Weeks after breaking the electric motorcycle land speed record, Lightning Motorcycles decided it wasn’t satisfied with 206.079 MPH. Shunning a well-deserved vacation, its Flying Banana MK. II bike hit a verified speed of 215.960 MPH. The company is taking orders for the $38,888 eco-widowmaker and assures you it’ll be cheap to run — the record breaking [...]
It was 45-years ago today that NASA’s Lunar Orbiter 1 snapped several photos of the Earth while the craft was orbiting the moon. It’s our first real glimpse of the Earth from such a vantage point. In the 1940s and 1950s, other spacecraft took photos of the Earth, but they captured only part of the [...]
A cheaper version of iPhone 4, sporting only 8 GB of memory, is slated to hit the market within several weeks, Reuters reports citing two unnamed industry sources. Currently, the iPhone 4 is available with either 16 or 32 GB of storage space. Although details are scarce, this report seems to be different from rumors [...]
it is now official that google has agreed to buy motorola mobility for $12.5 billion. Seems like monile war growing stronger after Microsoft and Nokia agreed to work together.
Inviting your friends to Google+ just got a lot easier, thanks to a subtle change that Google+ has rolled out to its users. The update gives you the ability to share Google+ invites by simply sharing a link. By sharing your unique link with your friends, up to 150 of them can instantly sign up for Google’s [...]
A 91-year old Grandma is selling $60 suicide kits over the Internet. The kit is rather basic actually, it’s a large plastic bag with an elastic band opening and a slot for a plastic tube to be inserted. The tube is supposed to be connected to a helium tank and then pumped into the bag. [...]
Since the dawn of time, man has dreamed of soaring through the clouds, without invasive TSA security checks and having the guy next to him fall asleep on his shoulder, drooling. FlyNano debuted three new planes at last week’s Aero 2011 show in Friedrichshafen, Germany, which it hopes will deliver that very dream. Thanks to [...]
You can hide people from your Facebook News Feed, but that won’t stop Facebook from popping up elsewhere, constantly recommending that you view photos of your ex and his/her new flame. Here’s how to completely hide someone from Facebook. When Facebook first implemented some of its new recommendation features, a lot of people found their [...]
On Christmas, 42-year-old British charity worker Simone Back posted a Facebook message reading, “‘Took all my pills be dead soon so bye bye every one.” 148 comments—many of them mocking her—followed. The next day she was found dead.
You may think that the ATM you’re using is perfectly normal. After all, it may even be in the bank building. And you cover your hand while typing your PIN, anyway, just in case there’s a hidden camera. Well, think again.