Weird
World’s Wackiest Scientific Experiments
Sunday, November 4th, 2007If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or sign up for free Email Updates. Thanks for visiting!Here is a selection from the Top Ten, appearing in this Saturday’s issue of the British science magazine:
ELEPHANTS ON ACID: In 1962 US researchers, curious about what might happen to an elephant […]
Levitation Solved?
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Scientists have discovered a ground-breaking way of levitating ultra small objects, which may revolutionize the design of micro-machines, a new report says.
Physicists said they can create “incredible levitation effects” by manipulating so-called Casimir force, which normally causes objects to stick together by quantum force.
The phenomenon could be used to improve the performances of everyday devices […]
Post Horror Movie Enlightenment
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007This past weekend, my wife and I watched the movie “Pulse” with some friends and had an interesting conversation covering several paranormal topics afterward. If you’re not familiar with this film, here’s the summary…
The hacker Josh invades the computer of Douglas Ziegler, who is developing a powerful wireless signal and accidentally releases a mysterious force […]
Do it Yourself Barcoding
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
If you’ve been following my recent posts, human barcoding may indeed become a reality someday. Let’s all do our part to help it along (insert sarcasm here).
I discovered Scott Blake’s website, and in association Ryan Terry, they’ve created a do-it-yourself barcoding system. From Scott’s site…
Enter personal information about yourself to be bar coded. All of […]
Google knows how far you can swim.
Monday, April 30th, 2007I was just alerted to an interesting tidbit found on Google Maps by a co-worker. Try it for yourself. Go to Google Maps, click on “Directions” and type New York in the starting field and “London” in the ending field. You will get a nice list of directions, including some Google sarcasm on step 24 […]