Category: Weirdness
IFA 2010: Surreal 3D meta-reality future glimpsed at Panasonic booth – VIDEO
3D tech was all over the IFA 2010 conference this year, but perhaps the most unusual example of its usage was over at the Panasonic hall. Now the actual technology demoed here, whilst impressive, isn't all that strange; Panasonic…
VIDEO: Teenage inventor becomes real-life Spiderman!
As far as school projects go, I cant think of anything cooler than building a gadget that turns you into a real-life Spiderman. But that's exactly what UK schoolboy Hibiki Kono has done, as he has amazed the world…
British scientist becomes first human to become infected with a computer virus
Dr Mark Gasson, a cybernetics scientist at the University of Reading, has become the world's first human to become infected with a computer virus. Gasson has an RFID (radio-frequency identification) chip implanted into his wrist, and deliberately infected it with…
Video: Top 5 Red Dead Redemption hilarious glitches
Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar's epic wild west adventure, is a massive game that's massively good. Just check out our full review if you don't believe us. For whatever reason however, it also features some pretty huge glitches too. And boy…
Japanese couple married by i-Fairy robot priest
It was an i-fairytale day, like something out of an electric dream for Tokyo couple Tomohiro Shibata and Satoko Inoue, as they became the world's first couple to take their marriage vows in front of a robot priest. "Pastor" i-Fairy…
Energy-efficient lightbulbs causing TV channel change chaos … sort of
Got a TV that's been acting a little erratically recently? Try checking any nearby energy-efficient lightbulbs, as some are reporting that they are causing their TVs to change channel and switch themselves off seemingly at random. Take the case of…
Teenager to ski to the North Pole … for a Foursquare badge!
I've heard of people going out of their way for a Foursquare badge, but this is ridiculous. 15 year-old Parker Liautaud hopes to be the first person in the world to check into Foursquare (the popular location game/social networking…
Qualcomm product causes butterfly attacks — The best tech April Fools?
April Fools day is a big deal for tech companies. Google have turned the annual day of japery and tomfoolerly into an art form — last year announcing Gmail's autoreply feature which analysed the way you replied to your emails…
Warner Brothers looking for 'anti piracy intern' or 'cyber grass'
The war on copyright infringers has just stepped up another notch. Global entertainment giant Warner Brothers have placed an advert for a £17,000-a-year job at their London headquarters for an "Anti-Piracy Intern". The job will involve scouring message boards, issuing…
Top Four TV Shows we want to see as Wii games
To celebrate 50 years of being on the goggle-box, Coronation Street is all set to get its own Wii game. There are few details on the title so far, other than that you can expect street-stars from past and present…
