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Electronics With Wolverine’s Healing Factor
23 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Electronics, they’re at the center of almost everything we use and interact with on a daily basis and also one of the biggest sources of frustration known to man. But what if, when a gadget or appliance broke, it could repair itself, and do it so fast that you wouldn’t notice? That’s happening, right now.
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Taxidermist Behind Bars For Importing Exotic Animal Parts [PICS]
22 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Miami taxidermist, Enrique Gomez De Molina, is facing five years of jail time and a quarter million US$ in fines for importing body parts of rare and exotic animals to build a series of bizarre hybrid taxidermy sculptures.
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Is This The Nicest Place On The Internet? [VIDEO]
22 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The interweb, as I like to call it, can be a daunting, sometimes scary place. Around every virtual corner lurks some unsavoury site waiting to pounce, forcing you to see that which can never be unseen. In light of this, some good people have gathered virtually to make the online world a better place.
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Step Right Up And Get Your Tickets For Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
22 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Do you remember the first time you heard the Mission Impossible Theme Song? I know I do. I felt a small tingle of electric excitement in my body. I fantasized about blowing up sheets of glass with chewing gum. The word “toast” would never be the same to me again. Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol […]
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Navy Kiss Seals “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Repeal [ICONIC PIC]
22 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two female sailors yesterday became the first to share the traditional “first kiss” on the pier following the repeal of the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. And because people are clever about these things, they took a couple of photographs modeled after that post-WW2 first kiss photo. It’s very cool.
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Voice Synthesizer Resurrects Dead Singers’ Voices
21 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Score one for creepy technology. Vocaloid, a voice-synthesis brand owned by Yamaha, has come up with a process by which to “resurrect” any singer’s voice for use in synthesized songs, without requiring the vocalist to build up a painstaking voice library first – so they could be doing that Kurt Cobain/Michael Jackson duet album pretty soon.
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Shane Warne Commentates His Bowling In Real Time – The World Witnesses Genius [VIDEO]
21 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Shane Warne recently stepped out of retirement to play for the Melbourne Stars, and hooked up to a microphone, his live commentary on his bowling revealed the genius of his cricketing brain. Part of Shane Warne’s agreement to play for the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League was underpinned by a deal with television […]
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IBM Releases Predictions For Technology In 2017 [VIDEO]
20 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
IBM have released their annual predictions for the future of technology, via the IBM “5 in 5” project, which looks at five innovations which they figure will transform modern life within the next five years; these include mind-reading computers, human-generated electricity, and biometric scanning replacing passwords.
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Win R100 000 With JustPlay.co.za
20 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
A few months ago, we wrote about a special website that we came across, JustPlay.co.za, and how you stood the chance to win a Citroen C3 valued at R211 000 when you signed up at their website. That’s right my friends. One of these things. And one of you did in fact win the Citroen […]
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The Ferrari/BMW Quad Bike – Quite Mean
20 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
This is the Wazuma Lazareth – the world’s most expensive quad bike. It combines the engine from a Ferrari with BMW handlebars and the gearbox from a BMW M3. For a mere £170 000, you can have one too!
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Smurf Town In Spain Votes To Stay Blue
20 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A small city in southern Spain, Juzcar, was used as the film location for the The Smurfs film, and painted blue to fit the theme. Once shooting had wrapped up, Sony Pictures offered to repaint the place – except residents voted yesterday to keep the place Smurf-coloured.
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Your New Year’s Eve Bash Is Now Planned
15 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
What’s that? You don’t have any plans for New Year’s Eve? Look, don’t sweat. We have plans for you. Really, it’s a pleasure. 2oceansVibe and Trinity present Trinity Does Vegas! Featuring the live music stylings of Tasha Baxter, the Swing Tings, Dean Fuel, Tommy Gun, and Rayelle, 2oceansVibe and Trinity will be happy to ease […]
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Science: Loud Music Makes You Drink More
15 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
It’s always nice when researchers employing a loosely scientific method produce results you were more or less expecting. Folks at the University of Portsmouth have determined that loud music makes people want to drink alcohol in greater quantities and at a much faster rate because the music makes it taste sweeter. Science!
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How North Korea Stole Christmas
14 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well, not really. But North Korea has issued a stern threat to their southern neighbours, warning of “unexpected consequences” if South Korea initiates “psychological warfare” by lighting up any Christmas trees near the north/south border. As opposed to, you know, the actual warfare initiated by the north when they shelled one of the southern islands.
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Steal Banksy from Art Series Hotels on Vimeo.
There’s A Banksy Art-Stealing Competition Going On
14 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Melbourne-based Art Series Hotel chain is holding an art-stealing competition, starting this Thursday. For the next month, a signed print of Banksy’s “No Ball Games,” worth ZAR 125 500, will be hidden in different locations throughout the chain’s hotels. If people can find and steal it without getting caught, they get to keep it.
