Indonesia

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Grapefruit-Sized ‘Goal Balls’ Aim To Clear Indonesian Train Roofs Of Ruffians

10:30PM January 20, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

Need to keep the riff-raff off the roof of your shiny new commuter train? Do what Indonesia’s state railway did and just sweep the little bastards off with a broom made of suspended concrete balls. Remember to duck. More »


News

RIM Top Exec Suspect In Blackberry Riot

2:23AM December 6, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Not only do they keep screwing their technology and products, but RIM executives seem determined to burn the company down. Last week, two execs got so drunk and crazy that a China-bound plane had to return to Canada. More »


Science

Train Track Therapy Is The Latest Health Craze In Indonesia

9:14AM August 3, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Indonesians are heading to railroad tracks seeking electric therapy for their chronic ailments. This idea comes from the tale of a paralysed Chinese man who went to the tracks to commit suicide and was miraculously cured. More »


Research Tsunamis At This Indonesian Marine Centre Of The Future

11:00PM October 18, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Having been to Bali several times, I can tell you that this marine research vessel concept is about a million years away from most of their architecture. Saying that, however, the next photo juxtaposes the old and new beautifully: More »


The School From The Beginning Of Serenity Actually Exists In Indonesia

4:20PM October 14, 2010 | Christina Bonnington

Sunlight. A tropical breeze blowing across your hands as you take down notes. The Green School is a far cry from the windowless, prison-like schools that I attended growing up. I bet this school churns out creative, telepathic geniuses. More »


Slide Into Home

8:00AM September 20, 2010 | Jack Loftus

The Indonesian “Play House,” designed by architects at Aboday, boasts clean lines, high ceilings and something that’s especially awesome for the lucky little 5-year-old punk who uses it: a two-story polished concrete slide that goes from bedroom to kitchen. More »


Online

Hackers Hit Indonesian Parliament With Porn

3:40AM August 4, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

For 15 long, glorious minutes, members of the parliament (and assembled journalists) were treated to porno photos on the internal TV channel. It’s believed hackers retaliated to the government’s commands that ISPs block porn by August 11 for Ramadan. More »


Mobile

iPhone Queues? Get A Load Of This Nokia C3 Queue

8:08PM June 9, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Spotted in Indonesia: at least 63 people queuing for Nokia’s QWERTY-equipped C3 phone. Anyone would think Apple was handing out free iPhones! More »


HIV/AIDS Patients to Be Tagged with RFID Chips

5:36AM November 26, 2008 | Jesus Diaz

In the ultimate Nazi-inspired exercise of destruction of the most basic human rights, Indonesian politicians are planning to tag all HIV/AIDS patients with radio frequency identification chips. Their objective is to monitor people who had shown “actively sexual behavior”. The Himmler-wannabe proposing the law has no qualms in explaining it:

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