Jul 31
Holding a party can be a lot of fun, except for the fact that you
constantly lose your wine glass. Hosts and hostesses rejoice! The Wine Yoke wine glass holder offers a wine glass wearing experience.
Jul 31
These days, almost everything you watch on TV and in theaters is shot digitally. But because Hollywood still needs film sometimes, the the biggest motion picture companies in the world are banding together to keep the lights on in Kodak’s Rochester motion picture film plant.
Jul 31
Comcast COO Dave Watson has admitted that company policy was at least as much to blame for the customer service call from hell as the sad, desperate employee heard on the recording. As Watson wrote in a memo, that customer retention rep was only doing what he was trained to do. But what was he trained to do, exactly?
Jul 31
Inside each of our hard, calcified teeth is a small population of living stem cells that can differentiate into many types of tissue. The origin of those stem cells has long been unknown, but scientists may now have a completely surprising answer: Cells of the nervous system can migrate into the middle of a tooth and actually turn back into stem cells. If verified, this could be a possible new source for stem cells.
Jul 31
The world’s largest functioning triple-expansion steam engine is an unbelievably massive beast of a machine. For 77 years, the 62-foot-high engine—weighing in at 1,000 tons!—powered gigantic flywheels and crankshafts that pumped millions upon millions of gallons of water from west to north London. It was decommissioned in 1980, but brought back to fully-functioning life by a team of retired volunteers who care for the oversized apparatus like it’s one of their own.
Jul 31
Remember that fridge box you turned into a rocket ship as a kid, complete with crayon-drawn control panels and a fancy sparkle glue paint job? Yeah, that was an embarrassment to our nation compared to this NASA simulator that Jeff Highsmith designed and built for his sons.
Jul 31
Have a Windows Phone and crave access to BlackBerry’s famed messaging app? Today’s your lucky day. Announced in a video posted today, BBM is now exiting beta to become available for download in the Windows Phone store. The company said it spent…
Jul 31
This is not Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law. Nor is it a story about a man with super-powers – not so far as we’re supposed to know so far. Instead, it’s a story about a washed-up actor who became famous for depicting the superhero Birdman. It’s a real mystery of a concept for now, but eventually it’ll be a comedy-drama … Continue reading
Jul 31
You might use Shazam to identify music on your smartphone, but what about the desktop? If you use a Mac, you’re in luck. The music recognition engine is bringing itself onto the Mac, making a home on your Menu Bar. The app, which is free, sits quietly in the menu bar, waiting for music to play. Once it does, Shazam … Continue reading
Jul 31
If you’re in the market for a 4K TV, the options are likely too pricey for your taste. Samsung’s massive offering runs a lot more than most people make in a year, but LG’s newest TV may be something worth checking out. At 65-inches, it’s also probably big enough to round out your home theater. There aren’t a ton of … Continue reading
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