Science and Tech

  • Zap Stun Cane lets senior citizens bring some less-lethal pain

    With the Taser Zap Stun Cane you can semi-confidently leave Grandma or Grandpa in the more dangerous parts of town without worrying about them getting mugged or accidentally shooting somebody. In case the name of the device left you confused – it is a cane that packs a debilitating...
  • A phone with a most unfortunate name [Poop Love]

    I’m not sure if this is the “Poop Love” or the “Love Poop” either way you’d think whomever was responsible would have Googled the name, it could have saved them and any future customers from a whole lot of embarrassment....
  • German university offers speedy stair alternative

    It would seem that the Technische Universität München in Germany has decided to put its engineering department’s skills to good use – with a speedier stair-alternative. Students and faculty who decide to put their lives in the hands of physics will be able to slide from top floor all...
  • Sonic booms get crocodiles ready for sex

    A crocodile farm owner believes that the sound of Israeli air force planes breaking the sound barrier near his farm has been causing his animals to get all worked up. The males have begun sounding their mating calls, David Golan from the Hamat Gadar crocodile farm in the Golan...
  • Bulls drunk on own fermentations

    Irish veterinarians are experiencing an undesirable side effect of the falling price of potatoes – drunk bulls. County Meath-based veterinarian Peadar O’Scanaill explained: The rumen of a bull is a large fermentation vat where the starch of the potatoes mixed with its sugars, turns into alcohol. In the first...
  • Air cannon dents car door with water balloon [video]

    The capabilities of this homemade air cannon are so awesome that any “don’t try this at home” disclaimers are bound to ring hollow on deaf ears. Seriously though, when you are dealing with air pressures of greater than 100psi and firing water balloons hard enough to dent a car...
  • Steel, rock melted with sunlight [Bang Goes the Theory]

    Jem, from BBC’s Bang Goes the Theory gets up close and personal with the solar oven to end all solar ovens. At the focus point, the temperature reaches a searing 3500°C; hot enough to melt steel – hot enough even to melt rock. —Thanks Dan...
  • Guy builds Hot Wheels track for 1,200 cars [Metropolis II]

    If you live within striking distance of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, you might want to head down there to check out the enormous Hot Wheels track that artist Chris Burden has put on display. Watching the 1,200 cars and 13 trains zipping around Metropolis II (mostly...
  • 17 Gigapixel photo

    This 17 gigapixel photo shows what can be accomplished with a long lens, a big hard disk and lots of stitching. Granted, it is about a quarter of the size of the 360-degree London panorama, but it is an impressive effort nonetheless....