Saturday, April 19, 2008

The First Brain-Computer Interface for Mainstream Consumers

Have you ever wanted to control your computer with your mind? I have. And come next December maybe we will.

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City in a Pyramid

Since space is extremely limited in Tokyo, architects have proposed a novel new way to expand a city. The pyramidal structure would be 12 times higher than the Great Pyramid at Giza, and would house 750,000 people. If built, it will be the largest man-made structure on Earth.

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Yahoo Faceball - Even founders get a ball in their faces

See video how Yahoo plays it's "Faceball", which is really a throwing balls into their faces. Yahoo likes balls, Yahoo has balls ;)

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Lord Brar: How I “Really” Make Money From Domain Names

There was a time when I was extremely frustrated with my domaining business. I was seeing people sell domains for hundreds of thousands of dollars and yet I had so many domains which no one was willing to pay even registration fee for, let aside thousands. What was worse was that I was not making much money in parking either.

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How To Buy A Website And Flip It For Profit

The Internet is very new and the whole online commerce industry is just establishing marketing practices that work. Quite frankly, and this may sound harsh, but most of the people running businesses online have very poor websites.

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Friday, April 18, 2008

Japan's Cyborg Research Enters the Skull

A new experimental technique is allowing patients in Japan to control robotic arms by thought alone. The broader implantation range gives a much higher degree of accuracy than has ever been possible.

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How & Why Silicon Valley Was Created (Videos & Interviews)

How & why did it come into existence? ....... Trace the original people and their technologies that created the idea of Silicon Valley ....... This one area has produced hi tech that has changed the world. .... You will be both surprised and fascinated by these video interviews!

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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

60 More AJAX & Javascript Solutions For Professional Coding

Since our last article 80+ AJAX-Solutions For Professional Coding many things have changed — new scripts were introduced, new creative solutions were developed, new robust development kits have been released. They all are supposed to serve a better user experience and provide more comfort for web-developers.

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

10 Genius Inventions We're Still Waiting For

PM's resident roboticist imagines new tech that will transform our lives. Now all we need is someone to invent it.

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Monday, April 14, 2008

Life After People

What would happen to planet earth if the human race were to suddenly disappear forever? Would ecosystems thrive? What remnants of our industrialized world would survive? What would crumble fastest?

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Sunday, April 13, 2008

Planning a Semantic Web site

The Semantic Web brings with it the opportunities for users to get smarter search results, and for site owners to get more targeted traffic as users find what they really want. But these benefits don't just magically appear. This article leads you through the aspects of both information architecture and general infrastructure you need.

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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Frogs - Pollution - Amphibian Abnormalities

Dr. Skelly’s research found that 21 percent of male green frogs, Rana clamitans, taken from suburban Connecticut ponds are hermaphrodites, with immature eggs growing in their testes.

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Why We Need Web Apps on the Desktop?

Yesterday on this blog Sarah Perez wondered how important is offline access for web apps? Her conclusion was that offline access is important now, but not as important as it once was. And that with the increasing ubiquity of Internet access, it is growing less important every day.

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