I can't be the only one who's wondered—even stabilized by several screws in metal mounts—how can hard drives sift through so much minuscule data amidst minuscule vibrations? A new study suggests what we've long suspected: They can't. More »
Storage - Hardware - Hard Drives - Business - Vibration
You're looking at the balcony of the Avro Business Jet Explorer One. Its creators—BAE and Design Q—say that the "Air Deck" is a first in aviation history. True. It's also the most stupid invention in aviation history. More »
Aviation - Technology - Aerospace - Recreation - Aeronautics
Follow this dead-simple guide to force any Twitter user—from Oprah to Kutcher—to follow you. No, seriously. (Update: Here's what happened.) More »
Twitter - Social network - Online Communities - Trending and Popularity - Ashton Kutcher
I'm sure the conversation that started "let's hook a roundabout up to my tiny motorcycle and ride it until one of us flies off at breakneck speed" sounded much more convincing in the original German. [The Daily What via NextRound] More »
Roundabout - Recreation - Roads and Highways - Interchanges - Hemel Hempstead
If this furniture looks like a giant egg carton to you, well, that's only because it's supposed to. More »
Paper - Furniture - Home and Garden - Business - Shopping
Now that the Wi-Fi Alliance will be sharing technology specifications with the Wireless Gigabit Alliance's proposed 60GHz wireless spectrum, we all just got a lot closer to 7Gbps wireless downloads. That's wonderful. More »
Wireless Gigabit Alliance - Wi-Fi - Wi-Fi Alliance - Wireless - Data Communications
If all goes as scheduled, Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree—which inspired him to formulate his Universal Law of Gravitation—will launch to space next Friday at 2:20PM Eastern Time. Not the whole tree, mind you, but just this piece: More »
Isaac Newton - Space - NASA - Physics - Technology
Quake III running on a Motorola Droid was impressive. But Quake III running on the Nexus One—no physical keyboard, a souped up processor—that's downright heavy metal. More »
Smartphone - Nexus One - Droid - Android - Motorola Droid
Japan's Teatime is an adult game developer known for adding webcam functions like face tracking to their games. But their latest innovation known as "hand tracking"? It's a new era, friends. Also, no, I'm not free to video chat. [Kotaku] More »
Video game - Games - Browser Based - Developers and Publishers - Game Design
The response to the Top Ten Reasons You Should Quit Facebook was huge, although not without objections or doubts. Here are the some definitive answers from Dan Yoder that you should share on your Facebook walls...before disabling your account. More »
Facebook - Social network - Online Communities - Tobacco - Substance Abuse
According to Stephen Hawking, building a time machine isn't hard: "All you need is a wormhole, the Large Hadron Collider or a rocket that goes really, really fast." Just grab one of those and hop right through the fourth dimension. More »
Time Travel - Stephen Hawking - Physics - Large Hadron Collider - Relativity
Sometimes you don't need a sound synthesizer to create rhythms and music. When you have talent and a video editing software, anything can be your instrument. Including balls. All kinds of them. [Thanks Eduardo Lozano!] More »
Arts - Electronic - Music - Video - Synthesizers and Samplers
The iPad accessories are flying in thick and fast, with the Quirky Cradle being the latest replacement for...your lap? It features a circular plate which rotates the iPad; certainly a nice touch and makes the $52.50 a lot more reasonable. More »
Recreation - Collecting - Transportation - Arts - Online Writing
The US military is gonna need some new fighter jets at some point, probably after 2025. It's never too early for Boeing to start pitching for their business! More »
Fighter aircraft - Aviation - Recreation - Military - Experience Flights
The XM25 is the deadliest hand weapon in the army arsenal. Why? Because it can fire 25mm rounds that explode at any distance set by the soldier, killing people protected behind walls or trenches. Here it is in action. More »
You're looking at the first integrated circuit. The heart of every gadget and computer around you. This crude blob of components and germanium was created by Nobel Prize winner and Texas Instruments engineer Jack Kilby. But it wasn't his idea. More »
If you don't know the name Shane Mahan, that's your loss. He's the real Tony Stark, the practical effects wizard leading the team who constructed the actual Iron Man suit for the Iron Man movies. And he's a great interviewee: More »
