Feb
13

The Kinect Effect and Microsoft’s SDK for the Kinect Hardware.

Most people would be aware of the awesomeness of the Xbox Kinect sensor. They way it allows you to control games with your body, as well as its speech and body recognition. Well, along with Microsoft’s Software Development Kit, some great uses have been found and are still being developed for this ingenius piece of …

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Feb
07

Social Media Explained

A comical view on Social Media.  Author Unknown.

Jan
31

Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers of 2011

The Local Taphouse’s Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers of 2011 1. Stone and Wood Brewing Co — Pacific Ale 2. Little Creatures — Pale Ale 3. Feral Brewing Company — Hop Hog 4. 4 Pines Brewing Company — Kolsch 5. Little Creatures — Single Batch — The Big Dipper 6. 4 Pines Brewing Company — …

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Jan
24

Valuable Particle for Cleaning the Atmosphere Found!

There are two main efforts in the approach to climate change; prevention and repair. Electric cars, more efficient power plants, solar and wind power are all examples of prevention efforts. Now a major discovery has been found for potential repair efforts. First theorized in the 1950s, the Criegee biradical is a chemical intermediary in the …

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Jan
23

Check out this new video: Fotoshop By Adobé

This commercial isn’t real, neither are society’s standards of beauty. Full post here with behind the scenes: http://jesserosten.com/2012/fotoshop-by-adobe

Jan
20

Unbelievable photos showing the size of the Costa Concordia Cruiseship!

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The Costa Concordia was carrying more than 4,200 people (January 13th, 2012) when it hit a reef off the Tuscan island of Giglio when Captin Schettino made an unauthorised deviation from the cruise ship’s programmed course, apparently as a favour to his chief waiter, who hailed from the island. One week later and the cruise …

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Jan
13

Facebook’s new Timeline: the good, the bad and the ugly?

Click the picture to check out some creative Timeline ideas

Ok, most of us have heard about the new timeline, or like me, have already adopted it. So far it is an optional upgrade. Like every other major Facebook upgrade, the word optional will soon disappear and everyone will have the new look by end of January. Unfortunately, business pages are yet to get the …

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Jan
10

Honey, I shrunk the Flughafen: Germans build world’s largest model airport! Awesome!!

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It took a grand total of six years to build but an incredible new miniature model, called Knuffingen Airport, based on Hamburg’s airport, has finally opened to the public. It’s on display at Miniatur Wunderland, in Hamburg, and features 40 aircraft that take off and land and 90 vehicles that trundle around the runways automatically. …

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Dec
20

Plant a virtual tree and Chevrolet will plant a real one for you!

Check out Chevrolet’s Facebook Page and you will find a project under the ECO tab named: THE CHEVROLET TREE PROJECT. They write that every tree planted virtually will have a real tree planted by them to help the environment. You can visit this project page here: https://apps.facebook.com/chevrolettree/ As a firm believer in Carbon Neutralization, I …

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Dec
20

Make your own Green Scrapbook and share your green dreams and ideas! Thank you Google!

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If you haven’t already, check out Google’s Green Scrapbook page and start making your own! “Last week we unveiled this year’s Zeitgeist, including the fastest rising searches in 2011. Those of us on the Google Green team were pleased that the search trends include several popular searches related to the environment (as you can see …

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Dec
06

TOYOTA FUN VII: Is this a glimpse of our future??

Check out the video below of the Toyota Fun Vii concept car. Maybe this is what cars in the future will have to offer? A lot of great ideas come from Concept cars, hopefully a lot from this one become reality sooner rather than later!!

Nov
30

A new Frontier for Google Maps: Mapping the indoors!

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“Where am I?” and “What’s around me?” are two questions that cartographers, and Google Maps, strive to answer. With Google Maps’ “My Location” feature, which shows your location as a blue dot, you can see where you are on the map to avoid walking the wrong direction on city streets, or to get your bearings …

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Nov
25

Google’s Internet Bus: coming to a town near you!

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Ok, we all know who Google is, and most of us have a pretty good understanding of the internet. But in some less developed countries, the development and implementation of the internet happens a lot slower. Say hello to Google’s Internet bus, bringing the internet and all its features to the world! Well atleast India …

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Nov
21

WWF: Change the Way you think about Food

Check out this great eye-opener of a video from WWF. Brings up some good points. We are literally eating more than our planet can sustain. Think about it, and MAKE SOME CHANGES STARTING TODAY !!!

Nov
20

The Pentagon has successfully tested a flying bomb that travels faster than the speed of sound and will give military planners the ability to strike targets anywhere in the world in less than a hour!

I came across this article on News.com.au and thought I’d share and make the comment… “OMG!!”. That money could have sooooo been better spent! The Pentagon has successfully tested a flying bomb that travels faster than the speed of sound and will give military planners the ability to strike targets anywhere in the world in …

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