 Shifting to All Digital TV - What Will Happen When Analog Ends?::It is now official that TV will go from analog to digital broadcasts by February 17th 2009. Many TV stations already broadcast digital as well as analog signals. The difference is that on that date,… [MORE] |
 Miss Landmine Contest::Created by Norwegian artist Morten Traavik, the Miss Landmine contest is both a protest of the use of landmines and a celebration of beauty. It's no secret that landmines are violent objects of war that… [MORE] |
 Digital Here To Stay - No More Polaroids::Polaroid cameras have allowed instant access to embarrassing pics for decades- changing the photography industry forever. You would be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't have at least one Polaroid… [MORE] |
 Flying Casinos - Airbus A380 Spark Interest in Asian Markets::There is interest in turning the double-decker Airbus A380 into the world’s first flying casino. Major airlines have not been interested in this project, but interested customers are located in Asia,… [MORE] |
 Diamond Studded Toy for Charity - $140,000 Hot Wheels Bling::Commemorating its 40th year, Hot Wheels has created a $140,000 coupe designed by jeweler, Jason, of Beverly Hills, CA. The 18k white gold car is encrusted with 2,700 diamonds weighing 23 Carats. The car… [MORE] |
 Smart Pillbox - MIT’s uBox-uPhone Project Saves Lives::According to scientists at MIT, “Tuberculosis has long been eradicated from the world's industrialized nations but continues to take a terrible toll in a few poor, rural regions of Asia and Africa. Every… [MORE] |
 A Star Wars Guide To The Candidates::This is as hilarious as it is unique. Someone in the San Francisco Bay Area posted this to Craigslist. It compares our presidential candidates to Star Wars characters. The names are amusing while the photos… [MORE] |
 Yahoo News To Be Delivered In 3-D::Yahoo's latest effort is a 3-D news/mapping web application that allows for the viewer to follow the day's stories as they happen across the globe. This application combines Yahoo News RSS feeds with a… [MORE] |
 Funke & Will AG's Hot New Convertible - 2nd Gen Yes! Roadster 3.2::The 2008 Yes! Roadster was one of the most exciting cars to make its first appearance at the Chicago Auto Show. The 2,000 pound car has a 3.2 liter V-6 engine that puts out about 255 horse power.
"Transmission… [MORE] |
 Crystal Gem Bottles for Charity - $1 Million Bombay Sapphire Revelation::Karim Rashid designed five elegant bottles in the shape of enormous jewels for the Bombay Sapphire Revelation Collection. Gerrard designed the diamond and sapphire caps, Baccarat is the crystal, and the… [MORE] |
 Ban on Patio Heaters - EU Committed to Energy Conservation::European environmentalists have proposed a ban on outdoor heaters, a feature many people have become accustomed to at public outdoor venues.
The heat lamps are often featured in restaurants and cafes… [MORE] |
 Matte is the New Glossy - Automakers Customize Car Finishes::In recent years, safety and technology have found themselves on a level playing field between auto manufacturers. At the 2008 North American Auto Show in Detroit, automakers made lengthy efforts to emphasize… [MORE] |
 Reality Show With All Male Town - The Week the Women Went::How far will reality shows go? Canada's national broadcaster, the CBC, will present a show based on the BBC reality show "The Week the Women Went".
Recent government statistics show that 70 percent… [MORE] |
 Sculptures With Real Human Skin - Man Exhibits 3rd Ear::A disturbing and controversial new exhibition is taking place in Liverpool, UK displaying genuine skin tissue in sculptures- and as if that was not enough, Sk-interfaces at FACT have included thought-provoking… [MORE] |
 Google's iPhone Nemesis - Merging With Dell For Master Phone Plan::Google is rumoured to be launching its own mobile phone in collaboration with Dell. Google, falling through with its rumoured launch last year for an iPhone Competitor (the GPhone), has mustered up some… [MORE] |
 World Shuts Light Off for the Environment - Earth Hour::Here’s your chance to take action and show the leaders of the world that you care and are deeply concerned about the wellbeing of our planet. All it takes is one hour of your time and doesn’t require… [MORE] |
 Connecting with Religious Voters Online - GodTube::Everyone is trying to benefit from the success of YouTube and the impact it has on today’s society. GodTube is one of those sites.
