wade womersley – york based software engineer
This is a very impressive video of a robotic hand that is capable of performing tasks with great accuracy at insane speeds – think hollywood robots that perform human tasks in milliseconds. The video covers single handed knot tying, bouncing a ball, catching a cell phone and throwing a ball among others. It really does … Read More “High Speed Robot Hand” »
Another Derren Brown clip today, this time he’s using NLP (neuro linguistic programming) to make people forget the stop they want to get off at.
For all you people wishing you were at Hogwarts, here’s the first step in the right direction (no actual magic, but I guarantee for people who don’t know about this product, they’ll stare at you in amazement, or maybe fear). It’s called the Kymera Magic Wand. The Kymera magic wand is actually a universal remote … Read More “The Magic Wand” »
This thing is great for random crap, euphemisms to brighten your day from the random euphemism generator. Great lines such as: I couldn’t believe my best friend was actually cranking the tiny lower wave.
A New York prisoner has come up with a much easier way to break out of jail: ask the guards for the exit. The inmate, who was wearing a suit for a court appearance on charges of multiple store robberies, simply wandered out of an open cell door and into a courtroom on Wednesday, the … Read More “Prisoner flees after asking guard way out” »
Swedish fertility clinics are suffering a backlog due to demand from lesbian couples. As a result of the law change, waiting time has jumped from 3 to 18 months. Back on July 1st, 2005, female same-sex couples were granted the right to artificial insemination at Swedish hospitals. Before that, lesbians had to seek help abroad … Read More “Swedish Sperm Banks Running Dry Due to Lesbians” »
In the latest of a string of weird keywords my site shows up for, “dutch penis” has to be the weirdest. I actually managed to rank 16th for this term! Not much else to say really, although if you were searching for dutch penis and have ended up here, take a look around and then … Read More “Google Search – Dutch Penis?” »
See those black bits scattered around this Boeing? It’s just part of a massive flock of starlings hitting its fuselage and engine as it was taking off at 200mph. About two hundred birds were sucked into the turbine. The photographer, Juergen Kienast, said the sound of the engine as it sucked the birds was defeaning: … Read More “Starling Purée Anyone? Airplane hits a flock of birds” »
It’s almost the end of September and so only a month to go until Halloween, that time of year where for a week kids want some nice treat like candy or are rude little gits and expect money – so they get the trick, permanent marker on the face. There’s a site available with links … Read More “Halloween – Monster Page of Projects” »
I hate colds, they make you feel lethargic and depressed and make you want to stay in bed for 12 hours at a time even though you spend more time tossing and turning and getting up to blow your nose than you do actually sleeping. I’ve got a cold at the moment, I blame Dan … Read More “Home Remedies for the Common Cold” »