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Artist sets sail in life-size paper boat via Digg

Boelter [the boat’s designer] said it will survive forty days before it disintegrates into a wet, sinking mass.

It’s aqua-origami, all right, but is it art?

I remember a game in my high school physics class where the everyone class made life-size paper boats out of whatever material student could scavange. The raft that won, was made out of 30+ milk cartons glued water tight. The other boats had varying degrees of success and the pool was a mess from the Elmer’s glue that we were required to use.

Geeky Vanity Plates via Digg

You’d think Chuck’s license plate would be in here, but “podcast” is still a bit too niche to show up on anyone’s radar.

The Pear Light: Portable light bulbs that grow on trees via Digg

Now that I think about it, here’s an idea that should’ve been around since Uncle Fester was on TV. I guess it just wan’t practical until LED technology matured.

Marv

The Ultimate Geek Clock via Digg

If you think binary LED clocks are too hard to read, you may want to skip this. But real Technorama fans cannot afford to miss this.

Alternative & Crazy Home Construction Materials : Beer Cans, Tires & Cardboard via Digg

“Crazy” hits the nail right on the head for some of these structures. I bet that house made of tires won’t meet the fire code. Needless to say, don’t try this at home.

Marv

I had to take the Wiki offline. Wiki Spammers (Dirtbags of the internet) were just ruining the whole thing. They would load up pages in the wiki with link and links to stuff trying to raise their Google page rank. Sure I can revert a page to an original state, but it was becoming too much work.

SO, we will have to reboot the wiki and bring all the old stuff back. Please be Patient with us, and we will have it back up soon.

Crows are the Einsteins of the avian world via Digg

Now seven of the birds have shown scientists they are able to retrieve an unreachable snack with a stick which first had to be obtained using another tool.

VW Billiard table via Digg

A old fashioned VW van was cut in half and a standard billiards table was installed in its frame. Can’t believe some guy parted with it for just $8,000.

Marv

What?!? 1.21 Jigawatts?!?

Welcome to Technorama!

1. Action Figure Mods
2. Talk about keyboards
3. An ode to digital watches

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What is that noise?!? Oh it is the sound of a couple of geeks yammering.

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Baby Chewbacca (Pic) via Digg

Laugh it up fuzzball.

The Transformer of Office Chairs via Digg

Tight on space in your office/home? This ordinary loooking office chair can be split into a rocker and stool/foot rest.

Marv

1873 Monocycle Replica Is a Mechanical and Engineering Marvel via Digg

Hand built from 19th century plans, this one-wheeled cycle is up for sale on Ebay. Starting bid is just $13,000 too.

Crazy roundabout via Digg

As if the modern roundabout could not get more confusing. This variation has an amateur lane of traffic going around the outer edge of the roundabout while the pro lane goes around in the opposite direction following the inner lanes.

Marv

Immersion Presents, a science-education program founded by Ballard, will produce a series of 15-minute updates daily at noon on the Web from Aug. 18 to 26. They will feature an introduction by Ballard, live updates from Bridget Buxton, assistant professor of history at URI and the expedition’s archaeology director, and Katherine Croff, a doctoral student at URI and chief scientist on the cruise, and an e-mail question-and-answer session.

Technorama interviewed Tom Dudchik from Immersion Presents in 2006. Look for an upcoming interview with Dr. Robert Ballard!

To see a live feed from the expedition, visit http://www.immersionpresents.org

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You never know what you will find in nature

Welcome to Technorama!

1. Bender Bewery
2. Hamsters and Cell Phones
3. and One Laptop – Well Done

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