iPhone Folders
It’s simple: you install this and you can browse your iphone in windows explorer just like another harddrive. Whyever Apple removed this from the touch / iphone is beyond me, but I’m glad there’s a fix! iPhone Folders.
Month: November 2009
Xflex bomb proof wallpaper
A single sheet of this applied as sticky wallpaper is enough to stop a wrecking ball. Two sheets stop small projectiles. It stretches and catches the blast debris and then elastically returns the wall to its’ former state. Xflex Blast Protection Systems.
Mine detecting microbes
When sprayed over an area, after a while the bacteria covering mines start to glow grean, making cleanup a doddle. BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | Glowing bugs could find landmines.
V-22 Osprey melts ship landing pads
And it looks like the F-35 JSF will probably be even worse. This premature buckling of the landing pads by the hot exhaust fumes, mean that the pads (which you can’t just go and replace without capsizing the ship) will run out before the ship does. The USMC has issued DARPA a request to invent Read more about V-22 Osprey melts ship landing pads[…]
Flight International cover competition 2009
They have some awesome entrants allready Flight International cover competition 2009.
DVD Knife 3.0
It’s easy: you set a start and end point in the DVD and you get a mini VOB file to convert to whatever you like and do with whatever you like before having to rip the entire DVD… DVD Knife 3.0 – Extract clips from your DVD by DVD Knife.
Mandelbulb: Real 3D Mandelbrot Fractal
They’ve managed to create a 3D fractal Mandelbulb: The Unravelling of the Real 3D Mandelbrot Fractal.
Channel 4 to crash passenger jet
A passenger jet is to be deliberately crash-landed as part of a scientific experiment on Channel 4 that the broadcaster hopes will be one of its biggest hits of next year. Two pilots will parachute from the 300-seat airliner after setting it on autopilot to crash at high speed into the desert. The plane will Read more about Channel 4 to crash passenger jet[…]
Belle de Jour is a science nerd
After many years, book deals and a ITV series, Belle de Jour reveals her identity, Her name is Dr Brooke Magnanti. Her specialist areas are developmental neurotoxicology and cancer epidemiology. She has a PhD in informatics, epidemiology and forensic science and is now working at the Bristol Initiative for Research of Child Health. She is Read more about Belle de Jour is a science nerd[…]
Dress Made Out Of 24,000 LEDs, 4,000 Swarovski crystals
It’s called the Galaxy dress and lives in a museum. Beautiful Dress Made Out Of 24,000 LEDs – Galaxy led dress – Gizmodo.
Hotmail requires cookies – on logout
If you don’t allow the third party cookie, you can’t logout! Great news for people using snotmail in libararies and internet cafe’s, where they often disable cookies for you… Hotmail imposes tracking cookies for logout • The Register.
Neuromancer performance art with Sasha Grey as Molly
Title says it all. http://io9.com/5403184/six-hours-of-william-gibsons-neuromancer-starring-sasha-grey-as-molly Lucky New Yorkers.
ZeroEdge Aquariums
ZeroEdge Aquariums Are Inspired By Infinity Pools – Born Rich.
Next Dimension Aircraft
Looking for a private plane to fly? These guys buy up old aircraft, refit them with modern avionics packages and a big engine, allowing you to buy a tip top modern plane capable of doing over 200KTS IAS for a fraction of the new price. Next Dimension Aircraft – Previously Owned Aircraft.
Microsoft Patents Sudo
Showing unbelievable balls by MS, incredible incompetency by the US Patent Office, and why software patents are such a manifestly bad idea, MS has managed to patent a method of privilege escalation commonly known among almost all *NIX users since almost the inception of *NIX as sudo. Groklaw – Microsoft Patents Sudo?!!.
How To Spam Facebook Like A Pro: An Insider’s Confession
This article is from a facebook advertiser, who explains how to make lots of money using false adverts, getting your email address, telephone number, or getting you to download a toolbar using less than exactly honest means. How To Spam Facebook Like A Pro: An Insider’s Confession.
Gazprom CEO’s palace removed from Google Maps
The head of Gazprom is building a most luxurious palace in the style of the XVIII century worth $ 50 million Design documentation for anticipated future residence of the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, who looks like a huge palace in the style of the XVIII century. Impressive, very similar to the mansion in Peterhof, Read more about Gazprom CEO’s palace removed from Google Maps[…]
Matrox Single-Slot Octal Graphics Card
8 graphics outputs on one card? That’s insane! Matrox Graphics, the leading manufacturer of specialized graphics solutions, today announced the launch of the Matrox M9188 PCIe x16 Octal graphics card, capable of supporting eight DisplayPort or DVI Single-Link outputs from a single workstation. The Matrox M9188 PCIe x16 offers 2GB of memory, resolutions up to Read more about Matrox Single-Slot Octal Graphics Card[…]
Freedom Leg: crutch alternative
Finally an alternative for the crutch! The freedom leg (crummy name) offloads your weight onto its’ structure allowing you to walk vaguely like a normal human whilst not having to kill off the use of an arm. Freedom Leg In Action.
Audeo: brain waves to voice signal
The Audeo captures electronic signals between the brain and vocal cords and synthesizes clear, spoken words This has obvious implications for people who can’t speak, but also military, civil and commercial applications: be able to converse over long distances silently without using your mouth. It still has teething problems, such as it takes a few Read more about Audeo: brain waves to voice signal[…]
Engineered Penises
They’ve managed to grow full penises and implant them in rabbits. The peni were fully functional and the implanted rabbits seemed to be more horny than non-implanted rabbits, presumably because they needed to check their new equipment worked. They’re expecting to be able to use this technique for human useage. Engineered Rabbit Penises Raise Human Read more about Engineered Penises[…]
Gold, a 6000-year old bubble
Some background on the cost/value of gold and fiat currencies. In a world with multiple fiat moneys, the zero value of money equilibrium lurks for each of the fiat currencies, including gold. Admittedly, as regards gold, so far so good. Gold has positive value. It has had positive value for nigh-on 6000 years. That must Read more about Gold, a 6000-year old bubble[…]
Closure Tools – Google Code
Web applications have evolved from simple HTML pages into rich, interactive applications that provide a great user experience. Today’s web apps pose a challenge for developers, however: how do you create and maintain efficient JavaScript code that downloads quickly and works across different browsers? The Closure tools help developers to build rich web applications with Read more about Closure Tools – Google Code[…]
DTN protocol
DTN (Delayed-Tolerant Networking) was invented to allow packets with huge lags to be sent and received – this is especially important when sending packets to, say, Mars, but is also very useful in mobile environments (where packet delays when changing base stations sometimes cause a drop from the network). Android incorporates it and satellite based Read more about DTN protocol[…]
Swedish cyborg gets haptic hand
Not only can you move this hand, you can feel pressure in the fingertips too! Swedish cyborg gets haptic hand • The Register.