2006

Looking for a good magazine to read? Something other than Time or Life or Newsweek? If so, then today’s Warped site is one that will give you some food for thought. But it is best appreciated if opened with an open mind.
The name of the site is strangemag.com. It is the online site for Strange [...]

On the 28th of November, Europe’s largest online portal and ESA will produce the first-ever space Web video chat when ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter responds to questions via the Internet live from the International Space Station.
In a unique media tie-up, Germany’s leading Internet service provider, T-Online, and ESA will conduct a live space video chat [...]

Think for a moment about what you have done so far today - made a cup of tea, driven to work, sent an e-mail or text?
Each of those activities is dependent on oil, from fuel for transport to the plastic parts of your kettle, car, keyboard and mobile. Development of our high-impact consumer lifestyles is [...]

Twenty-five years ago American entomologist George Poinar’s work on ancient insects in amber inspired Michael Crichton’s futuristic thriller Jurassic Park. Now son Hendrik Poinar’s groundbreaking work has inspired the world’s first book on the science of fossil feces, Jurassic Poop.
The new children’s book by Canadian science writer Jacob Berkowitz reveals that America not only has [...]

Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes:
Regifting has a rather tainted image, though I’m sure you’ve seen it on TV where say, Peter gives a painting from his in-laws he really hates to say, Quagmire (doubt this really happened, but something similar has probably happened, knowing Family Guy). In other words, regifting is that time-honored tradition of [...]

CyberDefender Corporation, the developer with the Internet’s most advanced early detection and Internet security tools, has identified the following dangerous category 9.9 extremely high risk computer virus for November 14, 2006:
Virus Filename: smss.exe.up11~
CyberDefender Threat Level: 9.9 VERY HIGH
Date Discovered: 11/14/2006 09:10:00
For real-time observation of this virus and other threats, go here.
CyberDefender issues its CyberDefender AntiVirus [...]

It is almost time for the start of the holidays, so let’s get in the seasonal mood with a good Christmas site. What better one to visit that one dedicated to The Screaming Santas?
In the true Warped site tradition, this site is not what it first appears to be. It is actually the site of [...]

A 500-year old mystery surrounding the centerpiece of the alchemists’ lab kit has been solved by UCL (University College London) and Cardiff University archaeologists.
Since the Middle Ages, mixing vessels - or crucibles - manufactured in the Hesse region of Germany have been world renowned because of their ability to withstand strong reagents and high temperatures.
Previous [...]

Researchers at the University of California, Davis; the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and the University of Haifa in Israel have cloned a gene from wild wheat that increases the protein, zinc and iron content in the grain, potentially offering a solution to nutritional deficiencies affecting hundreds of millions of children around the world.
Results from the [...]

One of the benefits of growing up in the country was that life was slower. No rushing around trying to get everything done in one day. We watched the paint dry. We rolled the sidewalks up at 8:00 every night. We even watched the grass grow. It would be great to have a lifestyle like [...]

Researchers from Delft University of Technology and the FOM Foundation (Fundamental Research on Matter) have successfully measured transport through a single atom in a transistor. This research offers new insights into the behaviour of so-called dopant atoms in silicon. The researchers are able to measure and manipulate a single dopant atom in a realistic semi-conducting [...]

A new human-edited real estate directory provides users with a convenient listing of real estate agents and services nationwide.
CityCribs.com, the fastest growing real estate marketplace online, rolls out a streamlined and highly efficient real estate directory. The directory provides users with a listing of real estate agents and services nationwide.
Each site listed in the CityCribs [...]

Here it is, the night before Thanksgiving, and time to have some fun. So what better place to hang out but a good Internet game site? But in the true Warped spirit, it has to be one that is, well, warped! So head on over to Zooass.com and get ready to have some fun.
This is [...]

From fishing lures to high-tech footwear, these must-have items showcase the diverse ways in which Nanotechnology, MEMS, and other emerging technologies are being utilized in products for the consumer.
Bourne Research, a market research firm which tracks emerging technologies, today revealed its list of the ten coolest consumer products of 2006, featuring just a few of [...]

Vying to be the world’s repository of interesting, strange and offbeat human interest stories and ideas, a new Web site called Experientialist.com is on a crusade to make the world a better place.
“Everyone talks about the world’s problems but few are offering solutions,” says Experientialist.com. “So we decided to do something about it, by offering $500 [...]

The largest superconducting magnet ever built has successfully been powered up to its operating conditions at the first attempt. Called the Barrel Toroid because of its shape, this magnet is a vital part of ATLAS, one of the major particle detectors being prepared to take data at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the new particle [...]

Life got you down? Looking for a place to do something outside of the daily grind? If so, then today’s Warped site is on that you will definitely want to spend some time at. After all, it’s been on the Internet for 150 years.
The name of the site is Ultraville. This is the stop on [...]

A simple robot can be built from a 3 1/5″ floppy drive and a few purchased hardware components. The original plans were missing some key elements (the Web page was under construction, but never finished). The pulley system ran the wheels too fast with no torque (1 to 4), so we used a smaller [...]

A scientific method used to explore cancer and HIV cures now has been successfully used by agricultural researchers in the quest to develop food for the world’s hungry.
“The exciting finding is that we have been able to reduce gossypol - which is a very toxic compound - from cottonseed to a level that is considered [...]

Study shows it’s feasible to read data stored as nuclear ’spins.’
A University of Utah physicist took a step toward developing a superfast computer based on the weird reality of quantum physics by showing it is feasible to read data stored in the form of the magnetic “spins” of phosphorus atoms.
“Our work represents a breakthrough in [...]