New bachlor party prank...Blue Midget

This has to be right up there with the best bachelor party pranks ever.

...here's the deal... the group hired a midget (little person) for the trip (personally, I didn't know you could hire a midget but I guess you can get anything these days), painted him blue, and then handcuffed him to the bachelor. They were locked together for 4 days... non-stop. They ate together, slept together, showered together and hit the bathroom together. Considering it was a bachelor party they may have done some other things to together. I don't know.

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iPhone visual voicemail feature

Here's a spoof on the iPhone's new visual voicemail feature which let's you listen to messages in any order you want to.

Best. Thesis. Ever.

So you're sitting there playing pong on your Atari 2600 thinking about how much the controller sucks. You could move up to a more modern console, or you could think outside the box as Jennifer from New York University did.

For her demo, Chowdhury made a video of herself and a partner playing Pong. He stands behind her with his hands near her shoulders, and she reaches back toward his hips. When he touches her left breast, the paddle moves to the left. The sensor in the right bra cup moves the Pong paddle to the right.

Let me break this down...

Playstation 3 wireless controller < Boobs

Xbox 360 wireless controller < Boobs

Wii motion sensoring controller < Boobs

That's how I'd score it anyway.

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Saltwater into fire...and a cure for cancer?

So this guy from Erie came up with this idea at like 3 in the morning for curing cancer using radio waves. Genius by itself...but, when you add the fact that a by-product of this invention is that he can also set salt water on fire (thus making it combustible enough to be a fuel source)...well, I'll let the video blow your mind for me. It's too early to be witty.

Microsoft Surface

Now this is what I'm talking about. In 5 years we're all going to have these in our homes and it will make life so much simpler. Can you imagine your coffee table acting as a media server, picture and movie viewer, web browser and bluetooth/usb port all in one? That and a slick ass touch interface to interact with all your information.

Easy Ways to Unlock your Car

So, it's been 6 days since the last post, and I refuse to let it get to a week, because that's the start of a downward spiral I don't want to get on. Unlike the Super Fun Happy Slide, which I would LOVE to get on. Lock yourself out of your car? Can't find it in a parking lot? Here's a few ideas that may or may not work for you. There's actually a LOT more, but I'm too lazy to post them all, so go visit the link yourself. [HackedGadgets]

How can parts of Canada be "missing" gravity?

For more than 40 years, scientists have tried to figure out what's causing large parts of Canada, particularly the Hudson Bay region, to be "missing" gravity. In other words, gravity in the Hudson Bay area and surrounding regions is lower than it is in other parts of the world, a phenomenon first identified in the 1960s when the Earth's global gravity fields were being charted. [HowStuffWorks]

Scientists find magnets that repel sharks

A company named Shark Defense have found that a rare earth magnet may be the key to avoid getting eaten by Jaws. Since 2001, SharkDefense has been working on a chemical shark repellent. According to Herrmann, he and Stroud were playing around with powerful rare-earth magnets in 2005, when he dropped one next to their shark research tank in Oak Ridge, New Jersey. The lemon and nurse sharks inside instantly darted to the opposite wall. In testing at the Bimini Biological Research Station shark lab in the Bahamas, Stroud and Herrmann have found that sharks dramatically avoid magnets made from neodymium, iron and boron. The magnets even rouse sharks from tonic immobility, a coma-like state induced by turning them upside down. As you can see in this video, the sharks won't cross the line of magnets on the tank floor. [Read]

Would you pay $50 to watch a new movie at home?

How much would you pay to see a new theatrical release in the comfort of your own home? Comcast is trying to make the "simultaneous release" dream happen, but with prices being proposed in the $30-50 range per screening, the dream looks more like a Hollywood acid trip. Comcast COO Stephen Burke told attendees at last week's national cable confab that studios are interested, but that interest must be limited, for he didn't name names and the studios aren't talking. It is the first time we've heard some quasi-solid pricing details from a major player, however. My first thought was that $50 is a ridiculous amount to pay for one movie. But on second thought if you think about the whole movie going experience, paying $10 per ticket to get in, dealing with all the kids and waiting in line for food (and no beer). I'd much rather have a few friends over and charging everyone about the same amount you'd pay to get into the movie. [Read]

A new type of theatre experience

Mark Cuban and his Landmark Theatres are putting a fresh spin on going to the movies, making the experience a little more adult friendly. “In our new Denver theater, we completely removed the concession stands,” says Cuban. “The original design had the traditional concession stand taking up prime real estate and dominating the look and feel of the theater. We decided that we would rather use that space for amenities, retail sales (movies, books, indie cinema related items), and ‘interstitial’ type entertainment that complements our ‘datenight for grownups’ concept in a lounge-like environment. Basically it became a place where you could go on a date, have a drink, food and be entertained before and after seeing a movie." I especially like the idea of being able to get a drink before of after the movie. That and being able to go see a movie and not feel like you're back in 8th grade. [Read]

Microsoft unveils the oFone

We all knew it would happen sooner or later. Microsoft, trying to keep with Joneses at Apple showed off it's new cell phone concept dubbed the oFone. [Read]

Hotels I can't afford

These are some futuristic hotels that are already built, in the process of being built or just concepts. The one in Fiji is particularly cool as you can see in this video. [Read]

QVC hits new low

I actually feel dumber after watching this video. Was anyone else's first thought "damn they look just like the predator"?

A new kind of 'power plant'?

From a distance, as we rounded a bend and first caught sight of it, I couldn't believe the strange structure ahead of me was actually real. The tower looked like it was being hosed with giant sprays of water or was somehow being squirted with jets of pale gas. I had trouble working it out.

In fact, as we found out when we got closer, the rays of sunlight reflected by a field of 600 huge mirrors are so intense they illuminate the water vapour and dust hanging in the air. It is Europe's first commercially operating power station using the Sun's energy this way and at the moment its operator, Solucar, proudly claims that it generates 11 Megawatts (MW) of electricity without emitting a single puff of greenhouse gas. This current figure is enough to power up to 6,000 homes.

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Cool new furniture ideas

Here's some interesting designs in furniture . I especially like the grass couch and chair, as well as the table taking a leak.