Just because we’ve got bigger brains doesn’t mean we’ve got a leg up on the rest of the animal kingdom, concludes new research from Queen Mary, University of London, and Cambridge University. Researchers claim that with the aid of computer generated models, they have determined even remarkably small sized brains are capable of consciousness—with as […]
One of the worse part of getting a disease that affects you lung is having the mucus accumulate in them. You then have to cough like crazy to get the nasty stuff out, else you won’t be able to breathe properly. Fortunately, thanks to the $40 lung flute, getting the phlegm out of your lungs […]
I’m not sure how this guy did it, but he succeeded in balancing 117 toys on a single, 4 X 2 lego brick. The fun part came later though, when he used little wind-up creatures to knock the whole thing down. I created this photograph for the Kids Gallery of the Connecticut Science Center in […]
Yes folks, these are employees from the Microsoft Store in Mission Viejo, California, line dancing to… Black Eyed Peas! How long can you last? :) [Via [H]]
Apple has applied for a patent on a technology which would effectively embed adverts in its operating systems – and then force the user to pay attention to them. Under the system described in the patent, the functionality of a device could be frozen, the on-screen content replaced with the advert, and then the functionality […]
What is it about remakes that gets geeks so hot under the collar? Sure, there are a lot of terrible remakes that cannot be unseen, and the 2000s seems to be particularly rife with them, to boot. According to Slashfilm, only two of the top 30 films of the decade are original (the two films, […]
After releasing each part of the movie separately, Ubisoft has finally assembled the whole footage to create one, full-length video of Assassin’s Creed Lineage. Oh, and don’t forget to expand the player in full-screen mode after hitting that play button! When the Duke of Milan is brutally murdered, Giovanni Auditore an Assassin – is dispatched […]
Yes folks, Mr. T is back in a new WOW ad, and this time, he hacked the game to include a new weapon: A mohawk grenade. Check it out. For those of you who haven’t seen the first commercial, you can do so by clicking here.
Ladies and gentlegeeks, behold… a custom-made Han Solo carbonite desk: Me. Want. One. NOW! To put in my secret underground geek lair, ya know? [Via TDW | Tom Spina Designs]
You’ve heard it before: parents groups and educators worldwide are growing more and more concerned regarding children and teens using social networking sites. But while online social networking shows a great deal of promise in respect to reaching out to teenagers, some critics worry that too much focus on the superficiality of sites, especially Facebook, […]