Rants at a picnic…

To grasp a billion stars | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine.

Al told, this is a 150,000 megapixel image of our galaxy! That’s a lot of stars. Read the article above, or just dive right in to the zoomable picture!

This is the EyePhone from Futurama. I’m seeing a lot of negative comments about how horribly invasive this is, but the fact is, it’s doing everything your smart phone already does, but in a hands free way. It’s going to be worse than the old bluetooth earpieces for making you look like a crazy person talking to yourself. I wonder how the interface would work. I bet they can make it to you can actually reach out and touch the virtual buttons with your hands in the air.

Got your nose!

Baby pygmy hippo born in South Africa « Hungeree.

Green Overdrive: Folding Electric Scooter – SlashTV.

Networks Strain to Keep Pace with Data Explosion.

Language Warning! You might want to watch on mute!