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  • Automatic Mario: Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” (Video)
    By on November 27, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments

    Automated Super Mario World levels, to the exact beat and pitch of the Queen song “Don’t Stop Me Now.” Amazing.

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  • Swiss Government Tries to Stop ‘Suicide Tourists’
    By on November 18, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments

    Concerned that it is becoming a destination for “suicide tourism,” Switzerland wants to tighten its decades-old assisted-suicide law.

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  • Ultracapacitor Bus Recharges At Each Stop
    By on October 19, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments

    TechReviewAl writes “A US company and its Chinese partner are piloting a bus powered by ultracapacitors in Washington DC. Ultracapacitors lack the capacity of regular batteries but are considerably cheaper and can be recharge completely in under a minute. Sinautec Automobile Technologies, based in Arlington, VA, and its Chinese partner, Shanghai Aowei Technology Development Company, have spent the past three years demonstrating the approach with 17 (more…)

  • Even loss can’t stop Kimbo hype machine
    By on October 4, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments

    There may be no greater proof than the job it’s done with Kimbo Slice, the famed YouTube street fighter who crashed and burned under the weight of ridiculous hype that his last promotion and CBS television put on him.

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  • Stop Shaking My Movies Like A Polaroid Picture
    By on September 7, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments

    The shaky cam is so common these days it’s cliche. In order to curb this trend we’ve categorized the good, the bad, and the ugly of the candid cam takes. Not all shaky cams are created equal. The shaky cam, which finds its origins relatively recently, has become synonymous with mockumentaries and “realistic” approaches to fiction.

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