News

Man Arrested Before He Can Finish His Nuclear Reactor

If a man told you he was getting ready to build a nuclear reactor in his apartment, you’d think he was crazy. Too right. But one Swedish man went for it. And if he hadn’t been caught, he could’ve succeeded.


August 2, 2011
Science

Is This A UFO On The Bottom Of The Ocean?

Swedish sea treasure hunters have found something extraordinary: an 18m disc sunk in the bottom of the ocean, with what appears to be 300m long impact tracks leading to it. The team leader never found anything like it.


June 28, 2011
Science

The 1000km Wide Telescope That’ll Look Back At The Beginning Of Time

Until very recently, man has viewed the skies only within the visible spectrum. When LOFAR, the world’s largest telescope, looks to the heavens, it sees the depths of the universe in radio.


June 9, 2011
Geek Out

‘Mind Your Step’, That Last One Leads Into A Gaping Pit

This huge hole in the middle of the street is actually the latest 3D perspective illusion by artist Erik Johansson. It even makes the unknowing people of Stockholm seem magical for walking over it. Sorcerers all of them.


June 7, 2011
Science

What Important Scientific Breakthrough ‘Stirs Considerable Passion In The Breasts Of Physicists’?

If proven true, the theoretical physicist John Pendry’s hyperbolic statement won’t just apply to physicists’ breasts, as who isn’t excited by the suggestion that empty space is far from empty. In fact, it might be possible to make sparks fly.


June 6, 2011
Gaming

Play Pong Using Your iPhone, Just Try Not To Be Brainwashed

Loathe them all you like (except when it’s midnight; you’ve had a few drinks, and have 20 minutes to kill before your bus comes), McDonalds has done good with this billboard that lets iPhone users play Pong. It’s that simple.


May 18, 2011
Geek Out

Laser Guided Wheelchair

Who says wheelchairs have to be boring? A sweet new ride developed at Sweden’s Luleå University of Technology features a cutting edge navigational laser that lets the visually impaired venture out on their own.


March 8, 2011
News

Paying For Postage Over SMS Launching Soon In Denmark

How often do you weigh parcels at home and then print out the postage so you can pop it in a post-box and avoid a lengthy queue at the post office? Now there’s an even easier way to pay for postage – in Sweden and Denmark at least, where customers can pay via SMS.


March 1, 2011
Geek Out

Swedish Aeroplane Drifting Is Awesome, Unintentional

A pilot for Scandinavian Airlines found a slippery surface upon landing in Sweden, causing him to unintentionally drift the plane. At least, “unintentionally” is the story he’s telling. Gymkhana with a plane, anyone?


February 25, 2011
News

Assange To Be Extradited To Sweden

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will be extradited to Sweden over allegations that he sexually abused two women there, a court in London ruled this morning. He has seven days to appeal. [NYT, image via AP]