The New Yorker has a list of the top 10 tech quotes of 2011. Instead of the usual boring quotes about how awesome a product is, they’re insights into the dirty underbelly of the world of technology. More »
Houston, we have a destination! After much design, testing and budget-wrangling, the NASA Curiosity Rover now “knows” where it will land and explore come August 2012. The crater is called Gale, and it’s a promising site for water and life. More »
Scientists now think it’s not only possible for life to exist on a planet which isn’t in orbit around a star, but that these vagabond planets might be key for spreading life throughout the universe. More »
| Artists Wanted | In Focus : Pete Eckert from Artists Wanted on Vimeo.
Pete Eckert is a photographer. He’s also blind after suffering from Retinitis Pigmentosa. The video above shows his amazing photography process—from composing, snapping to processing in the dark room. Eckert is doing something he loves, even if most of us would foolishly assume he couldn’t. Check out Pete Eckert’s website here. [Pete Eckert via Neatorama]
This is so cool. Hank Torres is paralysed from the shoulder down but with the use of Swype and a head tracking device he was able to set the Guinness World Record for fastest hands free typing. More »
