Someone with way too much time on their hands ported a NES emulator to JavaScript. Feel like playing Super Mario Bros or Zelda at work? Grab a fast browser like Google Chrome and head on over here,
http://benfirshman.com/projects/jsnes/
What if we could turn all the plastic waste we create on a daily basis into fuel to power our cars? A Washington, DC-based company called Envion claims it can do just that with a process that turns plastic into an oil-like fuel for just $10 per barrel. According to Envion, the resulting fuel can be blended with other components and used as either gasoline or diesel.
via Inhabitat » New Envion Facility Turns Plastic Waste into $10/Barrel Fuel.
This is an interesting article about someone who wore a North Paw (available as kit or with DIY instructions here for a while.
The North Paw is an ankle bracelet that continuously signals where North is by vibrating in that direction. Apparently this leads to some interesting results.
via My New Sense Organ | h+ Magazine.
The Haiku Project is proud to announce the availability of Haiku R1/Alpha 1, the first official development release of Haiku, an open source operating system that specifically targets personal computing.
Haiku is a continuation of BeOS in open source form. Should be good!
via Haiku Project Announces Availability of Haiku R1/Alpha 1 | Haiku Project.