Monthly Archives: July 2011

For this week’s hack, [Dino] was working on a mechanical cat toy, but the project fell apart towards the end for some reason or another. With time running out, he had to come up with something on pretty short notice, … Continue reading →

English engineers have produced what is believed to be the world’s first printed plane. I’m not talking a nice artsy lithograph of the Wright Bros. first flight. This is a complete, flyable aircraft spit out of a 3D printer. The … Continue reading →

Antarctica is rising like a cheese soufflé: slowly but surely. Lost ice due to climate change and left-over momentum from the end of the last big ice age mean the buoyant continent is heaven-bound. Donald Argus of NASA’s Jet Propulsion … Continue reading →

The family of a British man who died after engaging in marathon Xbox sessions is launching a campaign to raise awareness about the risks of prolonged game and computer use. Chris Staniforth, 20, of Sheffield died in May after suffering … Continue reading →

Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn will replace some of its workers with 1 million robots in three years to cut rising labor expenses and improve efficiency, said Terry Gou, founder and chairman of the company, late Friday. The robots will be … Continue reading →

They hover, spy, take photographs, fire missiles. But there’s just one major problem with drones – they’re too damn loud. Now Iarpa, the intelligence community’s blue-sky research division, wants to hush them up. And it’s turning to nature’s own stealth … Continue reading →

Practicing positive activities may serve as an effective, low-cost treatment for people suffering from depression, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside and Duke University Medical Center. In “Delivering Happiness: Translating Positive Psychology Intervention Research for Treating Major … Continue reading →

A U.S. District Judge said Friday that the $8 million in damages Apple has to pay to patent licensing company Personal Audio for violations of a playlist patent from the iPod covers “past and future use of the technology” and … Continue reading →

Consumers aren’t going as gaga for Google TV as manufacturers had hoped. In fact, people are flocking to return the smart TV set-top box. Logitech International, maker of the Revue Google TV unit, announced that Revue profits were “slightly negative” … Continue reading →

A bit over two years ago, a large collection of interested parties joined together with the ACLU to challenge a practice that had become business as usual: the patenting of human genes. The group filed a suit that targeted a … Continue reading →

The little blue pill is getting a high-tech makeover, thanks to Egyptian researchers who used a dose of nanotechnology to address some of Viagra’s shortcomings. The result: a transdermal patch for Viagra. A Viagra patch offers a couple of distinct … Continue reading →

Bill Warner’s 311 MPH run on his 1000 horsepower turbocharged Suzuki Hayabusa may not be an official record, but that doesn’t make this video footage any less amazing. Video -oldster-

From NewScientist: It has become fashionable to talk up the positive side of mental illness, to explain the persistence of conditions such as severe depression in terms of the benefits they bring to the people who experience them. For example, … Continue reading →

The bizarre object below was found in the tomb of an ancient Egyptian architect. For over 100 years, it has languished while archaeologists debated its function. Now, a physicist has thrown her hat into the ring, arguing that it is … Continue reading →