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When inmates become very creative when they really want to escape

When inmates become very creative when they really want to escape | WireSmash: "Wow it seems that inmates really become very creative when they want to escape and this collection just proves it"

Bill Gates Patent Could Save Us From Another Hurricane Katrina

Bill Gates Patent Could Save Us From Another Hurricane Katrina - Bill Gates - Gizmodo: "Not content with being the world's richest man, Bill Gates is planning on extending his power to control the weather. More specifically, he has filed a patent for a system that he hopes will prevent the next Katrina.

Along with ex-Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, Gates has applied for five patents that call for a fleet of specially equipped vessels to be deployed in a hurricane's path—vessels that are capable of reducing the surface temperature of the ocean by mixing in colder water from greater depths. This would reduce the heat-driven condensation that fuels hurricanes."

5 Rules of Thumb and Their Inventors

5 Rules of Thumb and Their Inventors:
by Casey Johnston

It is a popular custom among learned society to toss around the names of theories without explanation or elaboration– Murphy’s Law, Occam’s Razor, and so on. But who were Murphy and Occam, and who are they to come up with these life-governing rules? Below are five well-known rules and laws, and the stories behind their namesakes."

McDonalds Menu Items From Around The World

McDonalds Menu Items From Around The World

Split-Ring-Key

Split-Ring-Key: "Carry your keys on your other key. Real working key blank. Key blank can be cut by any key cutter to fit KW1 or SC1 keys. by Scott Amron"

Coming Soon: Photographic Memory in a Pill?

Coming Soon: Photographic Memory in a Pill? | Popular Science: "Wish you had a photographic memory? Well, Encyclopedia Brown, drugs may amp your brain up to that point soon. A group of Spanish scientists claim to have singled out a protein that can extend the life of visual memory significantly. When the production of the protein was boosted in mice, the rodents' visual memory retention increased, from about an hour to almost 2 months."

A Virtual Tour of Michael Jackson’s Arcade Room

A Virtual Tour of Michael Jackson’s Arcade Room: "As you can see from the virtual tour and the screenshots there are enough arcades and Star Wars props to make any geeks drool. Lets all just hope that they will start letting the public play in there instead of just closing it up for good."

SF State's Corpse Flower Finally Blooms

SF State's Corpse Flower Finally Blooms: "Fireworks weren't the only things busting open on the 4th of July. SF State University's resident corpse flower burst into bloom for the first time in 14 years with a pungent, patriotic display. Visitors were invited to write down what nauseating odor they felt the flower's emissions resembled; suggestions included: 'a dead rat I found in the trash,' 'trash juice,' 'rotting cabbage,' and 'my pants.' Photos by Joe Eskenazi."

Cheap Trick brings back the 8-track

Cheap Trick brings back the 8-track - The Globe and Mail: "Those who swear by vinyl say that records provide a warmer sound compared to compact discs, and that the larger packaging and gatefold artwork offer a superior tactile experience (and certainly to digital downloads). But where's the love for the 8-track, those bulky blasts from the past which sounded fine enough in your El Camino, and which broke down classic albums indiscriminately into four programs. Don't look now, but the cartridges are back, brought by a band from the same era, Cheap Trick."

Boy Gets Head Stuck in Storm Drain

Boy Gets Head Stuck in Storm Drain: "A young boy was rescued after getting his head stuck in a storm drain Thursday in Lakeside, Calif. The 7-year-old may have been trying to retrieve a lost toy. Rescue teams used the Jaws of Life to pry the drain apart in order to free the boy.

The whole ordeal took about 40 minutes. The boy was not injured, however officials had paramedics standing by to examine him."

Disney World monorail crash kills driver

Disney World monorail crash kills driver - CNN.com:
(CNN) -- A monorail train at Walt Disney World crashed into the back of another train early Sunday, killing one driver, according to an amusement park spokesman and a witness interviewed by CNN.

The crash occurred about 2 a.m. at one of the monorail stops at Disney World in Florida, said the witness, who requested anonymity."

Walkman named top music invention of last 50 years

Walkman named top music invention of last 50 years - Telegraph: "Sony's music player has beaten Dolby sound, compact discs and the ubiquitous iPod to come top of the list of 'ten most important musical innovations of the last 50 years' published by T3 magazine.

Its victory comes in the week that the Walkman celebrated its 30th birthday."