July 5th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Compilator
Just think – what if all the cardboard boxes that you receive when you buy online from Amazon or Apple had seeds in them and you could simply put them in your nearest plot of soil and grow some baby trees? Well that is just what the incredible mycologist and mycomimicry advocate Paul Stamets has done by releasing the Life Box™. It can be made to virtually any dimension, does not increase the cost of shipping, and the tree seed mix has been approved by the Department of Agriculture for planting in every state in the continental United States (not Hawaii), and Canada. It’s so smart that Al Gore, who is always ahead of the curve, decided to ship his new book ‘Our Choice‘ in them!
[via inhabitat]
Posted in: Science & Technology
January 11th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Compilator
Douglas Hines, founder of True Companion, presented his life-size rubber doll named Roxxxy during the Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas, Jan. 9, 2010.
In what is billed as a world first, a life-size robotic girlfriend complete with artificial intelligence and flesh-like synthetic skin was introduced to adoring fans at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo.
Owners will also be able to select different personalities for Roxxxy, from “Wild Wendy” to “Frigid Farrah,” Hines said. He’s charging somewhere from $7,000 to $9,000 for the robot, including the laptop, and expects to start shipping in a few months.
Inspiration for the sex robot sprang from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, when planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon and an empty field in Pennsylvania.
“I had a friend who passed away in 9/11,” Hines said. “I promised myself I would create a program to store his personality, and that became the foundation for Roxxxy True Companion.”
Hines first tried to move into the market of creating a companion for the elderly, “But there was tremendous regulatory and bureaucratic paperwork to get through. We were stuck,” Hines said. “So I looked at other markets.” and that is how he ended up in the adult genre.
Roxxxy comes with five personalities.
1. Wild Wendy is outgoing and adventurous
2. Frigid Farrah is reserved and shy
3. Young naive personality along with a
4. Mature Martha that Hines described as having a “matriarchal kind of caring.” , and
5. S & M Susan is geared for more adventurous types.
Posted in: Science & Technology
October 4th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Compilator
Mokhairul Islam, 40, won a first prize of a colour television for killing some 83,450 rats in the past nine months in Gazipur district near the South Asian country’s capital, Dhaka. He collected their tails for proof.
“I am so happy to get this honour,” he said after receiving a 14-inch television and a certificate amid cheers at an official ceremony packed with 500 farmers and officials. “I had no idea that the government gives prizes for this.”
“This is an exciting moment. I will continue to kill them,” he vowed.
[via Telegraph.co.uk]
Posted in: Health, Hillarious
Tags: Bangladesh, Rodents
April 9th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Compilator
Scientists at MIT have built a battery that contains only a virus.
The virus is a so-called common bacteriophage which infects bacteria and is harmless to humans.
The batteries have the same energy capacity and power performance as rechargeable batteries used to power plug-in hybrid cars.
The prototype battery is currently the size of a coin but the scientists believe it can be scaled and be used to create flexible batteries that can take the shape of their container, which is perfect for mobile or small devices.
[via BBC]
Posted in: Science & Technology
April 9th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Compilator
Detroit Police break up an organized pillow fight in a downtown park.
The bout was part of a worldwide event organized on social networking Web sites. Other bouts included one on Wall Street, where hundreds pounded each other in front of the New York Stock Exchange.
Michael Davis of Hamtramck, Mich., said police confiscated the 32-year-old man’s pillows but returned their cases. He said he was told that he needed a permit.
Detroit police spokesman James Tate said the issue wasn’t about the bout but the mess it would have created.
[via msnbc.com]
Posted in: Crime, Hillarious
April 1st, 2009 / No Comments » / by Compilator
Posted in: Hillarious
March 9th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Compilator
Paul and Brandy Romero advertised that they were selling their pet cockatoo for $1,500.
A woman named Donna Greenwell responded and said she wanted to buy the bird. Greenwell then told the Romeros that she was taking care of three children whose biological parents were going through a separation.
Greenwell proposed selling two of the couple’s children to the Romeros for $2,000, saying that her job as a truck driver made it hard to take care of the children, said Capt. Keith Dupre of the Evangeline Parrish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana.
[via CNN.com]
Posted in: Crime
Tags: Crime, U.S.
March 8th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Compilator
According to a recent interview given by Melinda Gates, wife of Microsoft pioneer Bill Gates, Apple’s iPhone and iPod are two devices that are not permitted in the Gates household.
The iPhone and iPod, made by Apple, are products that compete directly with Microsoft’s Windows Mobile platform and Zune media player. Bill Gates’ children can no doubt get their hands on pretty much any Microsoft technology they might want.
[via InformationWeek]
Posted in: Hillarious, Science & Technology
Tags: Bill Gates, iPhone, Microsoft
March 5th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Compilator
A Florida woman called 911 three times after McDonald’s employees told her they were out of Chicken McNuggets and refused to give her a refund, because all sales were final.
“This is an emergency. If I would have known they didn’t have McNuggets, I wouldn’t have given my money, and now she wants to give me a McDouble, but I don’t want one,” Goodman told police, “This is an emergency.”
She was cited on a misuse of 911 charge.
On the plus side, a McDonald’s spokesperson said a gift card for a free meal was in the mail.
[via msnbc.com]
Posted in: Crime
Tags: Florida, McDonald's, U.S.
