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Tech/Sci
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Buy A “Jou Ma Se Burger” At Castello’s
14 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Marketing can be a really beautiful thing. It’s also a touch difficult to remain original within the fast paced environment of radvertising these days. So, when someone gets it right, like launching a “jou ma se burger” for instance, one just has to give it the old customary head-nod and one-corner-of-the-mouth-curling smile it so rightly deserves.
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RIM CEO Gets Asked About Giving Data To Middle Eastern Governments, Ends Interview
14 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Classy. Mike Lazaridis, CEO of the Canadian firm behind Blackberry, was interviewed by the BBC yesterday; when asked about the problems they’d had with Indian and Middle East governments, who’d demanded greater access to the security system used by Blackberry, Lazaridis said the question was unfair and walked out on the interview.
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FearSquare, Because How Dangerous Is Your Location
14 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The use of the FourSquare application has been popular to say the least. You know, you sign yourself in at a particular place in a brave attempt to make others jealous of where you currently are, it shows up in your various newsfeeds and boom, you are instantly cool. Now there’s FearSquare.
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Win A Netbook With MWEB And 2oceansvibe Radio (3 of 4)
14 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
THE COMPETITION IS CLOSED! Well done on your tweets – this month was a particularly hard-fought affair, with hundreds of entries. It’s weird to think that if you do the right thing during the next hour, you might be playing with your brand new Netbook before the day is over – courtesy of MWEB and […]
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New Study Finds Alcohol And Other Drugs Can Actually Help The Brain Remember
13 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A new study has found that drinking alcohol primes certain areas of our brain to learn and remember better. In a nutshell, when we drink alcohol (or take certain other drugs) our subconscious is learning to consume more. But it also becomes more receptive to forming subconscious memories and habits with respect to food, music, and even people or social situations. I’ll toast to that!
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‘Chicks With Steve Buscemi Eyes’ Is A Thing Now, I Guess
13 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well done, internet. It’s nice to know that we have more or less global, instant information sharing networks set up so that people can take photos of Hollywood starlets and pasting their faces over Steve Buscemi’s creepy handbag eyes, and then set up a popular website devoted to that sole pursuit.
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Level Five Becomes Level Seven – The Reality Of Japan’s Nuclear Crisis [VIDEO]
12 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As reported in morning spice headlines this morning, Japan has decided to raise its assessment of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to the worst rating on an international scale: from a level five to a level seven, putting the disaster on par with the 1986 Chernobyl explosion in the former Soviet Union.
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We Can Barcode Animals Now
12 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The University of Illinois, collaborating with the Equid Research and Conservation lab at Princeton, have put together software that can uniquely identify any striped, spotted or otherwise marked animal with a clear digital photo. Like a barcode!
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Students Honour Yuri Gagarin, Launch Guitar Rocket
12 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The headline says it all. Students from the Siberian State Aerospace University decided to mark and honour Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin’s first flight into space, which was 50 years ago today, by building a rocket out of a guitar. Coincidentally it resembles a Gibson Flying V.
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Flying Drone Peers Into Japan’s Damaged Reactors
11 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Engineers have used a flying drone to peer into the damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Sunday. The drone has been used by the US military and reportedly weighs about 23kg and has the propensity to withstand winds of up to 20 knots.
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One Step Closer In The Quest For A HIV Vaccine
07 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hooray for science. US government scientists say they have discovered three powerful HIV antibodies, the strongest of which neutralizes 91% of HIV strains, more than any HIV antibody yet discovered. Details inside.
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Virgin America Spices Up Opening Ceremony With Spaceships
07 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday, Virgin America held an opening ceremony for their new Terminal 2 at San Francisco International Airport; press were ushered onto a waiting aircraft, and told to keep an eye out for Virgin-Galactic-related-things after takeoff. After about 20 minutes they were asked to look out of their windows, because White Knight 2 and Spaceship 2 were doing fly-byes.
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Malawian Man Dies Of “Sexual Sweetness”
07 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Midway into March Silverstreak reminded us of one of the beautiful things about the English language – the numerous emotive properties created by combining words not often combined, especially so in central African news reports. Now, a Malawian man has been killed by too much “sexual sweetness” while having sex with a hooker.
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Facebook Launches “Journalists On Facebook”
06 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In a much anticipated move, the social media giant has finally unveiled its next step in advancing the power of journalism through social networking. It’s described as a central resource tool for journalists and the public to share, interact and find sources on the site. Try and stop us now Julius, Jimmy, Floyd and the other haters out there.
