A recent CNN article brings back good news from the students at MIT that managed to transmit enough energy to power a 60 watt light bulb last year. Intel is now getting behind the project and had managed to transmit 60 watts at 75% efficiency. CNN also reports that the original students have improved there [...]

code_swarm - Eclipse (short ver.) from Michael Ogawa on Vimeo.

You can only think that a car with this much less metal work would cost significantly less than a traditional BMW.

Even though that was just a mockup the concept is just amazing!

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Weezer amalgamates just about every viral internet meme of the recent era—topping South Park!—with their new video “Pork and Beans.”

“The eBay auction expires on May 23rd and 100% of the sale price will go to OLPC. This couldn’t have been done without the help of the fantastic hosts of ROFLCon, a collection of great Internet meme-creators who were happy to smear some Sharpie for this project, and of course, breadpig’s friends at OLPC. [...]