Friday, March 19, 2010 - Page 2
Entertainment

James Cameron Re-Releasing Titanic In 3D

See how happy Leonardo DiCaprio is? It’s not because he’s king of the world. No. It’s because his acting masterpiece, Titanic, is going to hit cinemas again, this time with with a James Cameron treatment. Yeah, Titanic 3D.


How Grenades Work

Oh, man. Not only does this infographic show how modern time-delay grenades work, it actually walks you through a bit of the history of our favourite handheld explosive. All while setting a new standard for stick figure abuse!


Online

Google Street View, Meet Your Avian Nemesis

Now leading the privacy crusade against Google: birds! Spotted in the English beachside town of Brighton, where even the gulls are nervous about the Big G.


Cameras

A Blind Soldier’s Sight Restored Through His Tongue

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Lance Corporal Craig Lundberg lost his sight to a rocket-propelled grenade in 2007. Now, thanks to a fascinating technology, he can read words and make out shapes using his tongue. It’s truly incredible.


Science

Nasal Spray Chills And Saves Brains After Cardiac Arrest

Consciousness lost, breathing stopped, pulse gone. Someone just slipped into cardiac arrest. In order to preserve the precious memories and thoughts at risk right now, we’re gonna have to squirt some perfluorocarbon coolant up a nose and chill a brain.


Which Batteries Actually Benefit From Being In A Freezer?

Some batteries benefit from being stored at freezing or near-freezing temperatures, but not all. It turns out that while chilled NiMH and Nicad batteries will last longer, there’s barely any difference when it comes to their alkaline counterparts.


Mind Your Uptime Watches ‘Net Performance So You Don’t Have To

Gizmodo AU

Whether you’re an Amazon or a hobby blogger, you’d like to know that your website is live all the time. And if it isn’t, you’d really like to know the second the thing goes down. That’s often not the case, so a new Australian service called Mind Your Uptime (from the guys behind Geeks2U) is offering to do the boring monitoring work so you’ll know if anything goes wrong.


Cars

Nissan LEAF Arriving in 2012 With Affordable Price Tag

Gizmodo AU

If you were at Westfield Bondi Junction anytime this week, you may have seen a sky blue car sitting in centre court, right next to Borders. That blue car? It’s called the LEAF, and it’s Nissan’s new zero emission, electric vehicle prototype that’s about to become a reality in Australia.


Entertainment

The Entertainment Industry’s Biggest Problem: “Piracy”

It’s tough being a record label or a movie studio these days. People are stealing your content, all because they want to be Jack Sparrow. No, seriously: they think the problem is that “piracy” is too sexy a word.


Science

Making Water Run Uphill, With Lasers

Researchers at the University of Rochester have discovered how to make liquid overcome gravity and flow upward along a silicon surface. The essential ingredient, as always: lasers.