Scientists have created a really fast bacterial computer that can solve, among other things, the traveling salesman problem.. Programming such a computer is no easy task, however. It involves modifying the DNA of bacteria such as e coli picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

Jamie Hogan, say a female bear named Yellow-Yellow who lives in the High Peaks region of the northeastern Adirondack Mountains, has managed to figure out a complex locking system on the canisters that confounds even some campers, picked by DerAlt 4 months ago

The next time someone cuts you off on your morning commute, don't be so quick to call the driver a jerk; you may have a reason to say thanks. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

The device is an extension of its controversial Active Denial System, which uses microwaves to heat the surface of the skin, creating a painful sensation without burning that strongly motivates the target to flee. The ADS was unveiled in 2001, but it has not been deployed owing to legal issues and safety fears. picked by kakana 4 months ago

The average fuel efficiency of the US vehicle fleet has risen by just 3 miles per gallon since the days of the Ford Model T, and has barely shifted at all since 1991. picked by kakana 4 months ago

As part of Toyota's national marketing campaign for the third generation Prius launch in 2010, the company is "planting" giant solar-powered flowers in urban areas. The flowers generate electricity and provide free Wi-Fi for anyone passing by. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

The world's first camera to take 3D video and pictures without the need for special glasses is to go on sale in Britain this September.

Created by Japanese camera company Fujifilm, it will allow users to see their holiday snaps in full 3D, with bicycles and beach balls jumping out from pictures. It can also capture movies with the same special effect. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Veteran spacewalker David Wolf had some advice on Tuesday for those wondering how to sneeze in a spacesuit. picked by kakana 4 months ago

The computer used in the Apollo 11 must have been powerful, right? How much computing power was needed to take us to the moon. Far less than you think. picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

The Bowlingual Voice, produced by Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy, is a talking gadget which analyses the acoustics of a dog's bark and translates the findings into human words. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Oscar Diaz's Ink Calendar uses capillary action to suck ink across the numbers embossed on the page, one day at a time, gradually coloring itself in over the month. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

You think you enjoyed Blu-ray vs HD DVD? Memory Stick vs SD? Pshaw! You haven't seen a format war until you've witnessed the betrayal and bloodbath that was Betamax vs VHS. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

MANY people are unhappy about being filmed by CCTV in case the footage is used against them in some way. Now a surveillance technology company has come up with a method of scrambling the images of anyone in CCTV film who is not a suspect. picked by kakana 4 months ago

Finally... An California company has found away to save around $700,000 on electricity and $400,000 in disposal costs... Onion power! Apparently they can power their refrigerators and lights by converting methane from fermenting onions in to energy! picked by suebe 4 months ago

Kane Kramer, an inventor by trade, came up with a gadget and music distribution service almost eerily similar to the iPod-iTunes relationship that predates it by three decades. The guy predicted details down to DRM and flash memory's dominance. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

The pictures show the Apollo missions' lunar module descent stages sitting on the moon's surface, as long shadows from a low sun angle make the modules' locations evident. Also visible are the tracks left by the wheelbarrow like carrier used on Apollo 14 picked by equinox 4 months ago

In the future, more and more of us will learn from social robots, especially kids learning pre-school skills and students of all ages studying a new language. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Have you ever had the problem of waking up after you hosted a garden party, you step out in the garden and everthings soaked in piss? picked by suebe 4 months ago

Vimeo just announced they will delete your original source files if you are a basic (=free) user. Only the compressed and encoded versions will remain unless you buy the $60/year "plus" membership. Deletions will begin August 1st. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Turkish students at Sakarya University have built a hydrogen car that gets 1,336 mpg. Well, sorta. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

NEW YORK, July 13 (UPI) -- New York Police Department officials said the city is spending nearly $1 million to purchase and maintain typewriters for the police force. picked by DerAlt 4 months ago

Southwest Airlines Co. inspected about 200 planes overnight after a football-sized hole opened up in the passenger cabin of a jet in flight, forcing an emergency landing in West Virginia.

Check out the hole!!!

Yikes! picked by suebe 4 months ago

I'm Thomas Thwaites and I'm trying to build a toaster, from scratch - beginning by mining the raw materials and ending with a product that Argos sells for only £3.99. A toaster. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Real robot names such as Roomba and Asimo don't evoke as much fear as the fictional "Terminator." But consider that Roomba, the automated vacuum cleaner, is manufactured by iRobot, creator also of armed robot warriors for the U.S. military. And Asimo represents just the first wave of an incoming tsunami of robots that strive to look and act eerily human. picked by kakana 5 months ago

"This is the first time that anybody has demonstrated that a single plane of fibers, or 'fabric,' can collect images just like a camera but without a lens," said MIT material science professor Yoel Fink. "This work constitutes a new approach to vision and imaging." picked by kakana 5 months ago