December 2008
40 posts
Voicetag Brings Voicemail To Facebook →
For those of you who don’t think voicemail is counterproductive, there is a new app on Facebook called Voicetag that lets you send voicemail messages to individuals or groups. This is not…
Dec 26th
Celebrating Wealth Destruction →
Felix Salmon submits: Dean Baker sees the upside of the recession: You probably didn’t see this in the newspapers, but real wages rose at an incredible 14.8% annual rate over the last three…
Dec 23rd
London Unveils Sleek Zero-Emission Double Decker... →
Recently the London Transportation Department held a contest to redesign the iconic Double Decker bus, and we’re excited to announce the winning entry by renowned architects Foster +…
Dec 23rd
NSFW: Boob App on the iPhone is Obviously Called... →
Sir? Could I interest you in a boobs app for your iPhone? Perhaps one that’s motion sensitive, so you can jiggle it at will? Ooooh, I’m sorry. It’s not possible. Apple has denied our…
Dec 23rd
Region's economic outlook dismal, says ECLAC →
After six years of strong performance, Latin American and Caribbean economies will slow considerably next year as the global economic meltdown takes its toll on the region and unemployment rises, a…
Dec 22nd
Issuu Really Wants to Kill The Document Download →
One thing that I find increasingly anachronistic on the Web is the stubborn persistence of the PDF download. I really don’t need to download more junk onto my computer, especially if it is only…
Dec 19th
65% of Web users watch online videos during work →
Office hours are the most popular time of the day for watching video clips on the Web, says Nielsen Online. According to research by the company, 65 of those watching online clips do so between…
Dec 18th
Relaxation Chair: Back Bliss Machined from... →
Shared by Carlos … want… one… So you got a job, moved into your own place, picked up an IKEA Poang and then felt pretty good about life. Things were working out alright! Then you saw…
Dec 18th
Can we live 1000 years? →
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Dec 18th
First Refrigerated Beach in the World to be Built... →
Shared by Carlos what? You read that right. This computer powered, located next to a Dubai hotel, “will protect guests’ precious feet by piping cold air through a series of tubes underneath…
Dec 17th
Researchers Roll Out Energy Generating Roads →
Engineers at Innowattech in Israel recently created a new type of road that generates electricity as vehicles pass over it! The supercharged surface is embedded with piezoelectric crystals,…
Dec 16th
Bush Shoe-Toss Immortalized in Games, Animations →
The Iraqi journalist who tossed his shoes at President George W. Bush missed the commander in chief, but he scored a direct hit on the web zeitgeist. The incident, in which reporter…
Dec 16th
Researchers Develop Transparent Memory,... →
A group of South Korean scientists have developed a transparent memory chip that could be the precursor to completely transparent electronics. The RAM’s design is simple enough to comprehend….
Dec 16th
Rain-Powered Illuminated ‘Lightdrops’ Umbrella! →
Umbrellas that light up with integrated LEDs are nothing new: from Instructable’s DIY illuminated umbrella to patio umbrellas available at Lowes, LED Umbrellas have been around the block….
Dec 15th
Dubai Outdoes Itself With a Universe of Islands →
If we ever harbored the sentiment that Dubai’s dubious construction blitz would slow in times of economic unrest, the astronomical scale of the UAE’s latest project will surely dispel these…
Dec 15th
2000 Year Old Computing Calendar/Clock Replica Is... →
Shared by Carlos OMG A man reconstructed the 2000 year old Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient “computer” built by the Greeks to keep track of the moon, the planets and cycles. It’s…
Dec 15th
WorkBay Chair Helps Keep Annoying Workmates At Bay... →
Not that I have cubicle-mates anymore, but back when I was in an office I would’ve loved this chair. No, I don’t want to talk to you about Perez Hilton! Leave me alone! The Workbay Chair is…
Dec 12th
Bizarre Business Model: Reality TV Meets the... →
Shared by Alex Kiley - this one’s for you. A brothel in Prague provides free sex in return for allowing the whole thing to be broadcast on the web to paying customers.Big Sister is marrying…
Dec 12th
Smart Speed Bump Flattens When You're Driving... →
Shared by Carlos Why didn’t I think of this? My car has a terrible suspension so I hate speed bumps. Even people with decent cars probably feel the same way. Wouldn’t it be awesome if…
Dec 11th
Another Suggestion for U.S. Automakers: Build... →
A MUNI streetcar in San Francisco Photo credit: flickr/mickeynick, Creative Commons license Last week, we published a few words of advice for the U.S. auto industry from…
