Peter Jackson Reveals The Rumours Were True: The Hobbit Is A Trilogy
After rumours scattered the many film forums of the net that a third The Hobbit film is still in the picture, today Middle Earth's cinematic saviour Peter Jackson confirmed beyond any doubt (bar a frape) that the rumours are in fact entirely true: The Hobbit is to make up a trilogy of movies.
NASA Enlists Shatner To Voice Curiosity Video Ahead Of Mars Landing
There are few celebrity personalities out there that we could name to be a more ideal fit to voice a NASA video which details the plan to bring the agency's 'Curiosity' rover down to a safe landing on Mars next week.
Research Shows Modern Music Is Getting Louder And All Sounds The Same
Elders who complain that "all new music sounds the same" have been proven right. The Artificial Intelligence Research Institute in Barcelona have released findings from their analysis, concluding that modern popular music has gradually become louder and monotonous.
Japanese Create 13-Foot Armed Mech, Controlled By Smartphone
Japanese engineers from Suidobashi Heavy Industries have built a 13-foot-tall, 4.4-tonne mech called 'Kuratas,' which is controllable via iPhone and fires gattling guns when you smile. The company plans to take it into mass production, selling it for the price of $1.35 million (about £860,530).
Newly-Developed 'Synthetic Pores' Could Purify Water, Kill Tumours
Said to be 'inspired by nature' (calm down Galaxy S3 fans), a team of international researchers have created synthetic pores that accurately re-produce the function of cellular ion channels – proteins that allows our cells to absorb essential nutrients but keep the more harmful substances out, a vital role in human health.
3D Printer Used To Create A Fully Working Gun
A gun enthusiast has printed a weapon using schematics that he downloaded off the internet, and managed to successfully fire it.
Cyber Attack Causes Iran's Nuclear Facility Computers To Play AC/DC On Repeat
Two of Iran's nuclear plants have been struck by a cyber attack, causing all the computers to play AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" on repeat at full volume.
This lates virus shut down the facilities in Natanz and Fordow, and cranked them up to 11. Finnish cyber security site F-Secure's researcher Mikko Hypponen had received several emails to himself and his team from a scientist at the Atomic Energy Organization or Iran.
NASA's Inflatable Heat Shield Passes Its Biggest Test Yet
Having travelled to a distance some 450 kilometres above the Atlantic Ocean and outside of Earth's atmosphere, before detaching from its launch rocket, inflating itself with nitrogen and proceeding to fall through Earth's atmosphere at hypersonic speeds, NASA's test of the latest iteration of inflatable heat shield has been a huge success.
Behold The Scrollable, Zoomable 2D ‘Map’ Of The Internet
Though it might at first glance appear to be a colourfully-drawn visualisation of our solar system, the above image has in fact been created by Russian technology firm Positive Communications and is a fully-interactive 2D ‘map’ of the Internet. It’s one in which each circle is a unique website, and each ‘cluster’ of entities are site’s with a similar connection; be it videogames, technology, global news, or popular search results.
Super Mario Recreated In Stop-Motion With 7,000 Post-it Notes
The Post-it note: great for jotting down reminders, leaving notes for other people and pixelated art, recreating the characters of old. But taking this a step further into filmic existence, Zach King has created an amazing stop-motion clip focused on Super Mario.
Over 2,000 Accused O2 'Porn Pirates' To Receive Copyright Infringement Letters
2,845 O2 UK customers will receive a letter from porn makers Ben Dover Productions demanding payment over claims of copyright infringement.
‘Project Holodeck’ Hoping To Bring Full 3D Virtual Reality To Gaming
Labelled ‘Project Holodeck’ after the virtual reality system at the cutting-edge heart of the Star Trek films, a team from the University of Southern California are working on a system that will bring full 360-degree, full-body VR to gaming.
SkyCube: Crowdfunded Satellite Lets You Broadcast Tweets From Space
A Kickstarter campaign has begun to gather funding for the build and launch of the world's first socially connected nano-satellite. Going by the name of 'SkyCube,' users can view photos taken by the device in orbit and broadcast their tweets across the planet from it.
'View From The ISS At Night.' Photographer Creates Amazing Space Timelapse
Photographer Knate Myers has created a visually stunning timelapse video of Earth and space with a series of photographs he took from the International Space Station.
A New Insight Into A Harvard Scientists' Bid For Immortality
Self-described “outlandishly futuristic thinker” and post-doctoral scientist at Harvard Ken Hayworth believes that he can live forever. Described in the article ‘The Strange Neuroscience of Immortality’ by Evan R. Goldstein, Hayworth theorises that the day will come where his ‘consciousness’ will be “revived on computer” after death, and predicts that by 2110 mind uploading – the transfer of a biological brain to a silicon-based operating system – will “be as common as laser eye surgery is today”.
'Big Boobs' Found In Microsoft Computer Code
Microsoft hurriedly issued a fix to their computer code recently, after it was discovered that a developer hid the words "big boobs" within their program.
Laser-Powered Bionic Eye Lends 576-Pixel Grayscale Vision To The Blind
A new bionic eye implant developed by company Nano Retina and which uses a vision-restoring sensor placed directly inside the eye is paving the way to restoring sight to completely blind patients.
McDonald's Staff Deny Assault. Inventor Counters With Photo
The staff members at McDonald's in Paris, France have denied Eyetap inventor Steve Mann's claims of assault and damage to himself and his Digital Eye Glass device, claiming that the altercation never happened.
'Applefied Ads.' What If Every Advert Was Designed By Apple?
The white background. The use of myriad pro font. The boring minimalist layout. All of it is pretty synonymous with Apple; but what would it look like if this style was adapted to an ad for Coca-Cola, Levis or even bread? Think no more, as we introduce Art Director Bryan Evans' blog 'Applefied Ads.'
McDonald's Staff Assault Inventor Of AR Glasses
Canadian university professor and inventor of Eyetap, Steve Mann was assaulted this week at a McDonalds, whilst on holiday with his family in Paris, France. After purchasing their meals and sitting down by the window to watch the world go by three men came up to Mann and his family, assaulting the professor and throwing them out onto the street.