http://youtu.be/ZwwS4YOTbbw SpaceX has been working on a reusable rocket since 2011, and things have been going pretty well for them. A few days ago, the company ran a successful test run of its Falcon9R rocket, and it looks like the future. Check out the video to watch it take off, hover at 3,280 feet, and... Continue Reading →
Posing as U.S. Officials, Yes Men Announce Renewable Energy Revolution at Homeland Security Congress
http://youtu.be/EyaZlt-Xr_A The culture jamming activist group The Yes Men have struck again. Earlier this week, members of the group spoke at the Homeland Security Congress posing as U.S. government officials. At the conference, they announced a fictitious new U.S. government plan called "American Renewable Clean-Energy Network" to convert the United States to 100 percent renewable... Continue Reading →
Improv Everywhere Participants Handcuffed After Prank Goes Awry
http://youtu.be/B3FCpirYMKQ An Improv Everywhere prank at a Manhattan Gap store earlier this month featured some unexpected players after a manager called police to report a flash mob. Participants entered the store's Fifth Avenue location wearing white Morphsuits underneath Gap-style clothing to imitate mannequins. All 40 people were instructed to zip up the suits at a... Continue Reading →
Watch: Premiere of Joelistics – ‘Everyone Everything’
http://youtu.be/PE8tvB-cf34 Welcome to the weirder side of the new Joelistics’ record. Everyone Everything is a stream of consciousness ride across stark break beats and shifting musical landscapes. As Joelistics explains “‘Everyone Everything’ was written with Ptero Stylus after gorging on old Beastie Boys, El-P and Serge Gainsberg. We wrote the track like an experiment.Making four... Continue Reading →
This Is What A Holographic iPhone Might Look Like
http://vimeo.com/40056491 Lasers. Infrared sensors. Parabolic mirror assemblies. These are the technologies that could allow iPhones of the future to project holograms from 3-D screens, according to a new Apple patent application. Now, whether or not Apple will actually make such a device, no one knows. It’s perfectly common for the company to patent technologies that... Continue Reading →
Massive Solar Wind Energy Tower Proposed for the U.S.-Mexico Border
http://youtu.be/rMMlmqohOJs A Maryland-based energy company plans to build a 500-megawatt tower that would combine solar and wind power to generate energy. The Solar Wind Energy Tower will be located on the Arizona-Mexico border and will be the second-tallest structure in the United States. The company plans to start construction by 2018. The tower is likely... Continue Reading →
Men’s Skin Cells Turned Into Sperm Precursors
http://youtu.be/DPRj2wntk-8 Skin cells from infertile men can be turned into the precursors of sperm cells in a lab, according to a new study. The findings raise the possibility of one day making sperm from the skin cells of men with fertility problems, the researchers said. However, much more research is needed to determine if this... Continue Reading →
Oral B introduces ‘Smart Series’ connected toothbrush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRvYQXruyKk Oral B, a brand you likely interact with a few times a day (or at least should!), have released their Smart Series Electric Toothbrush. Claiming it’s the first of its kind, Oral B’s smart toothbrush uses Bluetooth 4.0 to communicate with an accompanying smartphone app. The goal is to get us brushing smarter, or... Continue Reading →
Chicago Approves Ban On Plastic Shopping Bags
http://youtu.be/nKWsvxN_sGs Chicago has become the latest U.S. city to approve a ban on plastic shopping bags. The City Council voted overwhelmingly in favor of a partial plastic bag ban in Chicago on Wednesday, the Chicago Tribune reports. The proposal was backed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and passed with a vote of 36-10. The new ordinance... Continue Reading →
Environmentally friendly, energy-dense sugar battery developed to power the world’s gadgets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z45mU5BfpcY A Virginia Tech research team has developed a battery that runs on sugar and has an unmatched energy density, a development that could replace conventional batteries with ones that are cheaper, refillable, and biodegradable. The findings from Y.H. Percival Zhang, an associate professor of biological systems engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life... Continue Reading →
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