New Catfish Species Discovered: "The rare find marks only the third new family of fish found in the last 60 years. It is the 37th family of catfishes, a diverse group of fish found around the world and prominent in commercial industry."

A rare find and we have already killed one for the photograph. ;)

posted by Farookh at 1:20 AM Comment (0)

Gigapxl: 4 billion pixels! Whao!

"One way of visualizing the size of a four gigapixel image is to consider a photograph of a regulation football pitch (soccer in USA) which is 90m x 45m. A four gigapixel top-down photograph of the entire field at 1mm per pixel would cover an area of 89.4m x 44.7m, which is 99.38% of the indicated size. This mm-per-pixel scale represents perhaps as many as 100 pixels per blade of grass across an entire pitch captured in a single exposure."

posted by Amit at 6:35 AM Comment (0)

U.S. Patent #6,293,874 - Butt Kicking Device: An amusement apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.



'Nuff said.

-K

posted by Kaushik at 10:02 PM Comment (0)

BBC NEWS | Technology | Microchip pioneer Jack Kilby dies: "Jack Kilby, the US inventor of the integrated circuit which formed the basis of the computer chip, has died aged 81, after a battle with cancer."

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Science creates sperm and eggs: "CELLS from human embryos are being used to develop human eggs and sperm that might eventually lead to the development of a human life in a laboratory."

Wow!

posted by Farookh at 12:19 AM Comment (1)

4d Pixel: 4d pixel is a smart surface which physically reacts to your voice, music and can write relievo letters.

posted by Amit at 7:32 AM Comment (2)

Kodak to Stop Making Black-and-White Paper: "Ending a century-old tradition, Eastman Kodak Co. (EK) will soon stop making black-and-white photographic paper, a niche product for fine-art photographers and hobbyists that is rapidly being supplanted by digital-imaging systems."

posted by Kaushik at 6:58 PM Comment (0)

Bacteria blamed for Bermuda Triangle: "Some of these bacteria produce methane that accumulates in "gas hydrates" — a super concentrated methane ice that contains more carbon than all conventional fossil fuels... One theory now suggests that when the covering of "methane ice" which exists over much of the seabed of the Bermuda Triangle becomes unstable; this causes instability of the sea and an explosive mixture of air and methane above."

posted by Amit at 6:31 AM Comment (0)

After 111 Years, Postage Stamps Go Private: "The federal government printed its last postage stamps Friday.

The end to 111 years of stamp production by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) came without any public ceremony in the same 14th Street building where many of the nation's most famous stamps have been printed.

Now, private printers will produce all the nation's stamps, a decision that U.S. Postal Service officials say will save tens of millions of dollars a year. The bureau will concentrate on printing currency, its other major product."

posted by Kaushik at 11:05 PM Comment (0)

Inside a Tornado: A technological first brought to you by a team of tornado chasers from National Geographic.

posted by Amit at 5:30 AM Comment (0)

Hunting Tasmania's extinct 'tiger': "They are convinced that the nocturnal Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus), one of the most exotic species to have roamed the Earth, is still out there somewhere hanging on for survival. "

posted by Farookh at 10:26 AM Comment (1)

Domain system creator honoured: "Paul Mockapetris, chief scientist at Nominum, has been given an ACM Sigcomm lifetime award."

posted by Farookh at 10:33 PM Comment (0)

Cambodia's ex-king has computer, will blog: "It was one of thousands of commentaries that fill the Web site of the world's most colorful and pugnacious royal blogger, offering Sihanouk's views on anything from environmental rape through Hollywood stars and killer spouses to the rough-and-tumble of Cambodian politics."

posted by Farookh at 12:26 AM Comment (0)