Calling itself a video social networking community for Christians,… [MORE] |
 A New Generation of Terror - Anonymous Hackers::Anonymous is an organized group of hackers, reportedly responsible for 90% of all Internet terror. Fox11 news covered the group back in 2007 and reported Anonymous would hack into MySpace users' pages… [MORE] |
 Auctioning the Ancient - Bid on a Triceratops Skeleton::Now here's something that will certainly make any house unique. On April 16th, Christie's will be hosting an auction in Paris, featuring 150 items from natural history collections.
The showcase item… [MORE] |
 Facebook for Humanitarianism - A Million Voices Against FARC::A worldwide rally against the terrorist group FARC has been organized by a common Colombian citizen with no experience in politics through Facebook.
Early this year, Oscar Morales decided to create a… [MORE] |
 Snow Deprived Ski Resort Sells for 90¢ - Ernen Switzerland::Global warming can get some people great real estate bargains. Ernen, Switzerland could not afford to renew its ski lift licenses after several seasons of meager snowfall and were desperate to find someone… [MORE] |
 Dubai's Next Man Made Island - The Universe::Seeming trying to prove that too much is not nearly enough the Dubai developer of “The World” has just announced plans to build the “The Universe” which they will squeeze in between “The World”… [MORE] |
 Extraordinary Documentaries - 2008 Sundance Film Festival::Robert Redford, Academy Award-winning actor, motion picture director, producer, businessman, model, environmentalist and philanthropist began the Sundance Institute in 1984. Its annual Sundance Film Festival… [MORE] |
 Ancient Model Revealed - Experts Identify the Real Mona Lisa::German Experts working at the Heidelberg University library found dated notes in the margins of a book scribbled by its owner in October 1503 that identify that Lisa del Giocondo was indeed the model for… [MORE] |
 Gull Winged Eco-Car - Mitsubishi Concept-RA (NAIAS 2008)::The Mitsubishi Concept-RA is a real attention grabber with its aggressive styling. Lightness seems to be the target with the aluminum space frame body and impact-resistant, recyclable plastic resin for… [MORE] |
 House Party Brings Teen International Fame - Corey Worthington (Part I)::Thought everybody had had enough of small-time fame media chasers? Apparently not.
Whilst bad boys have always been media magnets, 16 year old Australian Corey Worthington has brought a new level of… [MORE] |
 3 Queens in NYC - Elizabeth 2, Mary 2 and Victoria::For the first and only time, in the 168 year history of the Cunard Line, Cunard's three great passenger liners named after British queens, the Queen Victoria, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth 2, have met… [MORE] |
 China’s Ice Festival Features Canadian Theme - Harbin Ice Festival::The Harbin festival is one of the world's four largest ice and snow festivals, along with Japan's Sapporo Snow Festival, Canada's Quebec City Winter Carnival, and Norway's Ski Festival.
At the 2007 festival… [MORE] |
 Extremely Personalized Cake - Bride Serves Herself to Guests::Proving that everything is bigger in Texas, lone star bride Chidi Ogbuta had her likeness made into a cake for her wedding day. She said it was her childhood dream to have a full sized version of herself… [MORE] |
 Las Vegas Beer Pong Tournament - World Series of Beer Pong III::And you thought beer pong was just something you played with the guys on weekends? No way! There is an official annual tournament! The World Series of Beer Pong III in Las Vegas attracted 600 contestants… [MORE] |
 Hollywood's Uzi Replacement - Micro Tavor::It looks like the Tavor may replace the Uzi as Hollywood’s favorite "sexy" Israeli gun.
Hollywood studios are interested in buying Micro Tavors, the smallest version of Israel's newest assault rifle,… [MORE] |
 2007 Weather Records - Heat, Ice Storms, Droughts, Floods, Tornado in NYC::Right from the beginning, 2007 proved it would have some very wild weather.
To start with, it was the warmest January worldwide since record keeping began, 1.53 degrees above normal. England had its… [MORE] |
 Vindictive Celebrity Exes - Lindsay Lohan's Ex Sells Her Naughty Photos::Not only did he tell tabloids she was a sex addict, but Lindsay Lohan's ex boyfriend is now selling very private photos of the young actress.
Trusting a partner with naughty photos is hard enough, but… [MORE] |
 Paris Hilton Disowned - Grandpa Cuts Heiress Off From Family Fortune::Paris Hilton has been disowned from billions of dollars by her grandfather according to several tabloids.
Instead of elaborate gifts this Christmas, Barron Hilton II cut her off. He said he doesn't want… [MORE] |
 Celebrity Frock Thief - Victoria Beckham's Designer Clothes Stolen::Have you ever wanted to raid your favourite celebrity's wardrobe? Apparently one thief was desperate to get their hands on Victoria Beckham's ultra luxurious designer fashions.
While on tour in Germany,… [MORE] |
 Fingerprinting at Traffic Stops - Cops Violating Privacy?::As if it's not bad enough to get points on your driving record for speeding, rolling through a stop sign or running a red light, now cops have started fingerprinting along with each traffic ticket issued.… [MORE] |
 When Googling Fails, Leave it to Fate - Man's Adoptive Mother is CoWorker::This story shows that while the digital era may help thousands of people to reconnect with people from the past, sometimes there's nothing as powerful as lady luck. When Steve Flaig became an adult, with… [MORE] |
 Lakota Indians Form New Nation - Sitting Bull's Tribe::A new nation was announced on Wednesday. It is surrounded by the U.S. because it is land located in South Dakota. The Lakota Indian Tribe has declared themselves independent and are visiting embassies… [MORE] |
 Magna Carta Sold for $21.3M - Proceeds to Charity::Really old and really rare means really valuable. The Magna Carta, one of 17 existing copies, sold for $21.3 million at Sotheby's. It didn't sell for what they hoped. The sheepskin was the first code of… [MORE] |
 2013 Telescope Will Redefine Cosmos - James Webb Space Telescope::Huge strides in Big Bang cosmology have been made since the late 1990s as a result of major advances in telescope technology, as well as the analysis of data from satellites such as COBE, the Hubble Space… [MORE] |
 $51,000 Basket of Cheer - Vivat Bacchus Christmas Hamper::The world’s most expensive Christmas hamper is this scrumptious creation by Vivat Bacchus.
The receiver of the US $50,987.50 basket will indulge in a kilo of Royal Beluga caviar with the enclosed buffalo… [MORE] |
 First Ever F1 Night Race - Grand Prix Singapore September 2008::Formula One will be hosting its first ever night race in Singapore next September. It will take place on a 5 km street circuit which will "offer multiple over-taking opportunities and fast, challenging… [MORE] |
 5,000 Trees to Deployed Troops - Operation Christmas Tree::A year after James Ward, a laid-off truck driver from Westminster, MD, started Operation Christmas Tree the project has grown into a national effort and shipped 5,000 potted trees this holiday season.… [MORE] |
 Ultra Elaborate Christmas Lights - Korean Decor Outshines Anything U.S. Has::Once again, the U.S. has been topped by an Asian country for the biggest and the best. The Christmas lights around the lighted tree in front of the city hall of Seoul kind of put anything the U.S. does… [MORE] |
 Bonding Deeply with Animals - Protecting the Welfare of a Lion::The woman in this video found an injured lion in the forest who would have likely died had he not taken him with her and nursed him back to health. When the lion recovered, she made arrangements with a… [MORE] |
 Publicity Stunt to Boost Movie Hype? - Morgan Spurlock Says He Found Osama bin Laden::The Hollywood rumor mill has it that Morgan Spurlock, who has just completed a documentary in the Middle East titled, "Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?" has actually found the elusive “Holy Grail”… [MORE] |
 Creative Luxury Stealing - Thief Uses Flower Pot to Steal Porsche 997 Turbo::If you're going to steal a $293,000 Porsche, you may as well get creative doing so!
The 56 year old owner of a sleek, grey Porsche 997 Turbo was backing out of his garage in Bonn, Germany when he heard… [MORE] |
 Mexico City's Mega Skating Rink - 3,200 Sq Meter Rink in Zocalo Square::The populous Mexico City, that mere months ago included artificial beaches to mitigate the heat, now has a giant ice skating rink in its main square called, "El Zocalo," meaning the historic center heart.… [MORE] |
 Rent a Hydrogen Car - Iceland Hydrogen Society Now Closer::Hydrogen cars have, so far, mainly been experimental vehicles and not available for the general public. This has now changed in Iceland.
Four years ago, a Shell station in Iceland became the world's first… [MORE] |
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