down for some users. Reportedly, around 1 million out of 250 million users have problems accessing their account. It’s quite a small percentage but still a great number. More »


Today’s unique USB features a USB Bear Clock! Yes, it’s very cute, no? It kinda reminds me of a gummy bear…a smoothie flavored one. On its stomach there is a digital clock! And there are USB ports on each of the bear’s feet. More »


- Verizon’s 4G network is currently down.

- The upcoming super hero film, X-Men: First Class finally releases its trailer. More »


Today’s app is for all you singers (or even screamers) out there! The app, Glee Karaoke, by Smule allows you to sing your heart out to today’s and yesterday’s hottest music! You can compete and share (gloat) your scores. If you’re already familiar with the app, you’ll know the Gleek Of The Week Contest, where you see the chosen song of the week and if you’re a winner you’ll get 5 free songs! You can also play the songs you’ve already recorded. More »


IKEA is known as that very big furniture store that allows you to mix and match furniture at an affordable price. And now, the furniture conglomerate is selling these SOLVINDEN solar lamps for just $20. What a steal! More »


Countries have many ways to celebrate the advent of something new. But nothing is as epic and can match how the Japanese celebrate the coming of the new bullet train, the Shinkansen. More »


The much-anticipated Royal Wedding left an entire nation in a frenzy and many others glued to their TV screens. But as beautiful as the ceremony was, there was just one odd little thing: the Royal Wedding employed the use of cellphone jammers. This meant that you couldn’t tweet or call during the Wedding to convey information during the ceremony. More »


DLR, Germany’s aerospace agency, has this robot that they like to call Rollin’ Justin. His object tracking and tactical sensors have just recently been improved. That has led to it having the capability to catch objects on the fly. More »


Getting frustrated that your keyboard keys are sticking? Can’t find that key that was lost? Well, it looks like you’re in need of this keyboard touchscreen! Introducing to you the thin Minebea Cool Leaf Keyboard!. More »


A year ago, Google included Adobe Flash into their Chrome browser that made their users a little frustrated. But Google’s always had good intentions behind their reasons. They’ve always said they keep their Chrome users’ security in mind. Now, there’s a new feature that will allow users to clear those annoying Flash cookies! More »


The Grainger Sky Theater just got a renovation from the Adler Planetarium with a huge screen. This screen will be 8,000 pixels by 8,000 pixels and be an imitation of the outer space. It is supposed to show “the largest single seamless digital image in the world”. Currently, screens show 2k by 4k pixel images. More »


Chromers, rejoice! Google has just released a more stable version of Chrome - Chrome 11! It has fixed bugs and brings along some amazing translation and speech-to-text features, GPU-accelerated 3D CSS and a simple icon. More »


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