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| Reality will never be the same. (Image courtesy twitter.com.) |
'Ey, I'm Filmin' Here! Comedian Charles Goonan's New "Tune In To Goonan" Show Rips Reality, TV, And Reality TV
Reality can be tough to take. But as comedian and aspiring superstar Charles Goonan is about to learn, reality SHOWS can be even crazier...
Sucking Dox: Facial Recognition Software Used To Harass Porn Stars' Real Identities
Facial recognition software has long been touted as a necessary aide to combat crimes, from street-level surveillance up to complex police analysis of individuals' tattoos for identification. Now, a piece of software that allows you to search for faces as easily as one might search for a cupcake recipe has backfired to those who don't really want to be identified...well, for their facial features, at least.
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| They sell their bodies for a living, which enrages those who'd never get a buyer, or any kind of lover at all. (Image courtesy monsters4ever.com.) |
New "Robot Kingdom" Theme Park Set To Open In...Where Else?...Japan
A while back, we told you about the smart hotel that featured a staff comprised mostly of robots. This all-automaton enclave seemed an interesting way to kick off what will surely be a swath of service-bots interacting with humans of the future for their comfort and entertainment, and now, in partnership with their host park, the game has been stepped up. Welcome to the Robot Kingdom.
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| All this, plus robo-raptors. Wait, what? (Image courtesy classicarcadegaming.com.) |
Space Station Sunday: 4K Scenes And Machines For Genes
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| Our spacefarers have a very special perspective on "Earth Day." (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
The Imprints Of Prince: Musician Inspired Massive Code-Teaching Initiative
The world lost a musical icon this week with the passing of Prince, but until his demise, few of his fans knew of the inspiration he'd offered, bringing about more adeptness and awareness for the future via technology. No, not the song about partying like it was 1999 (although that was tremendously pertinent at the time.) After an inspiring discussion with a proactive friend, Prince used his influence to support a nonprofit means of teaching kids how to write computer code.
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| He wants kids to rock hacks as well as he rocks an axe. Which is to say, crazy good. (Image courtesy phylanthropy.com.) |
Death To...Death? Science Aims To Use Stimuli, Lasers, And Stem Cells To Rip Off The Grim Reaper
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| Someday, you might be able to reboot your whole existence. If you're into that sort of thing. (Image courtesy assi5.rsssing.com.) |
The Good, The Bad, And The Drugly: Tech's Green Scene, 4/20/16
If you happen to partake in a certain combustible, leafy green type of relaxing refreshment, today is known as the default holiday in which it is particularly celebrated (as opposed to how some use it during all the other major holidays...or days...) Here's a look at some of the better e-ideas surrounding cannabis culture, and one that's only half-baked...
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| A very different type of "green" technology will be discussed today. (Image courtesy gizmodo.co.uk.) |
Space Station Sunday: A New Module And A New Movie
Good afternoon, space fans! Here's what was going on a few hundred miles over our heads this week.
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| In the words of esteemed space pirate Han Solo, "She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid." (Image courtesy nasa.gov.) |
Red Picket Fences: Will Your Martian Apartment Be 3-D Printed?
Barring any massive mistakes in the next two decades or so, humanity is going to Mars. It's very well within reason to suspect that some of the readers of this article -maybe even you, prospective pioneering Martian! - could be taking a one-way ticket off of Earth, permanently. So, you know, you've got to start seriously planning for how cool your Martian digs are going to look.
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| It's actually way roomier than what's similarly priced in Manhattan. (Image courtesy 3dprint.com.) |
NYC, NSFW: Graffitti Artist Uses Public Wi-Fi Terminals For Publicity; Porn
New York City is a haven for artists, and not all of their mediums are conventional ones. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the realm of "street art", the sometimes destructive but often clever ways artists make their mark on the very architecture of the city itself. Now, with the city offering computer terminals in places where payphones once lurked, it was only a matter of time before someone put the internet's favorite pastime into the public eye...
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| An un-pornographied wifi portal in NYC. (Image courtesy fastcolabs.com.) |
Words Up: "Expresso" App Helps Edit Your Wrecks Of Text
Writing is one of those art forms that's particularly unpleasant when its bad. And now, in the age of texting everything and bastardizing verbiage 2 d point tht it loox lik ths (sorry, we won't do that again), it's sometimes hard to remember how to construct a coherent communication without sounding idiotic OR overly loquacious. Now, there's an app to adjust your adjectives...
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| Tied up with editing effectively? This app can help. (Image courtesy thepolyman.com.) |
Space Station Sunday: Some Landing And Some Expanding
Good afternoon, space fans!
It’s been an amazing week for astro-adventuring. Here’s what was up!
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| The SpaceX Dragon joins the ISS party, and brought one really interesting balloon from Bigelow Aerospace... (Image courtesy spacex.com.) |
Data And DNA: Encoding Digital Files Into Genetic Material Creates Serious Storage Space
Humanity is accruing data at an unprecedented rate. All those Tweets, tags, photos, cat videos, terrible novels, decent screenplays, drafts of terrible novels that might eventually become decent screenplays, and everything else we shoot, snap, sing, strum, or smash into a computer is adding up. There's the possibility of etching literary works into crystals, sure, but what about those of us who need some somewhat-simpler storage? A new answer might surprise you...because it's also PART of you...
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| It's just like burning a CD...into genes. (Image courtesy assignmentexpert.com.) |
How to Get Around the New York Times and Washington Post Paywalls without Really Trying
If you are a news junky, you've most likely come across paywalls for sites like the New York Times and Washington Post, which allow users to access a small number of articles every month, before they block access:
There are, however, a number of easy ways to bypass the paywalls for these particular sites.
There are, however, a number of easy ways to bypass the paywalls for these particular sites.
Electrifying: Tesla Model 3 Demand Hits 325,000 Reservations
We've fought wars over it, ruined countless swaths of the environment over it, created unimaginably massive fortunes due to it, crushed entire parallel industries over it, and in general had it govern our lives way more than any fuel source should, but any rational modern human has to admit: the fossil fuel empire is over. Now, the next phase of transportation is about to do donuts all over our past fast 'n furious foibles...but will the massive demand exceed the possibilities of prompt production?
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| Sharp AND smart: the Model 3 is a ride not to be denied. (Image courtesy digitaltrends.com.) |
Space Station Sunday: From Progress To A Dragon
Good afternoon, space fans! Here's all of this week's news from low earth orbit.
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| Mail call! The Progress cargo ship approaches the ISS. (Image courtesy Jeff Williams / NASA.gov.) |
Reforestation Is The Bomb: Retrofitted Military Cargo Planes Help Plant Trees
Earth needs trees, but humans and our pesky usurpation keep cutting them down. But what if we could use that incessant drive to conquer as a force for good forestry? Taking over land is always a major objective of warfare, so why not use a weapon of war to help improve vast swaths of land?
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| Botany has never looked so badass. (Image courtesy xplanes.tumblr.com.) |
Seven Silly Swindles: April Fool's Day 2016
| Mr. T pities any fools who were taken in by bad jokes today. (Image courtesy countdown.onlineclock.net.) |
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