December 17, 2008 – 1:34 am
If you’re a fan of “alternative” culture (or possibly were bullied at school and think blue hair will help) then perhaps you have the feeling that yet another Prince Albert won’t freak out your parents in quite the way you’re hoping it will. But what about a vibrating clit ring? In a move guaranteed to put the makers of coin-activated motel beds out of business, a new patent finally brings love egg technology to the world of cold hard steel, and lets you have a metallic, vibrating device attached to just about any part of your body!
According to the description filed at the US patent office, each unit comes with a retainer and actuator, and can be attached to “Any part of the body- pierced or unpierced!”
Get one for the wussy would-be goth in your life this Christmas.
LINK (patentstorm)
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December 16, 2008 – 7:50 pm
The future warfighter will have to deal with some weird stuff on the battlefield in the next few years…Fireballs, chainsaw bayonets, hovering deathballs… And now, swarms of tiny exploding bugbots. The Micro Air Vehicle or MAV is a new tool being developed by the US Military, primarily as a tiny spy device, however it can be retooled as a mini assassin.
“They can be equipped with incapacitation chemicals, combustible payloads or even explosives for precision-targeting capability.”
Next time you swat a fly, make sure its not actually a tiny soldier…
LINK (WIRED)
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December 16, 2008 – 1:21 am
Regular readers may remember our report on Xcor Aerospace promising to take you on a relaxing vacation to the edge of the atmosphere on the cheap a while back. Seems like they aren’t the only ones after a slice of Virgin Galactic’s pie as SpaceX announce they have taken the first bookings for their DragonLab mini-space station. Trips are scheduled for 2010, and with the space shuttle being pensioned off in 2012, the prospect of a space station for hire is increasingly attractive to scientists and tourists alike. Product manager (and judging by his name, Bond villain) Max Vozoff told NBC:
“We’re committed to flying it, it’s a commercial mission flying with or without you -there are slots available if you want to come along.”
Spend my vacation time in a steel cigar tube, free flying 60 miles up? Who could say no to that?
LINK (New Scientist)
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December 16, 2008 – 12:59 am
Bitten by a snake? “Accidentally” drunk the Drain-O again after running out of gin? Poisoned by the Joker? Worry no more! according to the ever reliable Malaysian News Agency Bernama, a doctor in Kuching has whipped up the world’s first genuine cure-all.
Dr Patau Rubis claims his universal antidote, based on traditional Bidayuh healing practices, will pretty much stop any poison in it’s tracks:
“(It will)cure anyone who have been attacked or bitten by poisonous snakes, insects, bees or wasps or those who accidentally drink chemically-made poisons such as paraquat and weedkiller.I have personally saved two people from weedicide poisoning and my friend, a Bidayuh traditional healer, had already saved two from paraquat poisoning.One cup of this herbal antidote has relieved four people from snake bites, wasp and caterpillar urine.”
Sounds promising (Especially for the caterpillar urine-fancying segments of society).
LINK (Bernama)
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