Indian Engineering Students Create Air-Powered Motorcycle

May 16, 2009 on 1:39 pm | In Information Universe | No Comments

A team of engineering students from India have just finished an exceptional compressed air-powered motorcycle using a small 100 cc motorcycle as a starting point. This green bike can boost the purity of the air as it emits nothing but Oxygen.

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Mozilla Brings Webapps to the Desktop

May 16, 2009 on 1:39 pm | In Information Universe | No Comments

Mozilla reached a significant milestone this weekend with the new beta release of its Prism add-on for Firefox which lets you pull your favorite website — like Gmail or YouTube — out of the web browser and run it as a stand-alone application on your computer’s desktop.

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10 ways going out to eat is different in the U.S.

May 16, 2009 on 1:36 pm | In Information Universe | No Comments

From free soda refills, to the door crack in bathroom stalls, foreigners should probably be aware of these differences in the restaurant experience in America.

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Illusion Cloak Makes One Object Look like Another

May 16, 2009 on 1:36 pm | In Information Universe | No Comments

Just when you thought invisibility cloaks couldn’t get any weirder, researchers come up with this: a way to make one object look like any other.

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How to Quit Smoking Without Gaining (Too Much) Weight

May 16, 2009 on 1:36 pm | In Information Universe | No Comments

Will you gain weight if you quit smoking? Probably. Four out of five quitters gain some weight— 4-10 lbs each, on average. The good news, however, is that quitters usually do get back to a normal weight, especially when the focus is on stopping smoking first.

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Spam Emails, Illustrated

May 16, 2009 on 1:36 pm | In Information Universe | No Comments

This is a picture from artist Elliot Burford’s series of work entitled ‘Spam’, which features illustrations created using the titles of spam email, most of which are for wiener growing pills. I posted a bunch more of my favorites after the link

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You Are What You Eat (PICS)

May 16, 2009 on 1:36 pm | In Information Universe | No Comments

We purchase refrigerators the way we fill them: out of necessity—to preserve the milk; to keep the greens from wilting. But from the right vantage point, an open fridge is the perfect staging grounds for a discussion of consumption. And if the aphorism holds true—if we really are what we eat—then refrigerators are like windows into our souls.

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Fox News Boycott » Janeane Garafalo Handles Fox News Ambush

May 16, 2009 on 1:01 pm | In Information Universe | No Comments

Coming out of Starbucks, minding her own business, Janeane Garafalo was ambushed with with questions about her comments regarding the Tea Party protesters being “racist rednecks.” She handled herself well and turned the table by pointing out some of the offensive signs and asking, several times, “Why were they not protesting for the last 8 yrs?”

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Dude, I Saw this in a Movie Once [PIC]

May 16, 2009 on 1:01 pm | In Information Universe | No Comments



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World’s Greatest Illusions Chosen

May 16, 2009 on 1:01 pm | In Information Universe | No Comments

The three best visual illusions in the world were chosen at a gathering last weekend of neuroscientists and psychologists at the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Florida.

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