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Brave New World
06 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two years ago I sought the counsel of a brainy acquaintance of mine on the subject of my flagging and flaccid career as a broadcaster. In his study was a device that was to be the prop that formed the basis of his argument. Here was a gizmo that allowed this pale and interesting fish to tune into digital radio in far flung territories at the flick of a dial. This, he said, is the future of broadcasting. Go forth, he said, as casually as he might buy some more Japanese stocks.
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Lost Your Car Again? This App Can Help
06 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
How often do you forget where you parked your car in a packed parking lot? It’s one of the annoying little ‘jokes’ that life loves to play on us. And it makes you look really lame on a first date when you can’t find your wheels after dinner and a movie. An Australian schoolboy has developed an app to help you.
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Sadness, RE-35 Will Not Turn Your 35mm Film Camera Into A Digital Camera
05 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I was amazed to see, on Gizmodo, that a company has brought out a USB cartridge that actually allows you to take digital photos with your old 35mm film camera. But all my hopes were dashed when I read that it was all just a terribly cruel April Fools joke.
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Another P-Bomb Dropped In Court
05 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It seems it’s all the rage to voice ones displeasure with how one finds things are going in court these days. Instead of it being an advocate this time, it’s a 71 year old “Brett Kebble-type character” from the Strand near Cape Town facing fraud charges. He had recently celebrated his 71st in Pollsmoor too.
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Scared Of Heights? Take This Pill
05 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s safe to say that tests are still in their early stages but it’s also safe to say that scientists are quite a bit closer to helping people overcome their fear of heights. They have discovered that by giving people a tablet of the stress hormone cortisol, they can help reduce their phobia.
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How To Hack Any Elevator To Go To Your Floor Without Stopping
05 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
It can be extremely annoying to be heading up or down in an elevator, only to have to stop 10 times on your way because some tannie, delivery guy, or bored hipsters keep pressing the elevator buttons on other floors. But say goodbye to those days my friends, because apparently an override put in for use by emergency personnel, has leaked onto the internet.
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Gmail’s April Fools Joke Becomes Reality
04 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google introduced their revolutionary new addition to Gmail on Friday and its name is Gmail Motion. Of course most people knew it was a joke, but the brains over at the ICT MxR Labs, the FAAST team, decided to make it a reality.
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Fake Weed Gets Naval Academy Student Expelled
04 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It seems this is a common problem that the US Naval Academy faces. Another midshipman was expelled from the force for using or having a banned weed-like substance known as “spice”. No spice. This brings the total number of expulsions to 12.
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French Vegan Couple On Trial Over Baby’s Death
01 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two vegans who fed their 11 month old daughter only on her mother’s breast milk went on trial in northern France on Tuesday. They have been charged with neglect after their baby died as a result of suffering from vitamin deficiencies and could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted.
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Women “Don’t Have It Anymore” By The Time They Turn 29, According To Study
31 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A UK study by a British-based funeral arrangement firm has found that women feel past their prime at the ripe old age of 29. Guys, on the other hand, only feel so at the age of 58. Or when they can’t get it up anymore. Whichever comes first.
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Check Your Radiation Levels
31 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What with radiation being the topic du jour at the moment (Google Japan), I thought it my civic duty to share this chart that shows very simply just how much radiation you’ll need to absorb before turning into a sludgy mass.
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Stop Cyber Bullies With Bully Block
30 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Here’s a story that would make Oprah and every other daytime TV host giddy with delight. It’s called Bully Block and it helps the bullied collect all sorts of evidence against their cyber-bully.
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Can’t Get A Girlfriend? New Company Develops Virtual Girlfriend For Social Networking
29 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The new platform, which is still currently in its design phases, will allow users to create the perfect girlfriend who will allegedly write on your Facebook wall, possibly tweet sweet nothings at you and keep your virtual happiness in mind using other social media platforms.
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12 Year Old Expands Einstein’s Relativity, Thinks He Can Prove It Wrong [VIDEO]
29 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Jacob Barnett has an IQ of 170. According to some, this is reportedly higher than Albert Einstein’s was, although Einstein himself never took the test. Jake is now so far advanced in his Indiana University studies that professors are lining him up for a paid PHD research role. He also finished high school at eight years old.
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Robotic Clouds To Provide Shade During Qatar World Cup [VIDEO]
29 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Not even designers of world class video games have thought of this one yet. I bet the Qatari engineers are hunched up and sniggering through their beards into their cupped, fist-shaped hands right now. Their World Cup is only in 2022, but these guys clearly have the money to blow to make magic. Very Bruce Almighty of them.
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German Doctor’s Juicy Malpractice Lands Him In Jail
28 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I’m all for advances in alternative medicine but this is a little too alternative. A German doctor has been found guilty of endangering the lives of 25 patients due to his highly eccentric methodologies which included using lemon juice to sterilise his surgical procedures.
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