A life-like robot called Geminoid F makes its acting debut in Japan. Does this spell the end for “real” performers?
Next on the Soon-to-Be-Extinct List: The White Pages
In yet another sign of the analog communication tree falling in the forest of the digital landscape, companies are beginning to say goodbye to the one-time mainstay of finding people: the White Pages.
Camel Creates Line of Non-Ironic Hipster Cigarettes
But they probably knew about this news ages ago.
Underground Cult Television Show The Simpsons To Reach 500th Episode
What a show of faith by FOX!
World Pneumonia Day: Killer Heels Kick Out a Killer Disease
Can killer heels stamp out pneumonia for good? That’s just what Save the Children is hoping to do with today’s launch of their “Killer Heels” campaign to coincide with World Pneumonia Day. Backed by top celebrities and designers, …
Feces on the High Seas: What Is Your Cruise Ship Dumping?
As more than 3,000 passengers sat stranded on Carnival’s Splendor cruise ship, several questions came to mind. (Via Ecocentric)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Premiere Hits London
We’ve been here six times before but Thursday night’s penultimate premiere gave Harry Potter‘s protagonists a chance to start bidding farewell to the movie franchise that has changed their lives.
Dick Van Dyke: Porpoises Saved My Life
He’s not kidding.
Herbie the Tree: Immortalizing the Elm That Stood For 217 Years
Herbie the elm lives on, albeit as an electric guitar.
QUOTES: Bossi on Berlusconi
“A piloted crisis is better than one groping in the dark.”
— UMBERTO BOSSI, leader of Italy’s Northern League party, saying scandal-plagued and politically endangered Silvio Berlusconi might resign as Italy’s prime minister – …
To Infinity and Beyond: Watch This Paper Plane Fall to Earth From Orbit
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Why yes, and it’s made of paper straws.
Only in New Jersey: Woman Arrested for Pumping Car Brakes
New Jersey drivers are living up to their reputation of late. Home to America’s worst drivers, be glad you weren’t sharing the road recently with one Karen Born.