Archive for the ‘Funny News’ Category

Swiss “Jetman” flies over Grand Canyon

Details about the flight were announced by Rossy’s publicity handlers on Tuesday, after swissinfo.ch reported the successful completion of the stunt by the Swiss daredevil, based on confirmation from two people close to the event.   Flying his jet-propelled wing attached to his back, and steering only by moving his body, Rossy launched from Read More [...]

Funniest ever smiley faced spider

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Smiley Spider Scientists have been marvelling at the markings on a harmless tiny spider that lives in the Hawaii rainforest.  The spider’s scientific name is Theradion Grallator but its appearance is no laughing matter since it faces the threat of extinction.  Experts believe the spider may have developed the markings to confuse Read More »

Maptor: Getting Lost Is Not So Trendy

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Maptor is this wonderful combination of a map and projector that (predictably) projects the desired map onto any surface. Palm of the hand, floor, and walls included. What I really fancy about it, is its size. Small enough to pass off as a lipstick (or a chapstick for you guys), the Read More »

The boy with the magnetic personality

Magnetic personality: Six-year-old Croatian boy Ivan Stoiljkovic is able to stick metal objects to his body, while his family also claim he has extra strength and healing powers

In many respects, Ivan Stoiljkovic is much like any other six-year-old boy in his city. He enjoys kicking a ball around in the garden of the home he shares with his family and is learning to play the accordion as a hobby. But there are some areas of his magnetic personality where Ivan Read More [...]

Statue of Liberty is a-maze-ing

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A recreation of the Statue of Liberty 10 times bigger than the original has been unveiled in the Yorkshire countryside in the form of one of the biggest maize mazes yet seen. Farmer Tom Pearcy cut the image of the New York landmark in fields just a few miles from the centre of Read More [...]

Bees invade the Goias-Vila Nova match!

May 2nd, 2011 The 2-2 draw in the Campeonato Goiano was held up for 20 minutes in the first half whilst the fire department killed off the swarm of bees with diesel oil and fire extinguishers.

Horse Jumps Into Crowd

Australian animal rights activists are calling for a ban on horse jumps racing after a terrifying accident at a steeplechase event in the southern state of Victoria. Seven racegoers were taken to hospital when a horse jumped over a high fence into a crowd of about 50 spectators during the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool [...]

Spying Roboflies to Get Minicam Eyes

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California Institute of Technology has patented a new camera technology to replace the current cameras on the insect-sized spy drones in the US military. Funded by NASA and Pentagon, these new micro-sized digital cameras using lesser energy, would be a revolutionary way to design the tiny surveillance drones of the Read More »

The Sixth Sense Technology

The conference TED (the name stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design) the guys from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology revealed something unbelievable, a working prototype of a multifunctional device that can become part of our lives in five years to ten. Set named “sixth sense” consists of only wearing colorful caps, perceived by a multifunctional device. [...]

360º 3D Holographic Displays

The ZCamTM is a video camera that can capture depth information (which is used to build the 3D model) along with video and is produced by 3DV Systems. The technology is based on the Time of Flight principle. In this technique, 3D depth data is generated by sending pulses of infra-red light Read More »

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