August 2007
The Vatican launched its chartered air service for pilgrims headed to Lourdes this week, but travelers on the way back had to dump their precious bottles of holy water. The headrests may be emblazoned with the Latin words for “I search for your face, oh Lord,” but even those on a mission for God can’t carry more than 100ml of liquid, holy or not, onto the plane. From The...
Filed under: Robots
Apparently looking to show off the dexterity of its “Airic’s_arm,” automation firm Festo recently put together a slick promotional video that appears to show the robot arm writing “HELLO” on a touchscreen monitor. It seems that the arm may have had ideas of its own, however, as the writing appears to spell out “HELP” as much as it does...
From Boing Boing Gadgets: “Haiko Hebig’s photography of abandoned or decrepit industrial machinery and its control rooms.”
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Palestinskir öryggisverðir björguðu í dag ísraelskum hermanni sem tók vitlausa beygju á bíl sínum og lenti inn í bænum Jenin á Vesturbakkanum. Jenin er miðstöð herskárra Palestínumanna. Það var enda ráðist á bílinn, honum velt og kveikt í honum. (via hsj’s shared items in Google Reader)
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Ernst Hirsch Ballin, dómsmálaráðherra Hollands, vill að lögum verði breytt eftir að hollenskur maður var sýknaður af ákærum um samræði við kind vegna þess að ekki lá fyrir hvort “samfarirnar” voru með vilja kindarinnar eða ekki.
Dýraníðingurinn, sem er frá Hakksbergen við Utrecht, var kærður til lögreglu eftir að bóndi kom að honum í mökum við […] (via hsj’s shared items in Google...
Stefán býr í Berlín. Hann er 160 kíló að þyngd og þarf því matinn sinn og vel af honum. Stefán heldur sérstaklega upp á vínarsnitsel og pantar það oft á veitingastöðum sem hann sækir. Með matnum drekkur hann býsnin öll af bjór. (via hsj’s shared items in Google Reader)
Filed under: Wearables
If there’s one thing we know about the clothing of the future, it’s that it’ll be incredibly silly — like this dress that self-inflates to form a chair when you need a quick break. Designer JooYoun Paek crafted this little slice of tomorrow from seven heavy-duty trash bags, two foot pumps, and a pair of slippers for the Unravel fashion show in San...