Category: English
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CBS: German cars are by far the most popular in the Netherlands
CBS: German cars are by far the most popular in the Netherlands Posted on 08-01-2016 at 7:40 by MauritsH – No comments” Wir haben es gewusst. The sales statistics-bukkake is still far behind the back, as it turns out. Today, plunging the Central Bureau for Statistics, again, a bucket of numbers and graphs about our…
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There’s Something Very Strange Lurking In the Space Between Galaxies
In the starless void of intergalactic space, there are clouds of cosmic gas as old as the Milky Way. They produce no visible light, and they barely radiate heat. Now, for the first time, astronomers have determined their size. These shadowy structures are as big as galaxies. That’s according to Jeffrey Cooke of Swinburne University…
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The White House Is Meeting With Silicon Valley Execs Tomorrow to “Disrupt” ISIS Online
Silicon Valley executives will meet with top government officials in a private meeting tomorrow to eke out better strategies to counter the Islamic State’s online influence. The meeting, first reported by Reuters, will put even more pressure on technology companies to crack down on ISIS’ social media recruiting and propaganda. According to The Guardian, executives…
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Lenovo’s Making a Consumer Phablet Using Google’s Crazy Project Tango Tech
Lenovo and Google have been working together for a year to find a mainstream use for Google’s experimental Project Tango technology. Today we’re getting information about the very first Google Tango device for consumers. They’re actually gonna do it. This is very ambitious. Ever since Google first showed the world its 3D-aware technology about two…
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Feds Raid Hoverboard Booth at CES
Two US federal marshals raided the booth of a Chinese hoverboard company earlier today at CES. The badged law enforcement agents collected all of the company’s one-wheeled “Trotter” electric skateboards, as well as all related marketing materials. It was dramatic. This all happened despite the Trotter’s apparent popularity with trade show attendees. But the reason…
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Roman Toilets Weren’t as Sanitary as We Thought
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Bond Bug: the ultimate 70s car, but with only three wheels
Bond Bug: the ultimate 70s car, but with only three wheels Posted on 07-01-2016 at 23:06 by Dizono – 19 Comments” Only available in a shade of orange that only in the years ’70 is used, free of chrome, but plastic than you know what to do with a massive NACA-slot on the front and…
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Don’t Get Too Close or This Hydrological Eye of Sauron Will Suck You In
Photo by Paul Rowlett Even when it’s not churning with rising waters, I think you can admit that it still looks pretty dam cool. Get it, dam? Top image by Vaidotas Mišeikis
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Wreaked havoc after mega pile-up in Korea [video]
Wreaked havoc after mega pile-up in Korea Posted on 11-02-2015 at 9:23 by sir_smokalot – 17 Comments” In a pile-up in dense fog close to Incheon International Airport, just west of the Korean capital Seoul, are this morning more than 100 vehicles involved. It all started with a bus that drove a car, and the…
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A Floating Forest Will Add Instant Greenery to Rotterdam’s Harbor