The Royal Wedding is finally goddamn over and now Will and Kate can look back at all the social media they foisted upon the Internet—YouTube videos, Facebook comments, and a Color account sponsored by The Telegraph. And in between pictures of stupid hats and kissing they can find this guy giving his Royal approval, complete with Union Jack underwear and royal blue spandex. [Color Royal Wedding Album via TechCrunch] More »
So you're totally sure [insert significant other] is the one. You're going to set it in ink, right on your flesh! There's no way you'll ever regret it. But how will it look down the line? Math has the answer! More »
Watch a really popular singer cover a song that nobody supposedly likes. AND YET EVERYBODY KNOWS THE WORDS. More »
As much as I'd love to spend paragraphs on jokes about being peeing their pants, it's a serious problem that affects a lot of people! Pee problems are due to a defective sacral nerve—and now there's a fix. More »
The straight lines! They're everywhere! They box you in and tell you where to walk and, like, if you step on one, you break your mother's spine! I CAN'T TAKE IT. Sweet relief: Bolefloor Hardwood Flooring, which is cut along the grain of the wood to give your floor a little character—and your neuroses a little break. More »
We've already stated what Apple's cloud could be for and now, here's even more definitive proof that it's coming. Moving from "rumor" to "confirmed," Digital Daily reports that Apple has indeed purchased the domain iCloud.com. [Digital Daily] More »
StolenCameraFinder is a clever webapp that can help locate your stolen camera by using a photo you've already taken with it. All you have to do is drag some photos on to the main page and it'll do its just in a matter of seconds. More »
Paying your friends with cash or talking them into PayPal is, like, ancient technology. Now you'll be able to pay them from the source (if you're both ING customers) just by bumping iPhones. IMG tapped into Bump's API so now a phone-kiss swaps greenbacks instead of contact info.[iTunes via Mashable] More »
After the surviving the tornado that ripped through Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and the rest of Alabama on Wednesday night, Patty Bullion began to notice random photos and documents washing up in her front yard. Figuring they belonged to somebody, she began posting them in a public Facebook group to see if anybody would claim them. They did. More »
Concrete bombs. France has been dropping 660-pound concrete-filled training bombs on Libyan tanks to crush them while minimizing collateral damage, since "there is no, or very little, shrapnel thrown out," according to French military spokesman Thierry Burkhard. More »
When it comes to alarm clocks, there's definitely no shortage. But one commonality amongst almost all alarms is that they are annoying. The Acoustic Alarm, however, takes a new approach to the wake-up call. More »
Cant remember if you left your MBP with Kandalaria or Sauceray? Well, you're in luck! It looks like a Mac-specific version of the popular Find My iPhone app, which locates and locks your iOS device remotely, could roll out with the release of OSX 10.7 Lion. While there's already been plenty of speculation that Apple would port some of the more popular iOS features to Lion, 9to5Mac notes the existence of both a Find my Mac icon and something called Find my Mac messenger in the latest developer preview build. Now, there's nothing to say that this functionality will actually make it into the final release but these new finds are certainly reassuring to the absent-minded John. More »
Carbon nanofibers assembled into photonic crystals change color as activated charcoal filters become saturated with dangerous vapors.
The 20/20 XL microspectrophotometer from CRAIC is designed to non-destructively analyze microscopic features of very large displays by being capable of incorporating large scale sample handling.
Most of the body's cells communicate with each other by sending electrical signals through nano-thin membrane tubes. A sensational Norwegian research discovery may help to explain how cells cooperate to develop tissue in the embryo and how wounds heal.
Materialwissenschaftler der Uni Jena erforschen Proteinschichten in kuenstlichen Gelenken.
A new Open Access book, "Advances in Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Characterization and Industrial Applications" has just been published on the InTechOpen reading platform.
Scientists have managed to switch-on and switch-off a semiconductor optical cavity within a world-record short time of less than 1 picosecond.
Reversible control of electrical and thermal properties could find uses in storage systems.
