The Raspberry Pi – the eagerly anticipated barebones mini home computer – will go into production shortly, it was announced today. The manufacturers’ hope is that the low cost device will inspire the next generation of technical whizz kids.
National Geographic has announced their 2011 global-wide photography contest. See all the winning images after the jump.
How’s this for a nice feel-good story to get your holiday started off right? Remember the Tsunami on the 26th of December, in 2004? Almost to the day, a girl swept away by the water seven years ago has re-appeared.
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.
Cardinal Francis George, the Archbishop of Chicago, has warned that the gay movement could morph into Ku Klux Klan. In a breathtaking display of logic he has said that, in the past, both the KKK and the gays have protested against the Catholic Church. Therefore gays equal the KKK.
After years of rumour and conflicting stories, film veteran Ridley Scott has finally released the first look at the upcoming ‘prequel’ to his sprawling Alien franchise, Prometheus. Or is it a prequel? Whatever, we’ve got the trailer after the jump.
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.
A US FedEx courier recently threw a computer monitor over a wall. The incident was caught on a nearby security camera, uploaded to Youtube, and has since been viewed nearly 4,5 million times! Fedex has responded with a good example of how any company can circumnavigate a potential PR disaster.
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.
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 […]
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.
While the polar ice cap melts away under Santa’s jolly black boots, let’s take a look at this cool infographic that illustrates the deep deep carbon footprint those hefty heels leave.
This just happened at Cape Town International Airport. For the older folk, that’s “DF Malan Airport.” We are not sure how this happened but assume it has something to do with the driver wanting to avoid the airport parking scam. Follow the link to enlarge the photograph.
Die Antwoord will drop their second album on 7 February. Called “TEN$ION”, the LP will be released on their own label, ZEF REKORDZ. The cover has been revealed and features an angel-winged, demonic-faced Yolandi Vi$$er eating what appears to be a human heart. See this graphic image after the jump.
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.
It’s been a really long time since the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and Peter Jackson and the rest of Middle Earth have all been back in New Zealand to film The Hobbit, the story before the Lord of the Rings. Full trailer after the jump.
A recent national census in the Czech Republic turned up some interesting news that might be of interest to the Empire – there appears to be a small population of traitorous Jedi living in the country – approximately 15 000 of them.
Jackie, a Dutch fashion magazine recently ran a feature on Rihanna – showing readers how to imitate the singer’s style. In an attempt at humour, they wrote the piece in what they thought was street lingo. But, as it turns out, Rihanna didn’t appreciate being called “the ultimate niggabitch” with “a ghetto ass”.
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 […]
It’s that time when all the companies that collect your data start parceling it out to tell you what the year’s really been like – we’ve already had offerings from Facebook and Twitter. What makes Google’s version – Zeitgeist – a little different is that they offer pretty particular data about South African search trends.
It’s no secret that Blackberry’s stock has been falling. The company that once dominated the world of business smartphones has been heavily hit by the likes of Apple and Android, causing it to market itself to the masses with cheaper handsets. This move has done little to help the company’s falling stock, with the entire company now valued at less than Apple’s App Store alone.
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.
One film garnering a lot of heat prior to its 2012 release is Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Batman three-quel, The Dark Knight Rises, which follows on from his massively successful Bat-reboots, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. We’ve got the hot new trailer after the jump.
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 […]
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!
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.
As the saying goes in Pyongyang, one good Kim deserves another. So, as Dear Leader’s dearest son prepares to assume the mantle of power, let’s look back at some of Kim Jong-Il’s greatest hits.
I believe the expression, “oh, America!” is very appropriate here. The principal of a US high school has been forced to apologise after a recent pep rally “prank” provoked outrage. This after a video surfaced online of team captains being blindfolded in front of their classmates and told to wait for a kiss from a “special someone”. After literally making out with this special someone, it is then revealed to them that it was in fact their mother or father.
In Americaland, there’s the great tradition of half-time fan competitions at sporting events. In this epic BOSS video, a basketball fan shows the mascot how it’s done by doing a front somersault and slam-dunking the ball, all while talking to his girlfriend on the phone. Like a boss.
Don’t you just hate it when you’re casually doing your shopping, getting some gifts for your little cousin, and then having to go into the hot mess that is Toys R Us at Christmas time? Parents are already fighting over what ever the “cool toy” for 2011 is, then you have to deal with some fool that’s guarding the stash with a lightsaber.