According to NASA scientists, the “wave of supercharged gas will likely reach the Earth on Tuesday, when it will buffet the natural magnetic shield protecting Earth.” Videos after the break. Click here for more pictures.
Scientists have warned that a really big solar eruption could destroy satellites and wreck power and communications grids around the globe if it happened today.
[via Telegraph]
Simply put, the Unigo website‘s “main purpose is to create a student-generated online college guide that does not have the limitations that its print counterparts do; this allows college students to update information about their school on a continuous basis and cover topics not found in traditional guidebooks.” More information. Video overview after the break.
Finally, JailbreakMe 2.0 has arrived, and it works on all iOS devices, including the iPhone 4. Simply “log onto http://www.jailbreakme.com on the iPhone’s web browser, and follow the on-screen instructions to jailbreak their device.” Video after the break.
There are widespread reports that the servers for the hack are getting slammed right now, so the process may take a while longer than usual.
[via Venturebeat]
For those who missed our Shark Week preview yesterday. The special event basically consists of 6 different shows, including Air Jaws, and it kicked off last night on Discovery with a bang. Continue reading for some great white shark videos. Click here for more pictures — images courtesy of Discovery.
Robotics engineers have developed the i Robot arm, which is capable of acquiring the skill to flip pancakes through reinforcement learning — “the skill is first demonstrated via kinesthetic teaching, and then refined by Policy learning by Weighting Exploration with the Returns (PoWER) algorithm.” Video after the break.
We’d like to pretend to be all serious about the science behind teaching a robot arm to teach itself a complicated motion like pancake flipping.
[via Engadget]
This is what modern games would look like when demade into 8-bit and 16-bit classics, starting with Mirror’s Edge above. Click here to see more examples, including Dead Space, Batman: Arkham Asylum, and more.
[via Kotaku]
A game cafe in Kaneohe, Hawaii was the unfortunate target of a robbery last week, but the gamers inside didn’t crawl under their tables and hide, they fought back. They rough up the front desk employee and some of the kids. However, the DS guy above was in the zone, literally. Continue reading for the news report.
He goes bananas, flying straight at his would-be thief with a flurry of punches. He even manages to land one. He receives several more (with interest) in return, but his actions help inspire the rest of the cafe’s inhabitants, who eventually fight back.
[via Kotaku]
Most alarm clocks are built for the sole purpose of keeping time, while these five homemade creations were designed for much more. The “Man Inside” clock isn’t what it looks like, as you’ll see after the break.
Amazon is selling the Western Digital 1TB Caviar Green hard drive for just $55.49 shipped, originally priced at $90.99. The Western Digital “Caviar Green SATA hard drives reduce power consumption by up to 40% and offer best-in-class acoustics and operating temperature.” Product page.
Based on WD’s exclusive GreenPower technology, these drives are designed to deliver power savings as the primary attribute.
[via Amazon]
