The Scale of the Universe 2
Beautiful and humbling.
Beautiful and humbling.
Aeroshot Pure Energy is a slim, pocket-sized tube that works like an asthma inhaler. Puff gently, and the tube releases a light powder that dissolves instantly in your mouth. Each Aeroshot contains 100 milligrams of caffeine, roughly equivalent to a tall mocha at Starbucks. Unlike a Starbucks mocha, it’s calorie-free, and it won’t give you horrid coffee breath. And unlike your average energy drink, it meets TSA regulations. Though personally, a big jolt of caffeine is the last thing I want when I’m boarding an airplane.
AeroShot will be available in Boston and New York in January.
The chip is able to track users’ hand movements in three dimensions, and those gestures can be stored for future use. Once those unlock gestures have been set, it’s a simple matter of flashing that same move in front of the lock at the end of the day and voilà — you’re back within the comforts of your own home.
Nifty
“After HP agreed to acquire Autonomy for over $11.7 billion dollars, Oracle commented that Autonomy had been ‘shopped’ to Oracle as well, but Oracle wasn’t interested because the price was way too high. Mike Lynch, Autonomy CEO, then publically denied that his company had been shopped to Oracle. Specifically, Mr. Lynch said, “If some bank happened to come with us on a list, that is nothing to do with us.” Mr. Lynch then accused of Oracle of being ‘inaccurate’. Either Mr. Lynch has a very poor memory or he’s lying. ‘Some bank’ did not just happen to come to Oracle with Autonomy ‘on a list.’ The truth is that Mr. Lynch came to Oracle, along with his investment banker, Frank Quattrone, and met with Oracle’s head of M&A, Douglas Kehring and Oracle President Mark Hurd at 11 am on April 1, 2011. After listening to Mr. Lynch’s PowerPoint slide sales pitch to sell Autonomy to Oracle, Mr. Kehring and Mr. Hurd told Mr. Lynch that with a current market value of $6 billion, Autonomy was already extremely over-priced. The Lynch shopping visit to Oracle is easy to verify. We still have his PowerPoint slides.”
Hilarious
Face Substitution (by Kyle McDonald)
Creepy.
Photos and videos of every Apple product ever.
Japanese researchers grow plants on thin films (via Diginfonews)
A social experiment in the vein of “take a penny, leave a penny”. Save a copy of the Starbucks Card barcode to buy coffee, and reload the card if you’re feeling generous.