Dec 11th
Animated Aurora Borealis →
While working on the International Space Station, Astronaut Don Pettit created this remarkable video of the aurora borealis (otherwise known as The Northern Lights). How? By stitching together a…
Dec 11th
Mercedes to Debut Splitview Command Display this... →
Mercedes has announced plans to implement what they call a Splitview Command display in new S-Class models—a means for the passenger and driver to see different images on the same surface. The…
Dec 11th
Dean Kamen's Private Island Is Now Entirely Off... →
The father of the Segway and ‘Luke’ cyborg arm has taken North Dumpling Island—his private Bond villain hideaway off the Connecticut coast—entirely off the grid with a complete (and…
Dec 10th
Netherlands Plans Massive Road-Pricing Scheme →
Shared by Carlos Go NL. Pay-as-you-drive system can fight congestion and emissions How did I miss the fact that the Netherlands is planning to wire up the entire nation for a massive…
Dec 10th
Warning: The internet is almost full →
Due to the extraordinary explosion in video, blogs, news feeds and social network postings, the internet is dangerously close to running out of room. Nothing can grow forever, and exponential…
Dec 9th
Daniel Libeskind’s Soaring Glass Sky Garden for... →
Daniel Libeskind recently unveiled a soaring green skyscraper for New York that is constructed of mostly glass and stands to be the city’s tallest residential structure at 900 feet. Dubbed…
Dec 9th
Brands talking to each other on Twitter (Boxee and... →
Shared by Carlos Yeah. This is awesome. I love watching brands talk to each other on Twitter. Recent Tweet from Boxee and the reply tweet soon after from Pandora …
Dec 8th
MVRDV Designs Gwanggyo Green Power Center →
Rotterdam-based architects MVRDV recently won the Gwanggyo City Centre Competition with their design of this incredible new city just south of Seoul, South Korea. Envisioned as a verdant…
Dec 8th
Caribbean politics grapples with dual citizenship →
Shared by Carlos This will only become more important, everywhere. When Jamaica’s chief justice disqualified Daryl Vaz from sitting in Parliament last April, it brought into focus the…
Dec 8th
Oculus Yacht Mimics a Giant, Man-Eating Fish... →
Shared by Carlos Want 1 It’s almost cruel of us to post about the Schöpfer Oculus, a 250-foot luxury yacht inspired by an oceanic fish. With room for 12 people to comfortably cruise at 25…
Dec 5th
Ripsaw MS1 Remote Gun Tank Races at 60MPH... →
After drones took over the skies, bots are now taking control over land. And looking at the Ripsaw MS1 gun tank running at 60MPH, it looks like war is going to get fierier, scarier, and more…
Dec 4th
Smaller companies set to fare better than larger... →
Paul Graham has a post up today arguing that in areas of rapid change small companies are better placed to succeed than larger ones.  Moreover the pace of change has recently reached a…
Dec 4th
When not to save →
Shared by Carlos Homeless with 401k? When you’re homeless, for one I RECENTLY descended into the economic trenches and taught financial literacy to homeless single mothers. I kept a diary of my…
Dec 4th
University of Pennsylvania Offers Dual Green MBA →
Shared by Carlos COOOOL. A new program offered by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and School of Arts and Sciences enables graduate students to earn a dual master of business…
Dec 4th
First Teddie Bear Astronauts Conquer Space [Space] →
Shared by Carlos Who are these people we are sending to space? Yesterday the Japanese announced the first space beer. Now the British are claiming the first teddy bear astronauts, who…
Dec 4th
Higher Education May Soon Be Unaffordable for Most... →
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Dec 4th
Santa Claus' Gmail Account Exposed [Fakemodo] →
Shared by Carlos LOL I love this santaclaus@gmail.com snapshot. Bono, Jesuschrist, Rudolph, and Steve in his contacts; him chatting about how he’ll give Xboxes to bad boys instead of…
Dec 4th
Gates: Military looks to accelerate Iraq pullout →
Shared by Chris i’m loving this Defense Secretary Robert Gates signals he’ll forge ahead with two priorities for the Obama administration: accelerating withdrawal from Iraq and shutting…
Dec 3rd
VIVACE: Vortex Hydro-Energy Mimics Schools of Fish →
Vivace is a new energy technology that gets its name from a phenomenon that engineers have been battling for 25 years. VIV (vortex induced vibrations) destroyed the Narrows Bridge in…
Dec 3rd
Perfect athlete's 100m sprint time calculated →
Shared by Carlos Interesting. As scientific training brings athletes to the limits of the human body, it will become almost impossible to beat this landmark time, say researchers
Dec 2nd