There Will Be Balls Touching
This video won 2nd place in the short film competition at Assembly 2009, Finland’s big computer festival. I like the Coke/Mentos touch. See more videos from Assembly 2009 at GameSetWatch. [via Metafilter]
Category Archives: General
Making sound visible through cymatics
In the following video, Evan Grant demonstrates the science and art of cymatics, a process for making soundwaves visible. Useful for analyzing complex sounds (like dolphin calls), it also makes complex and beautiful designs.
Electronic reader study raises serious economic questions
Despite the critical success of electronic reading devices such as Amazon’s Kindle, the gadgets may have a long way to go to reach the mass market. One research firm claims readers would have to be as cheap as $50 to really catch on, making subsidies a must. Forrester Research interviewed 4,706 people and asked a […]
Loopa Gyroscopic Toddler Bowl
What do you get when you combine science and a conventional cereal bowl? A Loopa Gyroscopic Bowl! This amazing invention will keep your young kids from spilling their cereal all over the place, no matter what they do. The bowl is dishwasher safe and is easy to pick up and handle, even for small hands. […]
Behold: A Cheap PS3 Universal Remote
I don’t know about you, but I’m not really ready to shell out a few hundred bucks to buy a universal remote that supports the PS3. Logitech’s Harmony series remotes are really nice, but if you want PS3 support, you’ll have to buy a special infrared adapter on top of the remotes to make them […]
Study: Bloggers Are Happy
Ok, maybe not “happy” but at least happier than they used to be. According to “Measuring the Happiness of Large-Scale Written Expression: Songs, Blogs, and Presidents“, a research report from Peter Dodds and Christopher Danforth, two mathematicians from Vermont University, the general mood of bloggers seems to be in an upward trend since 2005. Starting […]
British museum aims to revive 1951 computer
It’s probably a safe bet that many GeeksAreSexy readers have brought an old computer back from the dead at some point. But a museum in Britain is trying to do it with a 58-year-old machine. If the plan comes off, the Harwell computer will become the oldest working electronic computer in the world. Staff at […]
How to Make a 1-Up Super Mushroom
All you need to make your very own 1-up super mushroom is a bit of creativity, a raddish, and a knife. That’s it! [Source: GamOVR]
How to Steal 23 MacBooks, 14 iPhones, and 9 iPods in 31-Seconds
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Tip of the Day: Don’t Fart During Surgery
While this isn’t really tech related, it was simply too hilarious to pass up. Here’s a very good reason why you should avoid farting during surgery: [Via Buzzfeed]