Get at your own DNA
A very simple tutorial to how to get to see your own DNA in a few minutes time. There are also links to the more advanced genetics hackers who want to do more in their home.
Author: Robin
$395,- in car pc
The VoomPC2 ruggedized little thing comes pre-prepped to fit into your car. It comes with a 1.5 Ghz processor and a whole load of connectors: VGA and S-Video output, USB 2.0, FireWire, Ethernet, PCMCIA Type I and II, a CardBus interface for hooking up to GPS or Wi-Fi systems, and a 5.1 audio support.
US Ray Gun II
After the sonic ray gun, the US has released and tested its microwave ray gun, which makes people feel like they’re about to ignite at temperatures that can be selected by the operator. It can be carried around on a Humvee or mounted on guard towers. Maybe the tin-foil hat brigade isn’t that wrong? Allthough Read more about US Ray Gun II[…]
UK Director of Public Prosecutions hits out on totalitarianism
Thankfully some people in high political positions are still able to see sense. The DPP is accusing the government of scare mongering and increasing control over the populace with no good reason. He says he fears the downfall of the rule of law, and that the ‘war on terror’ is a construct that doesn’t exist.
Isolate your child’s amniotic stem cells from a placenta
OK, who said medicine and cutting edge medical procedures were difficult? In less effort than it takes to cook a meal, you can freeze your own amniotic stem cells for future use with this exceedingly simple howto (and a strong stomach).
All HD-DVD formats cracked
Muslix64 has managed within a month to crack both Blue-Ray andHD-DVD and has released software allowing you to back up these DVDs (for personal use, of course). BackupBluray and BackupHDDVD
UK Police hack into government
Showing that the government in the UK is not above the law, Scotland Yard has hacked into government computers following suspicions that the government was not exactly forthcoming with evidence into one of their investigations. It gives me a nice, cuddly feeling, knowing that the two parties get to check up on each other.
Spider Ship Builder
Ugo Conti is an old man, which is his excuse for making this thing: he’s at the end of his career and he has nothing to lose if it doesn’t work out. His concept for a ship is to have flexible legs acting like shock absorbers on small hulls which carry the mass of the Read more about Spider Ship Builder[…]
Flying Saucer Builder
This guy has been approached by NASA to give a talk about how he’s going to build a flying saucer – something the engineers haven’t been able to do yet – by using upwards air pressure between contra rotating rotors. He’s not an engineer, in fact, he’s a construction worker with a serious can-do attitude. Read more about Flying Saucer Builder[…]
UK building Tri-service defence acadamy
The UK are going to consolidate in St. Athan, Wales, and consolidating a wide variety of trainings from 27 different locations in to 1. Not only will that be a whole lot cheaper in terms of manpower required to run the academy and property expenses, but it will also mean that inter-services jointness could become Read more about UK building Tri-service defence acadamy[…]
BASE Jumping Legal in US
A NY state judge has ruled that since Jeb Corliss was very aware of the risks involved and attempted to mitigate them as much as possible, his attempt to jump off the Empire State Building was not reckless and endangering behaviour and thus legal. Of course those namby pamby pussies who get adrenal rushes from Read more about BASE Jumping Legal in US[…]
Stock Market Randomness
There’s a test people did a few times where they put different stock names at the end different exits of a maze and let a hamster ‘pick’ his favorite stock. It turns out that the hamster is no worse (and sometimes better) than real life stock brokers, showing how the market is random. The Sun-Times Read more about Stock Market Randomness[…]
Translucent LED lit walls
You can program the LEDs for different colours with Duo-Gard’s IllumaWall.
Teledildonics
Years and years ago we had the FuckU-FuckMe genitaldrives models M and F which promised remote sex. It was a hoax, but still fun. Now another company is claiming a release of a usb version with the virtual hole and stick set. The diagrams look crude and the pictures look horrible. But is it for Read more about Teledildonics[…]
Cure for Cancer, no money
Welcome to the sad state of the world: here we have a possible inexpensive treatment for a variety of cancers which won’t get funded, because the molecule involved isn’t patented, so probably won’t get funded by pharmacutical companies due to ‘market forces’.
Fight your traffic tickets in NL
Apparently a whole load of procedural mistakes are made when issuing traffic tickets, such as when you’ve been flashed by a camera, the picture is supposed to be in your mailbox within six weeks time. If this doesn’t happen, the ticket is anulled. This company will fight your ticket for you for EUR. 6,99 (incl. Read more about Fight your traffic tickets in NL[…]
Banning smoking leads to…
Illegal bars – in sheds, houses, etc. where people come to drink and smoke… This unlicenced drinking leads to more drink driving and more drinking under minors.
USAF Special Projects
Aviation Now has an interesting article on the USAF special projects, such as followups to the F-117A in the form of stealth cruise missles that also do recce. Particularly interesting is the range of hacking projects the USAF has, such as Suter, which in the first guise can ‘see’ what targetted radars are seeing, and Read more about USAF Special Projects[…]
Ultimate keyboard?
This keyboard can be programmed so that you choose each key’s colour, turning into by far the coolest keyboard ever. Can you get it in programmers’ querty? NB scroll down the link page for loads more images, including how you can program it. You can save your skins, so you can open them for specific Read more about Ultimate keyboard?[…]
3D Printers for houses
This is one hell of a printer – you feed it with concrete and gypsum, you have one single operator, and like an inkjet it prints out your house, speeding up the construction time by a factor of 200 and dropping costs by four fifths. Anyone can become an architect and because bricks need to Read more about 3D Printers for houses[…]
France under the British Queen
Documents have come to light showing how the then French PM, Guy Mollet, approached the then British PM, Sir Anthony Eden on 10/10/56 to ask if there was the possibility of a union between the UK and France. When this failed, he came back later to ask if France could become a member of the Read more about France under the British Queen[…]
Pillars of creation toppled by something
The Pillars of Creation, a gaseous /dusty area which resemble pillars: are considered the birthplace of planets as many young planets can be seen inside them using IR: The above pictures were taken in 1995. In a dramatic turn of events, some huge force has blown the pillars to bits, around 6000 years ago. People Read more about Pillars of creation toppled by something[…]
Liquid Stainless Steel
Are you too cheap to buy a stainless steel kitchen appliance, but want one anyway? Here’s your answer – it ain’t supercheap, but it works – it’s a paintjob.
Novell declares war on SCO
Novell claims that SCO is going down, and seeing as all of SCO’s intellectual property is actually licenced from Novell, they want all the money SCO owes them before SCO goes bust as a result of frivolous lawsuits.
India has a space programme!
And they’ve just managed to launch 4 satellites. Now they’re going to see if they can recover the space capsule.