LA County detectives are investigating an assault on on a 12-year-old boy which may have been incited by a Facebook group message referencing a 2005 South Park episode. "The boy was kicked and hit in two separate incidents (...) by as many as 14 of his classmates." The attack followed a Facebook me... More.
This fellow apparently won a facial hair competition in 1991 for his beard head-cage with working door. (via Imaginary Foundation)
UPDATE: In the comments, lots of speculation that this is fake. May very well be, but I still think it's delightful. ... More.
Last week, Wikileaks published what were previously secret documents on a plan to create a unique ID for every single citizen in India -- that's more than a billion IDs, and would be the largest such project in world history. Now, the government agency tasked with implementing that plan is facing wi... More.
Marc Owens's augmented reality project "Avatar Machine" puts its users in VR helmets that display the world around them as though they were playing a third-person game, so that their own body is seen from behind. Owens theorizes that "The system potentially allows for
a diminished sense of social... More.
I've often found that, when I can't understand a concept in science or math, putting it into pictures will make everything make more sense. It's like magic. Now, none of the visualizations I used as a kid involved a cadre of trained golden retrievers, but maybe that's a flaw the Kansas school syst... More.
I'm pretty sure it's a concept, not a prototype.
Next time someone says, "You'll eat those words..."
Toast-It Notes
Yeah...
This is pretty awesome, but at the same time awesomely worthless.
Now, I have worked as a product designer, and have to admit to considering these types of ideas.
I'm not sure I want to add digital tech into my food consumption anymore, or line it up next to all the juicers, bread makers, sandwich presses, steamers, pasta mills... kitchen must grow.
Gadgets, I know, are the pr0n that offends none.
Might be handy to print GREENLAND IS MELTING on my toast every morning.
This is a godsend for those of us who have used pens on pieces of toast. I cannot recall how many times I've resorted to using a magic marker.
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Can I buy one of these? If so, WHERE?! I want one D: