Oh Wow, Wireless Electricity Is Really Here

I kid you not.

Back in my teaching days.. Yes, I used to teach Computer Science in College and Graduate School... Not the sexiest job for a man based on surveys I know, but it was my first serious job so.. there was this lecture I gave on technological innovations and we were talking about Bluetooth (it was new back then.. makes me feel real old thinking about it) and I jokingly said that someday there would be wireless electricity as well. I remember the class laughing when they imagined themselves walking over a wireless electrical connection and electrocuting themselves.  That was less than a decade ago.  Now lo and behold, it's actually here.

It's called WiTricity, a research that had its beginnings in MIT back in 2006.  Led by Professor Marin Soljačić, a team of physicists started working on the model and came up with what they call a Source Resonator, which when paired to a another coil (receiving device), will deliver electricity to an appliance. Wirelessly.  The secret?  Magnetic field.

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Cosplay Costumes for Less than 2 Dollars

They're so terrible they are awesome.

Cosplay costumes can be very expensive.  I got to know this when I asked for the price of an Akatsuki jacket a couple of years back - no, I'm not into cosplaying and was not planning to use this on such, just wanted to own one for daily use (worse?) - I had to pick my jaw from the ground when the lady told me it was for $70.  The good lady upon seeing my reaction said that they were genuine high-quality ones, not some cheap knockoffs.  Well she's right, they were indeed not cheap.  Needless to say, I left that store without the jacket and my pocket not $70 poorer. 

Now if you love cosplaying and don't want to spend tens of dollars for a costume piece then perhaps you should take a page from this guy's book.  His name is Anucha Saenghcart and his costume creations are able to capture the essence of the character using nothing but stuff you see around your house.  You know, like brooms and flour.  Creativity level 99.

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Your Head Belongs To Me Now, Said the Lioness

Three words - you're in deep sh*t.

Wait, that's four.  But that don't matter, you're about to see a guy, possibly an animal trainer, a zookeeper, a masochist - I don't know, your guess is as good as mine - having his head get stuck inside the mouth of a lion. The question is, how the hell do you get yourself into such situation?  And more importantly, how do you get yourself out of such situation?  Resorting to aggression would certainly be a bad idea.  Reason out with her, get to her good side?

The lioness certainly does not look like she's letting go anytime soon.   I think she misses the taste of fresh meat.

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Living Forever May Just Well Be Possible Soon

Or at least your heart could.

We all heard of the stories of The Fountain of Youth and the countless quests of finding them, afterall, it is man's ultimate dream, become an immortal.  Now although this invention isn't a fountain and it's still a long way off from making you immortal, researchers at the University of Washington has taken mankind a step closer into, maybe, just maybe, realizing such dream someday.  The device as shown in the video has kept a rabbit's heart alive and beating perfectly..  Big deal.  Outside, without the rest of the rabbit.

Give or take  15 years, we could have this device out for people's use, allowing our hearts to beat virtually forever.  Or at least as long as the battery does not run out.. or the chips burn out.. or the tiny cables snap. Pfft. Minor details.  All in all, I would still prefer this than become an immortal by being bit by a sparkling vampire.

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Rottweilers Can Make You Hit the Hight Notes

Yes, even thieves can hit them too.

This is a funny clip of a thief that hid in a swamp and got himself up close and personal, too up close and personal to his liking, with a 60 kg Rottweiler. Though the actual biting/clawing is not shown, we can still hear the terror in the guy's screams. Probably his nuts are being threatened by the dog.

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Horror in Just Two Sentences

Who said that you needed a full book to get a good fright?

Here's a collection of twenty horror stories that are told in just two sentences. Yes, two sentences are all it takes to send some chill down your spine.  I especially like #3.

Hit the jump to see the rest and let your imagination run wild. Abloo! bloo! bloo!

The Gravity-Defying Skateboard A.K.A Hoverboard from Back to the Future 2 Commercial Is Fake?

Sadly it is. Yes.

So hold your horses, don't go running to your favorite gadget stores just yet, hovering skateboards are not available for sale.  Because despite of the actors, athletes, musicians, and what not, there are no hovering skateboards in real life buddy.  Maybe they got one in Area 51, I don't know, I'd love to take a look but I think I have a bigger chance of seeing Superman in real-life than actually seeing the insides of that facility. Conspiracy I tell you.

Anyway, if you think for a second that the commercial you saw was real, sorry, got news for you.

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