From Unlikely Source, Car-Sharing Start-Up Gets $13.7 Million Vote of Confidence

Zipcar, the international car-sharing service, has led a $13.7 million investment in Wheelz, a start-up company that has helped students at Stanford University rent their personal vehicles to other students on campus since September. Mr. Miller, formerly the director of business development in North America for Better Place, an electric-vehicle infrastructure start-up, stated automobile owners earned on average of $200 a month through the service. “In the market segment we’re going after, $200 extra pocket change is the sort of ...

Submited at Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 at 7:00 am by Alina

Feeling guilty? Then go to ClearMyGuilt.com

Some Arizona University students have developed a social network to help clear your guilty conscious…no priest needed. Want to know how good/bad you are? now you can find out on-line and get other’s to provide feedback. Picture: Thinkstock Source: Supplied New website lets users confess darkest secrets Users rate the sins as “forgiveable” or “unforgiveable” Website receives about 100,000 visitors a day EVER wondered if your latest indiscretion would land you in heaven, hell or purgatory? Now you can hop ...

Submited at Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 at 7:00 pm by samantha

Kenyan villagers embrace Twitter

Chief Kaiuki uses Twitter regularly to contact his Kenyan village. Picture: Twitter Source: news.com.au WHEN the chief in a western Kenyan village received an urgent call that thugs were invading a school teacher’s home, he sent a message on Twitter. Within minutes residents in this village of stone houses gathered outside the home, and the thugs fled. The tweet from Chief Francis Kariuki was only his latest attempt to improve village life by using the micro-blogging site Twitter.

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Schoolies send up council in YouTube hit

City Council Anthem as performed by schoolies. Source: Supplied A new perspective of life as a Brisbane City Council road worker is going gang-busters. The YouTube clip City Council Anthem – Every Day I’m Shovelling is going viral after the video was uploaded on November 28. The Brisbane City Council send-up has been viewed more than 53,000 times in less than a week, and shows dancing workers wearing council clothing, hard hats and one worker even sporting a mullet. Deputy ...

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Rocker who wanted to ‘cut off Steve Jobs’ balls’

Pete Townshend states Apple is like a digital vampire. Picture: AP Source: AP PETE Townshend states Apple is bleeding musicians “like a digital vampire” and has called on the tech giant to do more to support artists. The Who guitarist compared Apple to the banking industry, and admitted he had wanted to cut Steve Jobs’s balls off, The Guardian reports. In a speech to the radio industry, Townshend said: “Is there really any good reason why, just because iTunes exists ...

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A love song for Siri: the YouTube tribute

Siri has broken many hearts. Picture: S*** That Siri Says Source: Supplied SIRI may have trouble with an Aussie accent but that hasn’t stopped Apple’s latest gadget from singing a duet with a US musician on YouTube. The video shows Jonathan Mann declaring his love for the iPhone 4S voice activated personal assistant – with blended results. “Marry me,” he sings, only to be rebuffed by the old “let’s just be friends” line from Siri.

Submited at Friday, October 21st, 2011 at 7:00 pm by Alina

PossessedHand is as spooky as it sounds

With just a push of the button and twiddling some dials, you can play! Picture courtesy University of Tokyo Source: Supplied Surely this is better than actually having to learn. Picture courtesy University of Tokyo Source: Supplied PUSHY parents take note – now you can force your toddler to play Rachmaninoff’s 3rd without the expense or pent-up resentment. It’s called PossessedHand and it’s just as spooky as it sounds. New Scientist reports that by attaching electrodes to muscles in the ...

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McKeon to be Marlins’ interim manager: source

The Associated PressPosted:Jun 20, 2011 1:55 PM ETLast Updated: Jun 20, 2011 1:55 PM ET  Jack McKeon guided the Florida Marlins to the 2003 World Series title. (Victor Baldizon/Getty Images) A person familiar with the decision states 80-year-old Jack McKeon has been hired as interim manager of the Florida Marlins. The person confirmed the hiring Monday to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team had yet to announce the move.

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‘Hypercolour’ technology could save lives

A smart bandage that changes colour when a wound is infected could lead to more effective treatment of wounds. Picture: AAP Source: AAP CSIRO scientists are working on a fibre that could be knitted into a smart bandage. Picture: AAP Source: AAP Bandage fibre made out of liquid crystalsChanges from red to blue with temperatureCould prevent infections from getting worse AUSTRALIAN researchers have developed a “smart” bandage that changes colour as a wound worsens or improves, potentially leading to the ...

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‘Humans are the new dogs of the house’

Steve Jobs, left, and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, right, with then CEO John Sculley, unveil the groundbreaking Apple IIc compact computer in 1984. Source: The Australian Apple co-founder and philanthropist Steve Wozniak states humans will become the dogs of the headline. Picture: AFP Source: AFP The Woz shares wisdom with Aussie business”We’re already creating the superior beings”So, let’s sit back and settle into an simple life MACHINES have won the war and the human race is destined to become tiny ...

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