Interead, based appropriately in Reading, has launched a range of colourful, easy-to-use readers that might just persuade people to start dabbling with electronic books.
How about all of you - would you still prefer paper at all costs? picked by rambler 6 months ago

The keen-eared hackers of Montreal duo the User rewire a dozen or more ancient dot-matrix printers, churning out an engrossing and keyed-up take on "machine music." picked by bornbad 6 months ago

A new generation of super-slim screens will revolutionise home entertainment, according to the makers.

The OLED sets boast the thinnest TV screen created. At its narrowest point it is the width of a pound coin. And technological advances make the image far sharper than on LCD and plasma screens. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

When you pee that is.

A Plime post response to this story picked by suebe 6 months ago

The television show “Deadliest Catch” depicts commercial crab fishermen in the Bering Sea. Another, “Dirty Jobs,” shows all kinds of grueling work; one episode featured a guy who inseminates turkeys for a living. The weird fascination of these shows must lie partly in the fact that such confrontations with material reality have become exotically unfamiliar. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

If you want to drive like a rocketeer, or maybe you just don't want to be bothered with checking your air pressure, then take a look at the Tweel. Airless tires could solve a number of problems associated with pneumatic tire technology. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Cars have periods when they leak, too. picked by suebe 6 months ago

An unwanted day off on the Space Shuttle Atlantis should have been filled by watching DVDs brought from Earth on the laptop. Despite an hour of effort from Mission Control, missing software drivers meant the STS-125 team had to find other ways to fill their time. picked by equinox 6 months ago

The concept of 'harvest' is explored in the project through the vertical farming of vegetables, herbs, fruits, fish, egg laying chickens, and a boutique goat and sheep dairy facility. In addition, renewable energy will be harvested via green building design elements harnessing geothermal, wind and solar power.
Other designs were earlier discussed here . picked by rambler 6 months ago

Paul McCartney did. And you can, too.

Oh...and Google's facial recognition software has obliterated Colonel Sander's visage from all its images in Britain. picked by suebe 6 months ago

A new optical recording method could pave the way for data discs with 300 times the storage capacity of standard DVDs. The researchers say this could see a whopping 1.6 terabytes of information fit on a DVD-sized disc.

More than G.E.'s 100 DVDs. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

The U.S. government has warned that the worldwide network of satellites that make up the Global Positioning System (GPS) could fail by 2010 - affecting millions of people around the globe. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Very interesting article about how NASA decided to tackle the moon landing, and how they actually practiced it. picked by Ankabout 6 months ago

Use Sophos's Klingon Anti-Virus to quickly perform an on-demand scan and find viruses, spyware, adware, zero-day threats, Betazoid sub-ether porn diallers and Tribbles that your existing protection might have missed.
*Can't read Klingon? What are you!!? Ferengi?* picked by bornbad 6 months ago

CompuLab introduces fit-PC2 – the smallest, most power-efficient Intel Atom PC to date. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Fun! picked by JoshSF49 6 months ago

Slowly but surely, people have been finding some interesting quirks within Wolfram Alpha, triggered by specific questions or events. These interesting easter eggs will make you smile or raise an eyebrow in bewilderment.

And...there are more here

With nods to previous posts picked by suebe 6 months ago

Perry Watkins has built a car from a children’s coin-operated amusement ride. The Briton, who holds the record for the world’s lowest car, claims his micro machine is the world’s smallest car. His Lilliputian ride is 51 inches long, 39 inches tall and just 26 inches wide. Check out the video. picked by suebe 6 months ago

Volkswagen is working on a car that will get 235 mpg (100 Km per liter). It is small, lightweight and seats 2 people sitting in tandem. It will be able to reach a top speed of 75mph and travel 400 miles on its 1.7 gallon fuel tank picked by bernardblack 6 months ago

He’d looked out the window and saw what he thought was a fuel leak. He’d know, because he’s a boom operator with the 909th Air Refueling Station based at Kadena Air Base in Japan. That’s where he was headed. He was one of 300 people aboard the flight bound for Narita. picked by kakana 6 months ago

I'm always pleased to see practical uses for things that are generally regarded as superfluous picked by nightcrawlerx 6 months ago

30 years on Sony declares war on iPod in clash of MP3 player titans. It burst into our lives 30 years ago, letting us listen to music on the bus, out jogging and even - in the case of some naughty schoolchildren - under the desk. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Forget the battlefield radios, the combat PDAs or even infantry hand signals. When the soldiers of the future want to communicate, they’ll read each other’s minds. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Powered by a 60-RPM (revolutions per minute) motor, the 3.16 Billion Cycles is a revolutionary timepiece that unravels an apparently static 100 years into a set of relationships in a reasonable manner. picked by bornbad 7 months ago

Chairs, plants, cats and toilets all tweet. picked by suebe 7 months ago