Million dollar laptop coming from UK Luxury firm Luvaglio?

Filed under: LaptopsThe latest piece of tech to join the "costs one million dollars" club could be the above laptop by UK Luxury firm Luvaglio if rumors are to be believed. There currently aren't any shots of the device in an open state, but there are a few pictures of what appear to be renderings of ...

The Truth at Last: Computer is the Homo?s Devil Machine!

… and she’s one confused lady holding the sign and the rainbow flag at the same time! Found at Wulfweard the White. Update 3/23/07: Here’s the story behind the photo: Link - Thanks Quasi_Mojo!

French government's UFO files online

David Pescovitz: France's space agency has released more than 100,000 UFO-related documents. The material, documenting sightings as far back as 1937, is now being uploaded in batches to the space agency's Web site. From the International Herald Tribune: The space agency, known by its French initials ...

Body Found Hanging From Tree in Alabama...

Bizarre Japanese Guy on a Pogo Stick.

These japanese dudes, all dressed up as bugs, hop on a pogo stick to jump onto a platform, which gets higher with every jump. As if that’s not bizarre enough, see how it ends: Link [YouTube video]

Foot powered roller coaster

Leave it to the Japanese to come up with a pedal-powered roller coaster. The Skycycle at Washuzan Highland Park in Okayama has side-by-side tandem pedal-powered carts with seat belts, which sounds pretty scary considering the course. If you got on that thing with Lance Armstrong you'd be peeing your ...

Research project could help create computers that run on light

Filed under: Desktops, Misc. GadgetsAttosecond technology -- tech that enables light pulses to be fired every billion-billionth of a second -- could be the key to making computers that run on light. A team of physicists at the University of Bath in the UK are to carry out research into this high frequency ...

Geoff Hudspith?s Steam-Powered Bicycle.

Photo: Liz Tomkins Geoff Hudspith created a steam-powered bicycle: Link - via BloggerFodder

Speeders Beware of ?Deputy Leprechaun?

Speeders, watch out for "Deputy Leprechaun" in Orange County, Florida: An Orange County sheriff’s deputy dressed as a leprechaun and equipped with a laser speed-detection gun targeted speeding and reckless motorists in the area of University Boulevard and state Road 417. The "leprechaun" ...

Marine 'justifies' Iraq deaths

A US marine, charged with the murder of Iraqi civilians in Haditha, says he would do the same again.

Chivalry is Dead.

After a glorious trip to Austin, where I was treated to pedicures, delicious cocktails, maid service, sleeping in, and Starbucks, it was back to business on the ranch yesterday. Marlboro Man, the four punks, and I rose before five a.m. to work calves, an especially ungodly hour considering the recent ...

Men stare at crotches

Cory Doctorow: The Online Journalism Review reports on Jakob Nielsen's use of an eye-tracker to look at how different people read the Web -- particularly news. There are lots of interesting findings, but the best is the revelation that men fixate on any visible genital areas in photos -- even animals' ...

INCREDIBLE Ultra-Realistic Sculptures Made of Fibre Glass And Silicon

These extraordinarily lifelike sculptures made with exquisite craftsmanship are guaranteed to blow you away.

The mine-resistant, ambush-protected 6x6 SUV

February 8, 2007 For when the alternatives to not getting there just don?t bear thinking about, (or if your neighbour has a Hummer), perhaps give some thought to BAE Systems? new 6x6 RG33. It?s designed with all the latest next-generation technology to help keep soldiers safe from Improvised Explosive ...

Raw Video of Indonesia plane crash scene...

Pig born with one head, two mouths, two noses, three eyes...

Robotic parking garage in action

Filed under: Robots, Transportation Anyone who's ever seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off will appreciate the advantages of a worker-less garage, namely the inability of a robotic parking structure to take your million dollar Ferrari for a joyride in an attempt to achieve maximum air. No, the reliable NYC ...

France bans citizen journalists from reporting violence

The French Constitutional Council has approved a law that criminalizes the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people other than professional journalists. The law could lead to the imprisonment of eyewitnesses who film acts of police violence, or operators of Web sites publishing the images, ...

Male teacher charged after having 70 'sexual encounters' with student...

Gatech?s five-speed rocket engine

February 25, 2007 Georgia Tech researchers have developed a new protoype engine that allows satellites to take off with less fuel, opening the door for deep space missions, lower launch costs and more payload in orbit. The efficient satellite engine uses up to 40 percent less fuel by running on solar ...