Whole story behind ‘Half the Sky’ tattoo
Mar 31, 2012 Technology
NYT’s Kristof uses social media to find woman whose tattoo honors cause of protecting women (and shares name with his book).
This is the one millionth photo taken from onboard the ISS.
Mar 31, 2012 Technology
gorgeous hi-res version
The World According to the Mainstream Media | Business Pundit
Mar 31, 2012 Technology
How the world looks through the skewed glasses of the mainstream media.
Prince of Persia Source Code — Found!
Mar 31, 2012 Technology
After losing it for more than 10 years, Prince of Persia creator finds the source code.
Prehistoric musical find in cave
Mar 31, 2012 Technology
Archaeologists believe they have uncovered the remains of the earliest stringed instrument to be found so far in western Europe.
Google turns people into StreetView image decoders with new ReCAPTCHA boxes
Mar 31, 2012 Technology
As if CAPTCHAs don’t already seem devious enough in their attempts to weed human visitors from robo-visitors, Google has come up with a new way to utilize the technology to gather data from guesses visitors submit.
Researchers stumble upon world’s most flexible & efficient OLED plastic
Mar 31, 2012 Technology
The future of foldable displays does not seem too far away. Only yesterday did LG unveil plans for mass production of world’s first flexible plastic e-paper and now researchers from the University of Toronto have showcased the most energy efficient, flexible OLED plastic surface engineered till date.
10 Deadly Enemies that Humans Turned Into Servants
Mar 31, 2012 Technology
We hear a lot, in science fiction, about things that now serve us but will soon kill us. Like robots. But what about the reverse — things that used to kill us in droves, but now serve us? Predatory animals, microbes, and the elements themselves —
10 funny (?) April Fools’ pranks – Web style
Mar 31, 2012 Technology
A look back at how tech and other organizations celebrated April 1 last year. You’re really not a Web or tech company if you don’t spring an April Fools’ Day joke or two, or so it would seem. Google has established itself as Jester No. 1, though it has plenty of competition, including an increasing number of companies that are going the multimedia route.
Stunning interactive map traces the course of the wind
Mar 31, 2012 Technology
Wind Map pulls in hourly data from the National Digital Forecast Database, tracing wind speed and direction in near real-time while providing nationwide maximum and average figures.