Sightings of robotic-looking insects — combined with reports that the Pentagon is working on cyborg insects — is prompting people to speculate that the government has perhaps already deployed this super-cool technology.
The Washington Post reports in an article that truly made my day:
“I heard someone say, ‘Oh my god, look at those,’ ” the college [...]
No, it’s not a joke. Female Ninjas really did attack.
Police in Pennsylvania are searching for two women disguised as ninjas - both clad in black, with one brandishing a samurai sword and the other a dagger.
Apparently they held up a Richland gas station:
Anyone with information about the robbery should call the Northern Regional Police Department [...]
In other Coke news, the soda company recently announced it was putting down $60 million to build the world’s largest plastic bottle-to-bottle recycling plant.
The company plans to recycle or reuse 100 percent of its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles in the U.S.
The 30-acre plant will be built in Spartanburg, South Carolina and is expected to [...]
Wikipedia published its 2-millionth article in the English language version of the anyone-can-edit encyclopedia, a symbolic milestone for the world’s largest user-generated Web publishing site.
Wikipedia, the sixth most visited network of Web sites worldwide behind commercial operators Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Time Warner and eBay, is available in 250 languages. Combined, Wikipedia has published more than [...]
The Street View feature of Google Maps, with its close-up views of city streets and recognizable shots of people, could violate a Canadian law protecting individual privacy, officials said earlier today.
Google introduced street-level map views in May, giving Web users a series of panoramic, 360-degree images of nine U.S. cities. Some of the random pictures [...]
A new study from Amsterdam contradicts earlier findings and details how newer cell phones negatively interfere with bedside medical equipment.
If you’re a traveling nurse or physician, take note. It’s probably best to switch off your cell phone before visiting patients in the hospital.
Though you probably already did that as a precaution, a team of [...]
