Consumers rebel against arrogant monopolies, which is how AT&T, IBM, and America Online all got cut down to size. Google is acting in a disturbingly familiar manner. picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

Military researchers have dressed live pigs in body armor and strapped them into Humvee simulators that were then blown up with explosives to study the link between roadside bomb blasts and brain injury. picked by suebe 8 months ago

UC Berkeley science and engineering researchers who in song and puppetology explain it all in a video that has won a national award from the American Chemical Society.
This is too cool!
*video link at bottom of the story* picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials. picked by kakana 8 months ago

Deborah Matis-Engle, 49, was speeding and text messaging when she slammed into vehicles stopped at a construction zone on Aug. 13, 2007. 46-year-old Petra Winn was killed. picked by kakana 8 months ago

GM and Segway announced that they are working together to develop a two-wheeled, two-seat electric vehicle designed to be a fast, safe, inexpensive and clean alternative to traditional cars and trucks for cities across the world. picked by suebe 8 months ago

Police say the new cars – similar to those used by Google to map town and city streets – will help reduce road deaths. But motorists say the Big Brother vehicles will merely be another cash cow for the Government and a further 'tax' on hard-pressed motorists. picked by kakana 8 months ago

“This robotics module could, in theory, be put in to any kind of vehicle. In theory, you could actually take this module and put it in to a wheelchair, and walk your grandma just by sitting inside at the window and using your Wiimote.” picked by kakana 8 months ago

On the surface, April 1 came and went without a peep from the dreaded Conficker megaworm. But security experts see a frightening reality, one where Conficker is now more powerful and more dangerous than ever. picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

Video recordings of Stanford's 10-week computer science class, taught by two Apple employees, will be freely downloadable through Apple's iTunes U educational channel. The course's syllabus and slides will be freely available on iTunes as well. picked by suebe 8 months ago

Engineers claim their new ultra-thin speakers, as well as looking good and being easy to conceal, will also deliver clearer, crisper sound.

The loudspeakers could replace public address systems in passenger terminals and shopping centres. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Opening a car door or turning up the heating at home could become just a wish away with Honda's new technology that connects thoughts inside your brain with a robot. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Replaced by panda picked by suebe 8 months ago

You're shambling the avenue; Bluetooth stuck up your ear, thumbs-a-Twitter. Your GPS-enabled phone is piloting you to a meet-up with your pub posse. Meanwhile your calendar is pleading about orphan dry cleaning. And at this moment, that girl from last century pings: She's friend-ing you on Fbook. picked by kakana 8 months ago

"I plugged it into the wall and instantly cellphones stopped working in the school. It was amazing how well it worked". picked by kakana 8 months ago

Some Ohio water customers had pink water coming out of their faucets over the weekend after an equipment malfunction led to a chemical overload.

*I've never done this where I work, yet.* picked by kakana 8 months ago

A vast electronic spying operation has infiltrated computers and has stolen documents from hundreds of government and private offices around the world, including those of the Dalai Lama, Canadian researchers have concluded. picked by kakana 8 months ago

Using a special headband to capture bioelectric signals from the forehead of a human user, the system collects this data and then infers stress from muscle tension readings.

*Maybe we can get the Roomba and this guy together* picked by kakana 8 months ago

No blowtorch, no solder, no sparks, no smoke, no ozone and no radiation. Instead, it uses friction to heat materials and then "stir" them together at a molecular level. picked by bernardblack 8 months ago

It's lurking in millions of PCs around the world. It's incredibly sophisticated and resilient, with built-in p2p and digital code-signing technology. It revels in killing security software. On April 1, the Conficker worm will activate. Microsoft has a running $250,000 bounty for the author, dead or alive. picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

A proposal is in the works for changes to England & Wales primary school curriculum, to replace certain class topics with internet and other technologies This discussion should get interesting picked by suebe 8 months ago

Rubber bands are awesome -just stretch them out or twist them up, and you can power all manner of lightweight creations! picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

Most would think 3 or 4 thousand would be a crazy amount to spend, for some that doesn't even amount to a down payment. See what you can buy with $16,000.00.reading the comments it seems the customer got ripped picked by bernardblack 8 months ago

Survival scenario #117:
You’re trapped in a grocery store. Zombies are closing in from all sides. You have a crucial photo that could end the carnage, if only you had some way to develop the film.

What do you do?

You grab some instant coffee and vitamin C, you develop the film, and you vanquish the zombies. picked by DaftGretel 8 months ago

Ever instantly regret sending an email? Now in the Gmail lab, there's an "undo send" option, but you have to work quickly picked by wendythomas 8 months ago