That’s the type of Honda advert machine for anyone that doesn’t know. This 9 minute video must have taken hundreds of takes to make.

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Some of these show innovation, but others are just stupid. The 'Safetype keyboard' for example. How are you supposed to reach the keys in the middle when your fingers are on the outside. Then theres the IR keyboard which projects a virtual keyboard and monitors where your hand are. If god would have wanted man to type on light, he would have given him fingers made of shadows

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These should probably also have been included…
Senseboard
The Microwriter

Tissue engineers like Vladimir Mironov of the Medical University of South Carolina, and Thomas Boland of Clemson University, have been printing biomaterials with modified ink-jet printers.

The cartridges are washed out and refilled with suspensions of living cells; the software that controls the characteristics of the ink is reprogrammed and you're good to go. Boland and Mironov use layers of “thermo-reversable” gel to build up three-dimensional structures like tubes‚ capillaries, to use the medical term. When the tiny droplets, or clumps, of cells came together closely, they fused; the gel can be easily removed, leaving a tube of tissue.

Now, it seems to me that a tube or complex living organ is a pretty complicated structure. Why not practice with a simpler, more two-dimensional form of muscle tissuelike bacon, for instance? Nothing like fresh bacon.

I don't know how this would taste, but it would probably be like soya, with no vitamins or nutrients.

Source [LiveScience]

It's always the quiet ones who suprise me.

Beware, this video might trigger some kind of Japanese schoolgirl kissing windows fetish.

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Ampulex compressa is a wasp that has evolved to tackle roaches, insert a stinger into their brains and disable their escape reflexes. This lets the wasp use the roach's antennae to steer the roach to its lair, where it can lay its egg in it.
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From the outside, the effect is surreal. The wasp does not paralyze the cockroach. In fact, the roach is able to lift up its front legs again and walk. But now it cannot move of its own accord.
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The larva grows inside the roach, devouring the organs of its host, for about eight days. It is then ready to weave itself a cocoon–which it makes within the roach as well

So if you ever see me looking vacant, then I die four weeks later and cockroaches come out of my head, you know why.

Source [Via: BoingBoing]

A danish baby whose parents wanted to call him Namenlos (German: nameless) has been given the name 'Christian' by the state. Why anyone would want 'Namenlos' on their passport is anyone's guess…

Source: Tagesschau

Kyle, of oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com started an interesting money making scheme. He traded a red paperclip for a doorknob, which was then traded for astove and eventually for a 1995 For Cube Van. He's hoping to one day trade it for a house, or an island, or an island with a house on.

Source [Oneredpaperclip.com]

HoloPhonic.ch has a spatial MP3 file which makes you feel like there's a guy shaking a matchbox standing behind you. You have to use headphones to feel it properly, speakers work, but not as well. There were a few times that I seriously expected someone to tap me on the shoulder.

Source [HoloPhonic.ch]

UK-based Selfridges has opened an iPod school an upmarket part of London, even though the manufacturer does it for free in its shop just round the corner.

Clueless music lovers who have embraced the trendy new technology but not the know-how can pay 65 pounds ($150) for a 40-minute lesson at Selfridges, on the popular Oxford Street shopping haunt.

I can understand how some idiots need lessons in checking email, but £65 for lessons in using an iPod?! There are only four buttons!

Source [AustralianIT]

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The last 1000 pixels on MillionDollarHomepage.com are being auctioned on eBay. For anyone that hasn't already heard, the site sell pixels at $1 each, and there are only 1000 left.

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Sharon Tendler, a millionaire from England, married the love of her life this week: Cindy the dolphin.

Cindy squeaked his vows at an Israeli resort Wednesday and Tendler, a rock concert promoter from London, fed him some mackerel in return.

After giving her groom a big, wet kiss, Tendler was thrown into the water to swim with her slippery spouse.

Tendler said the wedding was one of the happiest moments of her life and she was looking forward to having a moment alone with her beau.

"It was everything and more", said Tendler after the ceremony. "I am just waiting for everyone to leave so we can have a private moment.”

Tendler said that is was love at first sight when she met Cindy 15 years ago.

I could understand an American woman doing this, but a Brit!..

Source: NBC

Someone placed an ad on Craig's List saying that he was selling an Xbox 360 for $100. The guy says he's sick of his ratbag son and needs to teach him a lesson. So he's going to sell the console, controllers and headset but keep the box to fill with charcoal. The full article's available at Kotaku.

Source: Kotaku

A village council in eastern India has fined two brothers for keeping a pet ghost. Iswar and Haripada Murmu, of Akshaypur in West Bengal, were accused of owning a ghost after one of their wives died.

An exorcist summoned by villagers claimed the brothers' pet ghost was "responsible for a recent outbreak of disease in the locality". Village elders said they were bringing evil to the village and fined them the equivalent of £360, reports the Deccan Chronicle.

The paper reports that the brothers had to mortgage their agricultural land to raise the money. They now risk losing everything unless they can pay the money back within two months. District magistrate Mukul Sarkar said: "I will immediately inquire into the matter and if there is any truth to it, the district administration will take the necessary action."

Source: Ananova

I thought people stopped believing in witches and burning people at the stake in the 1500s. How can people still believe this in the 21st century?

Way cooler than Cabbage Patch dolls, Krypt Kiddies are sure to give your kids something to fear. Either that, or make them so desensitized to evil dolls that they'll have no problems watching The Exorcist.

Krypt Kiddies Website

The folks at SolidAlliance, who can’t speak a word of English apparently, announced their “Yuuesubi Mamory” with a special good luck charm. The charm apparently brings good luck to those who haven’t got a clue how to spell “USB Memory Stick”. The drives are pricy, but what do if you want a lucky charm, you're going to have to pay a bit more. The 512MB version costs $150 and the 1GB versionis available for $250. Just your basic run-of-the-mill USB drives. If that’s a bit too expensive for you and you’re the kind of sly cat who’s into Fucci instead of Gucci, you can get the bag only for $25, complete with “USB Mamory” written on the side. Now your friends will be jealous and your english professor will cry tears of hopelessness..

Source: NewLaunches