Lovotics is at it again. This time, the Singapore-based company is working on a system that transmits kisses from one person to another. Lovotics calls the device a Kissenger: The Kiss Transmitter, and it’s, well, it’s a little creepy. Actually, creepy is probably an understatement. Okay, let’s run down the list of problems. How lazy […]
A recently-divorced Chinese woman is facing eight months in prison, one and a half years of suspension, and a fine of twenty thousand yuan ($3,140 American) for fraud, and these stiff penalties are all because of counterfeit arcade tokens. Zhang Lili, 34, a cab driver living in Sanmen County of the Zhejiang province, turned herself in to the authorities […]
Perhaps you think your company’s IT department is a pain in the ass. Perhaps you think they are drunk with power on their ability to impose seemingly arbitrary security requirements upon you and your co-workers. Perhaps you are a great big whiner. You could have it much worse, you see. You could work for the […]
Reuters provided this story late last week about one scientist in St. Louis who is coming up with a way to turn feces into fuel. This could be a huge breakthrough, both in finding a sustainable, renewable alternative fuel and in dealing with the problem of human waste as Earth’s population continues to spiral out […]
Are you a big fan of Doctor Who? Always felt like you had a little bit of the Doctor inside you? Now there’s a chance you might, as someone has created a Doctor Who dildo — the TARDIS Tickler. The TARDIS Tickler is a bit of do it yourself from The Toymaker Project, a site […]
Are you a cold war history buff? Do you have a few hundred thousand bucks lying around? Would you like a man cave that can withstand a one megaton nuclear blast? Then 20th Century Castles LLC would like to sell you a decommissioned U.S. nuclear missile silo, cheap. With just a little bit of elbow […]
File this one under “Only in Japan”: ebook vending machines.
A Facebook friend posted this on his wall yesterday, and at first I didn’t believe it. Apple is refusing to fix smokers’ computers. Seriously. Something I just learned: Apple will refuse to repair your Mac if anybody in your home or office has smoked in its presence. When asked for details about his house guest’s […]
