All kinds of Easter Eggs that have been placed into various media forms. Read up on ones that are there or submit your own. Cool! picked by Moe 2 years ago

Called Teleshadow the system pipes video of what people are doing at home via the net to their friends' houses. picked by deepchill 2 years ago

But now it seems quite possible. In fact, if you accept a pretty reasonable assumption of Dr. Bostrom’s, it is almost a mathematical certainty that we are living in someone else’s computer simulation. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

I don't usually get excited about keyboards, but this one really pushes my buttons. picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

Imagine one thousand thousand thousand thousand bytes.

That's over 13 80GB iPods' worth of storage (a quarter million MP3s), 1500 CD-ROMs (615 feet if laid end-to-end), and one estimate of the human brain's memory capacity (GWB excluded). picked by Galoot 2 years ago

Anybody remember any of these? picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

Scientists in the Netherlands are endowing a robotic cat with a set of logical rules for emotions. They believe that by introducing emotional variables to the decision-making process, they should be able to create more-natural human and computer interactions picked by neilharvey 2 years ago

To encourage people to take a taxi after they’ve had a few drinks rather than get behind the wheel of their own car.The Piss-Screen -a pressure-sensitive inlay set within urinals, enabling users to play while they pee. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

Amazing flight demo! I hope I live long enough to do something like this. Richard Branson (Virgin) is just the guy to do it too.

See also:
(BBC news coverage posted by mrnelson) picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

The bulb is levitated by electromagnetic feedback, and energy is then supplied using wireless power transfer to light it up. Amazingly this set up uses less than half the power than a directly powered bulb. picked by deepchill 2 years ago

Burbank, CA - A team of scientists working for the JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works plant has unveiled a prototype spacecraft which they claim can travel faster than light. picked by gratheo 2 years ago

We will be able to shake hands with people at remote locations but we will also be able to feel the warmth of their hands. While shopping on the web, we will be able to check the texture of an article before purchase. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

This thing kind of freaks me out. picked by HeyMrP 2 years ago

Want to get some time away from your desk? This screensaver mimics a number of BSOD views. Show your screen to your boss, pretend to call IT and then nip off to a bar for an hour.

NB - if you do install this, once it has launched, you have to press Esc to stop it. Moving your mouse or other keypresses won't work. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Man buys what he thinks a new phone-only to find the previous owner left a video he made-all by himself. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

A responsive sub-flooring system could be placed under, say, the platform of a subway terminal. picked by deepchill 2 years ago

The Delete Music Worm finds and delete ALL MP3 files on an infected system's hard drive.

Make me re-install my OS, that's fine, but leave my music alone! picked by drumingspz 2 years ago

Inspired by HeyMrP's Magic Moonwalking Forklift Truck post, I've hunted down Klaus The Gabelstapler Fahrer (Forklift driver)

It's a bit slow to start with, but once it gets going, it really gets going.

Kinda gory. Well, very gory. So probably NSFW on that regard picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Oh my God. I have sunk so low as to submit a video of a lift truck. I'm such a loser. (but it IS a cool lift truck) picked by HeyMrP 2 years ago

KillaCycle is the world's fastest electric motorcycle. An electric's engines instant torque makes them ideal for drag strip racing where it has achieved 155 mph. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Having recently gotten rid of my own cellphone, I wholeheartedly agree with this. picked by imagica 2 years ago

License plate recognizing camera calls the cops when a 'hot' plate is spotted. picked by drumingspz 2 years ago

To "monitor their health" not to see what they do off-duty, as the soldiers see it. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

His sweaty legs came into contact with the computer's wiring and he got zapped. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

Surgeons use the glow of cell phones to complete an emergency appendix operation during a power failure at a hospital. picked by deepchill 2 years ago