The Technology Behind Gun Silencers
Do you ever wonder how the gun silencers we see in movies actually work? Well, the technique has to do with dealing with hot gas. Learn about the technology behind the devices.
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You Can Use A Dab Of Vaseline On Your Lens To Take Vintage Style Pictures
Here’s a clever trick to take those old low resolution vintage style photos using your modern camera: put a dab of vaseline on your lens, as shown in the photo. This will give the photos you take a a slightly distorted and dream-like quality.
Scientists Have Taken The First Ever Sonar Image Of The Sunken Titanic
Scientists now have the first ever sonar image of the Titanic sitting under water, and its debris is scattered in a much larger area than previously thought. Check out the photo below.
The Emmy Awards This Year Will Make Use Of Social Networks Like Never Before
The Emmy Awards are taking place tomorrow, and NBC is making use of social networks in ways its never done before. They are using services such as Twitter, yfrog and Ustream to bring a more real-time experience to the event. These services will also let fans and viewers interact with Emmy presenters using social media. [...]
Does Facebook Promote Narcissism In Users?
A psychologist is claiming that using the popular social networking giant, currently boasting 500 million users, has interesting correlations with self-esteem and narcissism in young adults.
Five Unlucky People Who Were Killed By Their Inventions
This is an interesting story, courtesy of Gizmodo: How many people do you know of who were killed by their own inventions?
Hackers Sometimes Accidentally Send Their Malicious Codes To Microsoft
We’ve all had our Windows OS crash at one time or another, and then the familiar message pops up asking if we want to send an error report back to Microsoft. Turns out, that’s the way lots of hackers have accidentally sent their malicious codes to Microsoft.
Watch A Timelapse Video Of 500,000 Asteroids Found Over 30 Years
Watch this awesome timelapse video which shows our solar system, and the 500,000 asteroids discovered from 1980 to 2010, in chronological order. It really is fascinating to watch.
This Is The Buckeye Bullet: The World’s Fastest Electric Car
Mechanical engineers, speed junkies, and gearheads from Ohio State have just made themselves a place in the Guinness World Records book: The Buckeye Bullet version 2.5 they built is now the world’s fastest electric car.
A New Protein Killer Could Be The Much Sought-After Cure For Cancer
There is a new experimental drug being given to 19 patients with liver cancer, who haven’t responded positively to chemotherapy, and the drug has been shown to be effective by preventing the malignant tumors from making proteins they need to survive. The new drug is raising hopes that an effective treatment for cancer may at last be found.
We Should Be Searching For Intelligent Alien Robots, Says SETI Astronomer
A senior astronomer working for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) program has recently expressed what a lot of scientists expect these days: If we ever do make contact with aliens, chances are they’ll be intelligent machines and not biological systems like us.
You Can Undo A Sent Email Upto 30 Seconds After You Press The “Send” Button In Gmail
Here is a tip about a little known feature in Gmail, one that should be greatly appreciated and useful to a lot of people: You can choose to cancel a sent email 30 seconds after you press the “Send” button.
Indian Tablet Maker Releases Another Ultra Cheap Tablet PC: The $50 Allgo
Tablet computers are all the rage these days, and not just in the developed world. Companies in India are racing to come up with cheaper devices that would be affordable to the general messes of the country. A prototype of a tablet was shown recently, which reportedly cost only $50 to make and has been named the Allgo.
Amateur Astronomer Catches Meteor Collision On Jupiter
A meteor smacked into Jupiter this Friday, and it was caught by an amateur Japanese astronomer. A similar meteor impact on Jupiter took place less than three months ago, and another one so soon hints that our gas giant neighbor may be experiencing shooting stars more frequently than scientists thought, and that it’s just a case of looking in the right place at the right time.
Google Has Bought Search And Price Comparison Engine Like.com
Google has just bought search and price comparison engine Like.com, it was reported on the latter’s website recently. Google had to shell out $100 million for the popular e-commerce website.
