Jun 17
Zarathustra ran for President of Russia. Hank is running for Senator in Virginia. Two cats, worlds apart, but both political, and both sworn to do good for the world, no matter what.
Jun 15
Advantages of Having a Fully-Automated Home: Remote Security, Energy, and Home Management
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How many times have you left your home, only to come running through the front door to check if the alarm has been set or if all of your appliances have been unplugged? Unfortunately, it’s part of being human to be forgetful. One solution? Fully automating your home.
Jun 13
How do you get ridiculously long and massively heavy electrical poles to your construction site without hiring an expensive, purpose-built transport truck? If you’re in China, DIY! Workmen in Wenzhou get their poles to the holes quickly, cheaply and one-at-a-time thanks to a little ingenuity and some very loose traffic regulations.
Jun 12
Summer means heat you can feel in your feet, so who ya gonna call to soothe those hot soles? Thanko, that’s who! The Japanese gadget guru’s USB Shoe Cooler sends a cooling breezes to your parched arches, boosting productivity along with your geek cred.
Jun 10
World’s First Pear Genome Sequence Announced by Joint China-US Research Project
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Fruit fans rejoice, pears could be getting bigger, tastier and more resistant to drought and disease! Now that researchers from the Chinese-American "International Pear Genome Cooperation Group" have finished the world’s first pear genome sequence, we can expect new high-yield, high quality, low-input varieties of pears to land on store shelves someday soon.
Jun 09
On a diet and looking for a light meal? Try a light blue meal instead: Tokyo’s Tea Room 2525 has brought back a turquoise temptation from last summer, disingenuously dubbed "Blue Curry Loss of Appetite". It’s a great way to get the blues while losing weight.
Jun 08
A Chinese pig farm project inspired by the hugely popular online game “Happy Farm” has seen over 500 eco-friendly pig cottages spring up in the coastal province of Jiangsu. Though these swine are living fine, don’t get jealous: their luxurious digs are intended to encourage tastier meat.
Jun 06
The iPhone 5 has been released in China… and it’s delicious! Unless somebody from Apple Inc "calls out" the manufacturer on this frozen ice pop’s provocative name, hungry Chinese will be chilling their choppers on iPhone 5 brand Mango and Pear flavored frozen fruit snacks all summer long.
Jun 05
The puzzlingly named “Waffle Handle” stops evil doers, er, evil doors, from inflicting pain, injury and subdural hematoma’s on your precious snowflake’s pristine forehead. If you don’t have them, shame on you: you’re a bad parent who’s bad and should feel bad.
Jun 04
Siri Takes Lead From SNL’s Self-Deprecating Humor Making Apple Butt Of Joke
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Does anyone remember when iPhone prototypes
were left behind in Silicon Valley bars only to be found by those
looking to make a quick buck while providing the techie world with an advance sneak peak at Apple’s latest iteration? In both cases, Apple execs were none too pleased and subsequent police investigations and threats of litigation were filed against Gizmodo and ex-Apple employees responsible.
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