Oh Noes: Santa’s Gmail Has Beem Hacked! [Pic]
Ok, maybe you’ve seen this one somewhere on the Web, or maybe not, but we’re posting it anyways, just in case you missed it. [Via Holy Taco]
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IBM: Five Innovations We’ll See in the Next Five Years
IBM has just released a ridiculous video listing five innovations it thinks will be commonplace by 2013. I don’t know about you, but this clip makes me think of one of those old mid 1960 documentary that tried to predict how technology would be at the end of the 20th century. Unveiled today, the third […]
Study Shows Even Hands-Free Cell Phones Turn Drivers Into Idiots
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] A new study (PDF) in the Journal of Experimental Psychology suggests that – gasp! – talking on a cell phone while driving might actually be dangerous. Sure, the conclusion is kind of a no-brainer, but the heart of the experiment was to figure out if there’s any difference between […]
Scrabble 60th Anniversary
Another masterpiece of animation from PES, in celebration of Scrabble’s 60th anniversary. The game was invented in 1938, but not mass-produced until 1948. [via Nag on the Lake]
Gadgets Dominate Black Friday (and Happy Cyber Monday!)
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Here’s a piece of trivia for you. Though now the term “Black Friday” (indicating the day after Thanksgiving in the US) has come to refer to the beginning of the period when retailers get back in the black (due to the heavy Christmas season shopping), that’s not the actual […]
The Geek Guide to Holiday Gift-Giving
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] It’s that time of year again! It’s “Black Friday,” when the masses crowd the malls, every man for himself (hey, that sounds like a plot from a zombie movie). Shopping for your favorite geek can be tough, so we at [GAS] are here to help. A lot of guides […]
ISS Astronauts to Drink Recycled Pee
After five days of work, astronauts aboard the Endeavour shuttle have succeeded in the ultimate feat of recycling—turning urine into water. This is thanks to a new machine that should help more people live aboard the International space station at one time. The urine recycler will be part of a more widely used water recycling […]
Tilt-Shift Time-Lapse Demolition Derby Video
Photograph extraordinaire Keith Loutit amazes us again with a new tilt-shift time-lapse video produced during a demolition derby event. Seeing all those scrap cars, monster trucks, and even a humongous Godzilla, going around an arena like harmless toys in a sandbox is both awesome and hilarious. Ready to see more? Be sure to check out […]
Sixense Truemotion 3D System Makes Nintendo’s Wiimote Look Like Junk
Even if the Wiimote was revolutionary when it initially came out, it really can’t compare to the motion-sensing capabilities of Sixense’s new Truemotion 3D system. Check out the video — it’ll blow you away. Rather than using an accelerometer like the Wiimote, the Truemotion system uses a magnetic field to track both of your hands […]
Wednesday Geeky Pics: Geeky Tattoos
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] This week’s pics examine the ultimate in permanent geek cred: the geeky tattoo. A love/hate relationship with HTML: