Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - Page 2
Entertainment

These Star Trek Fans Are One Weird, Naked Bunch [NSFW]

Uh, I don’t have a clue what’s going on here. All I know is it’s Star Trek–related, and it’s very, very NSFW.

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Subway Will Fly 100 Storeys To Feed Ground Zero Workers

The world’s most exclusive Subway is also cooler than you’d ever thought Subway could be: Fully-functioning, inside a shipping container, delivering sandwiches up and down the full height of the Ground Zero construction – soon to top 100 storeys.

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Remembering Kim Peek: The Uncanny Human Computer

The New York Times has a fascinating obituary on Kim Peek, the autistic man who was Dustin Hoffman’s inspiration for Rain Man’s character Raymond Babbitt. Some of his powers were absolutely uncanny:

Entertainment

Be Kind Rewind, But For Real

In Be Kind Rewind, cinephiles Jack Black and Mos Def created ultra-low-budget versions of their favourite movies. The Asylum, a studio of B-movie mischief-makers, is their real-life counterpart, except they make gold like Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus and Transmorphers.

Cars

The True Odds Of Airborne Terror Chart

After the crotchbomb there has been a lot of noise about aeroplane security again – you can see how stupid the leaked new flight rules are here. But what’s the actual risk of an aeroplane attack?

Cars

BMW’s Electric Mini Cooper Goes Half The Range In The Cold

Unlike the electric Chevy Volt, BMW’s Mini E doesn’t have a heater to keep the battery at optimum temperature when it gets cold outside – sounds like a minor problem, but it halves the Mini E’s range. Eep.

Science

Scientists Find An Antibody Which Hunts And Kills Prostate Cancer

Researchers have discovered an antibody which, when injected into mice, will bond with prostate cancer tissue and “initiate direct cell death” in it. If results carry over to humans, this discovery would almost be a cure to prostate cancer.

Entertainment

Studios Begin To Push TV Episodes’ Digital Release Before DVD

Showtime has begun selling episodes of Weeds online before the show’s full-season DVD release, a first for the series. And Weeds isn’t nearly the only one – is Hollywood finally embracing digital downloads as the successor to DVD?

This Is A $US2.1m Robot Hummingbird And It May Save Your Life

This tiny, flying robot flaps its wings 30 times per second – just like a real hummingbird – and will one day save lives by searching for survivors in wreckage and spots inaccessible by humans.

Software

First Look At Blio, Ray Kurzweil’s Tablet-Friendly Ebook Format

Blio, officially debuting next week at CES, lets you read your ebooks as they’re intended to look on paper. Clearly, Kurzweil is signalling his choice of tablets over e-ink, and his first shots are definitely persuasive.

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