Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Monster Manual Comics


Lore Sjöberg is one of the funniest people in existence. That's what I thought before, anyway. It turns out he is one of the funniest beings that could ever possibly exist in this or any other reality. I submit his comics based on old-school Monster-Manual creatures as evidence. Read more!

Saturday, August 8, 2009

News from the Past: Cool Stuff From Scientific American

One of my favorite things Scientific American Online does is the posting of items from 50, 100, and 150 years ago. Here's the latest.


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Thursday, August 6, 2009

News from the Future: Personal Satellites


News From The Future: Interorbital Systems announces the TubeSat, a personal satellite which operates for a few weeks then burns up on re-entry. Price including launch into orbit: $8000.

Wow.

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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

News from the Past: Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Wired's This Day in Tech commemorates the signing of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty on August 5, 1963. Read more!

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Stark Industries Website


Stark industries has a website after a fashion. Read more!

More from DefCon: The Mystery Challenge

For the last four years, DefCon has hosted a mystery challenge for the attending hackers. This year's was the penultimate challenge and Wired has a detailed report about it. Read more!

News from the future: Full-Body Nerve Scan


Mind Hacks reports on an MRI scan capable of imaging the whole nervous system thus bringing us one step closer to Star Trek's biobeds. Be sure to read to the end.

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News from the future: 3-D Metal Printers


And, no, we ain't talkin' about James Hetfield. Read more!

DefCon Badges


At DefCon, even the badges are leet.


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