Miscellaneous

The old cup of morning joe gets a ganster makeover at BlackSunshine.com, a seedy online underground seller for the world's most popular morning drug.

The British Museum has put together a great little video game adventure to get site visitors to learn more about ancient civilizations with the use of a magical time bracelet to traverse the histories of Mexico, Roma and China.

If you're a Harry Potter fan, you're probably familiar with the concept of an invisibility cloak. Slip this magical garment over your head and to the eyes of of the beholder, you vanish.  Well Muggles, science has some good news for you -invisibility is quickly becoming a reality.

When veteran broadcaster Alistair Cooke died in 2004 few suspected that he was yet to uncover his greatest news story, postmortem. What happened to his body as it lay in a funeral home would reveal a story of modern day grave robbery that was stranger than fiction. As macabre as it might sound, dead body parts is big business and has opened up a grisly black market that gives a whole new meaning to "better off dead than alive."

Non-profit social networks are gaining prominence online. The genre of sites known as "The Good Web" are championed by people like Corey Szopinksi and Jane McGonigal who have furthered a good number of causes using social media as their conduit. Entering this arena is Chris Hughes, a wunderkind of sorts, unknown to the general public, but widely known in social networking circles and the Democratic National Party.

It can be costly trying to keep ahead of Mother Nature.  Fortunately, we are in luck.  The Stop device from TriPollar  uses radio frequency to tighten the skin and stimulate new collagen and it is made to be used at home. 

As ubiquitous as Google is, it's no surprise it will soon become one of the pioneers in melding TV with the Web. So much so, in the next couple of months it will actually provide 3rd party developers and outside software engineers with a toolkit to help develop what Google TV will eventually look like.

Star Trek has a checked past when it comes to video games.  Can Star Trek Online finally go where no Trek game has gone before?

MyTubeDesign.com represents one of the first and best repositories of YouTube layout designs out there, and will even help you install the theme if you're not exactly a whiz with site design.

A baby’s first steps are precious and exciting, but working up to them can be very challenging for both the baby and the parents.  To take the strain off your aching back and give your little one more stability you may want to try out some Walking Wings.

Last year, in September, I wrote an article about Solar Roadways and their $100,000 grant, by the Department of Transportation, to build a solar powered road prototype. They did exactly what they set out to do and they built a prototype. Now they are finalist for an award.

Whether you've been a loyal PayPal user for the last 10+ years or are willing to put your trust in the hands of one of the Twitter co-founders, you may be one of the early pioneers to use iPhones as the new form of currency. Bumping and beaming financial transactions via smartphones may be the missing link to a time when there will no longer be a need for actual money to exchange hands.

What does an ex-late night talk show host do after Jay Leno kicks him to the curb. In the case of Conan O'Brien, he picks himself up, dusts himself off and hits the tweets running.

Adding to the new genre of time pieces that are form over function is this concept watch, The Zero.  I want to hate it...

With a simple interface, Twit2Tel offers a service that can not only get you in touch with your Twitter buddies, but also increase your stalker status in the process

The viral marketing of Tron: Legacy continues - this time on the sides of Disney's very own monorails.

Chatab.com aim to offer a solution to switching tabs or windows by giving you a web app that gives you multiple chat accounts alongside a web browser.

The Bloggie MHS-PM5K from Sony offers a unique lens that swivels and is capable of capturing a full 360-degree image - so it's now possible to record not only an alien invasion, but also your terrified facial expression all in one shot.

Some people cannot tolerate the synthetic components of most perfumes.  Luckily for all of those would-be perfume wearers there is a new option.  Wholearth Certified Organic Perfume Spray by Danny Seo has no dyes or synthetic ingredients.   

Google Labs has introduced a project to let users explore tons of different sets of public data and compare them in ways that will make them much easier to understand.