Sweden’s Pirate Party has failed to repeat its success in last year’s European elections in this month’s poll for Sweden’s own parliament. Its vote collapsed to roughly a sixth of its total last year, prompting debate on what caused the apparent huge drop in support. Last summer the party — which campaigns for reforms of […]
We live in the future, having finally achieved the tablet computer if not our jetpacks. But are we happy? According to CNBC, if you own an iPad you most likely are. A study by the American Consumer Satisfaction index has put Apple high atop the technology tree, as it were, with a whopping 86% satisfaction […]
Mozilla Labs has just released this interest video showing the Mozilla Seabird, a concept phone featuring an 8 Megapixel camera, an embedded Bluetooth dongle, wireless charging, and dual side pico projectors. Check it out, the thing looks pretty darn sexy. [Via Gizmodo]
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When CBS decided to air a sitcom starring William Shatner based on the cult hit Twitter account @shitmydadsays, it decided to tweak the name to avoid causing offence. Unfortunately that’s proved a step too far for modern technology. The network has now had to post a message on the show’s official forum urging viewers who […]
Co-written and directed by renowned Tamil film director Shankar, Enthiran (Translation: The Robot) is a forthcoming Tamil science fiction movie featuring Rajinikanth, the world’s highest paid Indian film actor. According to hindustantimes.com, Enthiran is the most expensive Indian film ever made. A gifted scientist constructs an equally gifted robot, who sets out into the world […]
Professor Fletcher’s invention of the CellScope, which is a Nokia device with a microscope attachment, was the inspiration for a teeny-tiny film created by Sumo Science at Aardman. It stars a 9mm girl called Dot as she struggles through a microscopic world. All the minuscule detail was shot using CellScope technology and a Nokia N8, […]
When you hear the word moonshine, it probably brings to mind a bygone era of Prohibition-thwarting, bathtub mixing, car chasing yokels, brewing up batches of questionable alcohol. Or Irish songs. But according to writer Michelle Locke, writing for AP and featured on the Mother Nature Network, moonshine is having something of a renaissance as of […]
Now that’s all kinds of awesome: A larger-than-life motorized R2D2 costume. This thing even has a rotating dome, just like the real Arr-Too! I’d really love to build something like this and drive around my neighborhood at Halloween, just to see the look on kids’ faces! [Via Buzzfeed]
Harry Potter fans, rejoice! Warner Bros. has just released a new trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the two-part conclusion to the epic series. Enjoy! [Via]