A Chinese pensioner can lift up to 14 bricks with a 'horn' that's grown on his forehead. Wang Ying, 73, has been practicing Kung Fu, especially the study of Qi, since he was just eight-years-old, but his studies took a new direction after a 5cm long tumour grew on his forehead.
I'm sure they could do something about this. Maybe a prosthetic ballsack?
Online marketplace Amazon has quietly opened a Sex Store selling over 40,000 products. The store is located in the category ‘Sex & Sensuality’.
Now you can order anything and make it look like a book…
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Trust the Japanese to make a Jetpack from pressurised plastic bottles.
Scientists in the US have re-animated canines after several hours of clinical death. They hope to learn more about inducing suspended animation in humans.
They used a technique where the blood was drained from the subject's veins and they were filled with a salt solution. After a few hours, the blood is pumped back in and the victim is revived with an electric shock. Plans for a trial on humans is due within the next year.
Das Kayboard is a keyboard with absolutely no markings. The makers claim it doubles your typing speed in a few weeks, because you soon realise how futile it is to look at the keyboard when the keys aren't marked anyway.
Todd Lappin says: “The Pentagon has awarded a $7.5 million contract to Raytheon to develop a vehicle-mounted directed-energy weapon intended for riot and crowd-control use.”
The technology exploits the body's natural defense mechanism that induces pain as a warning to help protect it from injury. It uses a transmitter producing energy at a frequency of 95Ghz and an antenna to direct a focused, invisible beam to a subject at the speed of light and penetrate the skin to a depth of less than 1/64 of an inch. This produces an escalating heating sensation that becomes intolerable in seconds, and forces the subject to flee. The sensation immediately ceases when the individual moves out of the beam or when the system operator turns it off. Despite this sensation, the beam does not cause injury because of the shallow penetration depth of energy at this wavelength and the low energy levels used.
I added a review of Motorola's E1000 mobile phone. Find it under the Articles section.
I managed to get a copy of GoogleX. The new layout, which was online for only a few hours last week, resembles Mac OSX's dock. The mirror will be staying up for a while. I also have a zipped version.
LG's new NS1000 is being sold to the Korean market for Rs. 40, or $1. It's aimed at the lower end of the market, and there isn't much chance of being mugged. It can be used for calling and SMS only and has a single colour screen.
Ever since Apple ordered resellers to return their inventory of U2 iPods, fans have been wondering what they could be doing with them. In a 'Hunt for Grevious' scratch card contest, you can win Star Wars themed iPods. Could apple be re-modding the old U2 iPods and adding a Star Wars touch?
The sequel to 2003's Game of the Year wasn't a disappointment. I even wrote a review!
BT have announced that as from the 17th February, they'll start to increase the downstream bandwdith of their ADSL packages. Upstream will remain the same, but 1Mbps services will be upgraded to 2Mbps, and the 512k basic packages will be increased to 1Mbps, still with a 1Gb per month cap.
It's a solar powered, talking bible, which fits neatly into the pocket of Every born again Christian.
Other items vying for the "My Church Needs One of Those" award are "holy" golf balls and t-shirts with the JCUK (Jesus Christ United King) logo.
A Bible which bursts into flames at the touch of a button will also be on show during the Christian Resources Exhibition at the King's Hall.Brad Turkington, from the company which distributes the GodPod, said nearly half the world's population was unable to read, and about 42 million were blind.
The idea is that churches will buy the GodPod in bulk and then distribute them.
Quite possibly the most important key on your keyboard! Though not just for computers, the Panic Button is a vital - if somewhat pointless - addition to everyone's desk. It doesn't do anything of course, but you feel a lot better having a button to stab at when everything goes to pot.
Stick it on your keyboard, your dashboard, possibly even your ironing board, and get instant relief from life's little emergencies.
