Thursday, March 20, 2008

Thinking man's arcade game

This game is very addictive. Bloxorz

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Not my thing, but gotta admire it anyway!

I can't help but be amazed that this guy can do pushups--on just his hands. Actually, let me explain a little better. When this guy does his fingertip pushups, his feet aren't even touching the floor.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Vocaloids: Technology starting to replace human voice

This is pretty incredible. Yamaha has developed technology to let you type in lyrics, and the computer will generate the singing. It actually sounds pretty good. I'm sure it won't be too many years and you'll have a hard time telling if it's human, or vocaloid.

I hate directing people to Myspace--I think it's the most unholy innovation to hit society, but it is a simple way to hear the vocaloid demo. Click on "Crazy" when you get there.

Another one is this video:

Monday, March 10, 2008

Be patient--it's pretty amazing toward the end

Cornstarch, water, vibrations...

One guy, building stonehenge--by hand

This guy has a pretty unique hobby. Learning how to move huge things, by himself. One guy. He's done so much of this, he thinks it's probably how stonehenge was built.

Cool advances in user interfaces

I can't wait to this integrated with this:

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Training birds to find money and give it to you

A friend of mine sent me this link. What a clever idea! These guys have started working on a kind of "vending machine" for crows. They find these useless pieces of metal laying around all day, but they really want food. Why not train them to give you the coins, and you give them a little food?