Let me visualise how your website looks like… Okay, I kid you not. This visualisation thingy isn’t just empty talk. At “Websites as Graphs“, you can type in the URL of your favourite website and a little java applet will spawn a host of coloured dots representing the site’s various tags and links. This is… Read More »
Found yourself in a hot seat? Fear not. The Japanese once again flexed their creative muscles to come up with a USB-powered seat cooler that will keep your derrière properly ventilated. Thanko’s USBHCU01 draws in air from the surrounding via an intake valve to provide a constant stream of air that helps to dissipate heat… Read More »
In case you don’t understand Mandarin, this piece of news is about a pregnant woman named Swee Lay Kuan who went to Raffles Hospital to deliver, then bled to death. After she delivered twins, she continued bleeding. The doctors ordered extra blood units for transfusion but this was disallowed by the hospital managers (as all… Read More »
It was the first day of the new term at Princeton, and a black freshman was learning his way around the campus. Stopping a distinguished looking upperclassman, he enquired, “Say, can you tell me where the library is at?” “My good fellow,” came the reply, “at Princeton we do not end our sentence with a… Read More »
Diversified technology company 3M was so sure its “Security Glass” would stand a double-footed kick from a man with a 30ft head start that it stashed a large stack of cash behind it in a bus stop ad, as shown in the picture on the left. It’s a great advertising gimmick, but I wonder how… Read More »
Ever wondered how the mouse cursor on your computer monitor works? Through the use of a high-tech screen magnifying lens, this hitherto mysterious mechanism now becomes apparent. To find out, just visit https://www.1-click.jp/, and once the page has loaded, move your cursor to the center of the screen where a circle appears. For instant enlightenment,… Read More »