This Emotiv Systems controller claims to read facial expressions and brain patterns. With some training it can allow you to visualise the actions you want to take and externalise them on the computer. It’s a prototype, but release is planned for 2008, as well as an API for game designers.
The new generation of gold diggers see it as their responsibility to be high maintenance and do nothing. The danger signals of a wife going toxic are all too plain: — She gives up work to care for the children and then sends them to boarding schools as soon as they outgrow their nannies. — Read more about Toxic Wife Syndrome[…]
Don’t you know what a Goatse is? Basically, it’s a picture disguised for a while as something innocuous, and when enough people are looking at it, or when they least expect it, you change the picture to a horrible, disgusting one of a huge distended arsehole. It’s one of the most shocking things IMHO you Read more about The best Goatse Story Ever[…]
This site takes historical data about traffic jams from the past three years and uses it to predict the amount of traffic jams in the Netherlands on a graphical map for the date and hourly time period you select. NB it’s slightly confusing: you go to ‘verkeersweergave’ -> ‘Intensiteiten’ -> ‘Topdrukte’ and on the page Read more about Predict your traffic jams[…]
Didn’t we win the cold war for our Freedoms? Didn’t we win WWII for our Freedoms? Then why is the UK implementing a measure that sees all children aged 11 and less to be compulsorily fingerprinted from 2010? Are they all guilty of crimes they haven’t committed? When will people understand the dangers of centralised Read more about Soviet Britain[…]
Ron Simandl has been busy developing a duster for invisible particles. He’s come up with a treatment that can turn any rag into a superduster, allowing you to use it to clean your car with as well as Beryllium. Swiffer, move aside!
This is a great take on what should be in the coming RTS games to make it more realistic. Very funny and actually, I’d love this kind of game!
Yup they’ve got a keygen. It’s early days, so it takes a few hours, but they’ll optimise it. You’ll see 🙂
This is an incredible collection of pictures taken at altitude Well worth browsing for desktops 🙂
Judy Sugden is creating a new designer cat species – the toyger; a house cat that looks like a tiger. There are difficulties and she’s not there yet, but she’s getting there. She hopes for a proper looking toyger around 2010/2012 after which they’ll probably fetch $4000,- a piece.
The UK MOD and Foreign Affairs has published it’s stance on Nuclear deterrent. Interestingly it shows that allthough the UK is the NPT signatory with the smallest arsenal, it’s ordanance is still considerable at 160 warheads and delivery systems. It has decreased in size by 50% since the Cold War and decreased effectiveness by 75%. Read more about UK MOD Whitepaper on Nuclear Deterrent[…]
If you’re looking to buy a business jet, ex military jet aircraft, propellor driven aircraft, aerobatic planes, world war one / two replica’s, etc. there’s a good chance you can buy it on internet. Globalplanesearch is a meta search engine for adverts Aircraftdealer has a large listing as does Aviatorsale
Want to buy military surpluss? Why not directly from the UK Ministry of Defence?
The simple but effective way to do it! Put a take-along projector under your windscreen, attach it to GPS and it can show you how fast you’re going without you having to look down. Nice! It also connects to your handsfree kit, so you can bluetooth your pda / tomtom / phone to it as Read more about HUD for your car[…]
Oh so simple, but oh so effective – how to get rid of all the computer related gunk on your desk? Strap it to the bottom, of course!
This tutorial shows you how to easily build a heart rate meter attatched to your PC. Beware you don’t blow yourself up, please.
The Pentagon has released it’s budget (yet again, stunningly huge!) on internet. This link goes to the full summary of tables – for those who are interested in all the numbers for all the different elements that go into an armed forces. There are some interesting thins in there, such as Iraq Freedom Fund, Defense Read more about Pentagon FY 2008 Budget[…]
On the doom9 forum you can read the whole tale of how AACS was cracked using nothing more than a memory dump 🙂
This article describes how to use the Vista upgrade version to install the full version on a clean computer using some inventive interaction with the installer.
IQONS was launched during London Fashion week, and is closely watched by influentials in the fashion world. Fashion TV has a large community as well.
This is a nice overview of the different types of search engines out there, some of which are better than google. From the search homepage, AI’s, clustering engines, reccomendation engines, metasearch engines, and differing levels of interactivity, it’s interesting to have a look at what else is out there besides the mighty Google.
Via is releasing a tiny motherboard/chip combo – the Epia PX (10×7.2 cm), a successor to the Pico-ITX (12×12 cm). It runs at 1GHz and has a whole scale of I/O for audio/visual and USB connectors.
Maine has rejected the US Federal Real ID act – a digital, machine readable ID card that will be required to do just about anything in the US despite the usual fearmongering about terrorists and protection. It seems Maine is citing cost as an issue, but also lack of interest. Have they realised that it’s Read more about Paper doesn’t prove who you are, you do.[…]
A man wins $102,000 in a slot machine, the casino scratches it’s head, calls it a computer malfunction (as the slot machine wasn’t set to pay out!) and instead gives the man two dinner tickets. Isn’t gambling supposed to be a game of chance? In other words, give the Philadelphia Park Casino a miss.
Scientists have found that subjects with injuries to a particular part of the brain – the insula – can instantly and permanently break a smoking habit, opening up new areas of research into addiction.