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Google’s Updated Streetview of Fukushima
13 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
True to the pledge it made back in July to digitally archive images of the parts of Japan affected by the March earthquake and tsunami, Google has uploaded imagery of post-earthquake Fukushima to Street View. They’ve also set up a ‘Build the Memory’ website which compares before-and-after shots of the affected towns.
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Monkey’s Paintings Fetch Up To R3500 Each [PICS]
13 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Pockets Warhol is white-capped capuchin monkey. He has been given that name because he uses his tail, hands, feet, and of course, a brush, to daub canvases with his own unique artistic paintings. Pockets has become a money-spinning machine for bosses at at Story Book Farm, a primate sanctuary in Canada, with his paintings selling for as much as R3 500 each. See examples of his work after the jump.
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Southern Alps Session from CHoE on Vimeo.
Cool Skateboard Design Totally Changes The Ride [VIDEO]
13 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Meet the Freebord, a cool skateboard that completely changes the way you ride. It’s a little bit longboard, a little bit snowboard, and a whole lot of awesome. Check out a video after the jump.
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World Record For Naked Santas Set In San Francisco [VIDEO]
13 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Santacon is a thing that happens in San Francisco every year; people dress up as Santa Claus and get very drunk. Public nudity is also legal in SF. So it makes sense for this year’s Santacon to have been an attempt at setting a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of naked Santas ever.
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Girl Waves At Bear. Bear Waves Back At Girl [VIDEO]
13 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This clip, taken last year, is believed to have been filmed at the Olympic Game Farm in Washington. It features a huge Kodiak bear waving back at sightseers and has quickly become a hit on the internet. Viewers are particularly delighted by his cheery demeanour. I love how he gives that, “OH IT’S YOU!” look before waving back.
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Blow Things Up With Old Spice
12 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
No matter how passive and opposed to violence you might be, there are times when you just want to hit something (or someone) to relieve some stress. Sadly this is not always appropriate behaviour in civilised society. Thankfully Old Spice has provided the perfect digital alternative.
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Avatar And Superbad Stars Do Modern Warfare 3 [VIDEO]
09 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Almost exactly a month ago Modern Warfare 3 hit the shelves and gamers around the world lost their minds in anticipation of losing weeks of their lives to the latest edition of the highly-acclaimed shooter. Just before the launch, game-developer Activision released a comedic trailer featuring Sam Worthington (Avatar) and Jonah Hill (Superbad), and this is its equally epic follow-up.
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Google Introduces Facial Recognition Feature
09 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The world’s largest search engine is busy rolling out technology that can track your face. Facebook has been doing this for a while, so this sounds like Google playing catch-up, but there is a neat difference: unlike on Facebook, Google+ users get to opt-in to the facial recognition feature, instead of being automatically dragged into it.
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Harley Davidson Powered F-15 Mini Speed Boat
08 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
What do you do with R240 000? You order yourself the Harley Davidson powered mini speed boat from St. Martin Mini Speed Boats, of course. As you’d expect, it comes complete with a Harley Davidson V-twin engine, and that authentic Harley sound. And then you hit the water like a boss.
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Red Cross Debating Whether Or Not Virtual Killing Violates International Humanitarian Laws
08 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
There’s a Red Cross committee presently debating whether or not people playing war video games should be subject to the same humanitarian laws as people involved in real wars with real people and real weapons. So far as I can tell they’re doing this entirely seriously.
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Herman Cain’s 404 Page Is Very, Very Spicy
08 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
So you know when every now and then you click a link, and it redirects you to a page where there’s nothing? This is known as a 404 error, and it’s something we’re all too familiar with. Herman Cain, Republican presidential candidate, has used this unique opportunity to have a dig at the current president.
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Blueprints Of Apple’s Proposed New HQ – Inside The Mothership [PICS]
08 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A few months ago Apple announced their plans for their new headquarters in the Silicon Valley, and submitted plans to the Cupertino City Council. The late Steve Jobs claimed the spaceship-like structure would be “the best office building in the world”, and judging by these recently released documents, he wasn’t kidding.
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The Mythbusters Accidentally Shot Someone’s House With A Cannonball [PIC]
08 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The crew of the Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters blasted a house in Dublin, California with a cannonball yesterday. I mean, not on purpose; they were trying to fire a homemade cannon at huge containers of water, because a canon’s ability to bust huge containers of water is a myth that needs busting, but they missed.
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This May Well Be The Greatest Video On YouTube
08 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The comments section doesn’t lie, “just edges out sneezing panda for favorite video from youtube”. Click through, for a cultural mind-bang from the 1980s. [Thanks, Alain!]
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Private Facebook Photos Leaked [PICS]
07 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
How do you like them apples? Thanks to a technical glitch, never before seen photos of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg have leaked online. His longtime girlfriend, his dog, and Barack Obama also feature in them. A Facebook user reportedly exploited a security loophole and accessed them.
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