Some guy in Japan has built a working 11 foot tall walking machine that bears a close resemblance to the main ‘Mech character in the game MechWarrior. LandWalker, as his walking machine is called, is fairly functional. Its able to move by shuffling its feet, as well as change direction, and there’s [...]

Velocity Micro has announced the first PC’s based on Intel?s new dual core processors. The product line is called the DCX line, is based on the Intel Extreme Edition 840 processor, and will operate at speeds up to 4 GHz. When air-cooled, the CPU runs at 3.2GHz ; use of the optional LiquiCool [...]

Taiyo Yuden makes the best blank media … at least according to an article in Wired Magazine. The article states that most blank media is manufactured by a handful of companies: Moser Baer, Ricoh, Taiyo Yuden, CMC Magnetics, Prodisc and Optodisc. These are then packed and resold by companies such as Fujifilm, [...]

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank and Columbia University have collaborated to put together a global natural disaster risk assessment. Their report details mortality and economic losses caused by cyclones, drought, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides. The riskiest places for mortality are shown below: NATURAL DISASTER [...]

Insanity-The Ride opened last month atop the Stratosphere Tower casino in Las Vegas. The ride holds 10 passengers in ‘escape proof” seats as it spins at 40 miles per hour 900 feet above the city. When the ride is turning at full speed, the riders will be looking straight down at Las Vegas Boulevard [...]