Archive for August, 2007

Scientists working on levitation

The same team of scientists that announced a theory that might one day lead to invisibility, has come up with a system that could lead to levitation. Physicists Ulf Leonhardt and Dr Thomas Philbin of the University of St Andrews in Scotland have come up with a way to reverse the casimir force on nanoscale [ READ MORE ]

Hello Kitty for bad police?

It seems that Thailand has decided to punish it’s police officers who break rules, by making them wear a Hello Kitty armband. The idea seems to be that shaming and embarrassing the cops will do more for discipline than a standard type of punishment.Pongpat, the chief of the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok said, “Simple warnings [ READ MORE ]

Japanese DoroDango mud balls

Would you believe that the picture above is nothing more than a hand shaped and polished ball of mud? DoroDango, which translates roughly as mud dumpling, is a traditional art form in Japan. The balls are made literally out of mud that is hand dried and polished in a laborious process. It seems that nearly [ READ MORE ]

Meth heads stealing copper from farmers

California farmers are increasingly having to deal with people stealing copper wiring out of irrigation systems. The thefts, which gain the thief a few hundred dollars can cost the farmers thousands of dollars to replace. And if the theft is not noticed soon enough, the entire crop can be lost.Police say that they believe that [ READ MORE ]

Taking down a building from the ground up

Found this very strange looking picture of a building that is being torn down in London. It seems that due to the unique way in which the building was built, the most efficient way to tear it down is to start at the bottom. Meanwhile, the building is pretty amazing looking. Via GizModo: Building Demolished from [ READ MORE ]

UK teachers want RateMyTeacher and YouTube shutdown

Teachers are demanding that sites like RateMyTeacher and YouTube be shutdown. The Professional Association of Teachers claims that they only want to ban the sites in an effort to stop Cyberbullying of teachers. But as many people have pointed out, banning specific sites would not stop cyberbullying. Sites like RateMyTeacher have been under attack by [ READ MORE ]

LogMoto slogan and logo mashup

LogMoto is a site that mixes one companies logo with another companies slogan. The idea is funny. Some of the slogan/logo combination are hilarious. Check it out: LogMoto via PreSurfer [ READ MORE ]

Friday Morning fun: Amazing roller skating girl

This amazing little girl roller skates under 40 parked cars. The girl is from India, and I don’t know any of the details beyond what the video shows, but it looks like a competition of some kind. Pretty amazing. Via JapanProbe: 5-Year-Old Girl Skates Under 40 Cars [ READ MORE ]

The Webb Alert

The Webb alert is a new video blog attempting to give a short summary of the latest Blog headlines and topics. There are quite a few video blogs out there to choose from, but this one is pretty interesting. Morgan Webb, the reporter in the video, does a show on the G4 channel and has [ READ MORE ]

US inflation calculator

The inflation calculator allows you to take any dollar amount and two years between 1800 and 2006. It then gives you an estimate of how much that money would be worth based on inflation. It calculates it both directions. So $100 in 1800 would be equivalent to $1143.21 in 2006. And $100 in 2006 would [ READ MORE ]