Introduction to MB\'s Blog

Feb 12, 2006
Does your cell phone cook your brain? Try this experiment and see! See also How Cell Phones Work.
Can soda act as an aphrodisiac? Try this new product and see! See also How Aphrodisiacs Work.
Can a pill give you better dreams and memory? Try this medication and see! See also How Dreams Work.
Can they build a cruise ship as big as the Death Star? Each year they get a little closer! See also How Cruises Work.
What if you fill a balloon with acetylene and light it in your car? Check this photo to see! See also How Bombs Work.
If you could visit the garden of Eden, what would it be like? Check this article to see! See also How Rainforests Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
Feb 6, 2006
New Air Force laser can take out any enemy target without an explosion! See also How Lasers Work.
Kama Sutra worm ready to destroy your files on Feb. 3 - back up now! See also How Viruses Work.
Russia will be mining Helium-3 on the moon by 2020, moon base by 2015! See also How Fusion Reactors Work.
Some of the best new games are free and have cool features! See also How Video Games Work.
802.11n should give WiFi a 10x speed improvement and much better range too. See also How WiFi Works.
Americans are more than happy to tell you what is wrong with American-made cars. See also How Cars Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
January 30, 2006
Pentagon is moving forward on Goliath - the blimp that can lift 1,000 tons! (with pic) See also How Blimps Work.
When you wash off your suntan lotion it goes down the drain and has big side effects! See also How Sun Tans Work.
What if you could die, freeze your body and will everything to yourself in the future? See also How Cryonics Work.
Have you ever seen a 737 driving down the freeway? Here's your chance! (w/pics) See also How Airplanes Work.
TV networks are burning their logos right into your new plasma screen! See also How Plasma TVs Work.
Supergun test coming up - should be able to shoot 240,000 rounds per minute! See also How Machine Guns Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
January 22, 2006
The Stardust satellite has delivered its dust canister - $212 million for a gram of dust! See also How Comets Work.
Jim Carrey cuts back on caffeine and reports that he feels much better! See also How Caffeine Works.
The newest graphics cards are breaking new ground and are faster than ever! See also How Graphics Cards Work.
Have you ever seen a 737 driving down the freeway? Here's your chance! (w/pics) See also How Airplanes Work.
New "Bookshelf" computer design may revolutionize the way we use our PCs! See also How PCs Work.
New beam weapons will revolutionize warfare, killing missiles at launch! See also How Missile Defense Works.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
January 15, 2006
Mega TVs are coming and that means lower prices for the rest of us! See also How HDTVs Work.
New pigs glow green under black light so they are perfect for experiments! See also How Cells Work.
On Sunday a 28,860 mph package will arrive over the West coast, containing stardust! See also How Comets Work.
Were you abducted by aliens? This 58-point checklist clarifies things! See also How UFOs Work.
Intel has released the EE955 - dual cores, 4MB L2 cache, 3.46 GHz! See also How Microprocessors Work.
New beam weapons will revolutionize warfare, killing missiles at launch! See also How Missile Defense Works.
January 11, 2006
New Superlens could completely change the ways that we bend light! See also How Telescopes Work.
These 18 tricks help you get the most out of your brain and body! See also How Your Brain Works.
OK, It's not ASIMO, but it will mop and shine the floor for you! (with pic) See also How Robots Work.
Were you abducted by aliens? This 58 point checklist clarifies things! See also How UFOs Work.
It turns out that Vitamin D is essential if you want to avoid certain cancers! See also How Cancer Works.
Intel has released the EE955 - dual cores, 4MB L2 cache, 3.46 GHz! See also How Microprocessors Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
January 3, 2006
The world's smallest R/C helicopter weighs only 6.9 grams! (w/cool video) See also How Helicopters Work.
A list of the 50 best robots ever with a photo of each one, including R2-D2! See also How ASIMO Works.
If you believe computer models, permafrost is about to become history! See also How Global Warming Works.
This snow man is as big as a house and has arms like small trees! (w/cool photo) See also How Snow Making Works.
It turns out that Vitamin D is essential if you want to avoid certain cancers! See also How Cancer Works.
Intel has released the EE955 - dual cores, 4MB L2 cache, 3.46 GHz! See also How Microprocessors Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
December 26, 2005
There is interesting stuff hiding in Google Earth if you take time to find it! (lots o' pics) See also How Google Earth Works.
Offbeat science news from 2005 includes the most perfect alarm clock known to mankind! See also How Clocks Work.
Car security is getting so good that you actually cannot steal a new car without the key! See also How Remote Entry Works.
Billionaires are building bigger and bigger subs, and now a sub cruise ship! See also How Submarines Work .
Woman's main AND reserve chutes fail and she lives to tell about it! (w/cool video) See also How Skydiving Works.
Bugatti delivers its first production Veyrons - zero to 60 in 3 seconds! (w/pics) See also How the Veyron Works.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
December 18, 2005
Billionaires building bigger and bigger subs, and now a sub cruise ship! See also How Submarines Work .
Newest skyscraper in Kuwait will be over twice as tall as Twin Towers! See also How Skyscrapers Work.
Your iPod or MP3 Player is probably making you deaf. DEAF! I said DEAF! See also How MP3 Players Work.
Woman's main AND reserve chutes fail and she lives to tell about it! (w/cool video) See also How Skydiving Works.
Your favorite search engine is getting corrupted by search engine optimizers! See also How Search Engines Work.
Bugatti delivers its first production Veyrons - zero to 60 in 3 seconds! (w/pics) See also How the Veyron Works.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
December 11, 2005
Sharks start moving up the food chain - now they are eating boats in Australia! See also How Sharks Work .
People are now beating professors up over Intelligent Design! See also How Intelligent Design Works.
We are about to run out of land for growing more food. Now what? See also How Food Works.
In a few months you can buy your dog a cell phone. Dial your dog when he is lost! See also How Cell Phones Work.
Bugatti delivers its first production Veyrons - zero to 60 in 3 seconds! (w/pics) See also How the Veyron Works.
Article offers instructions for hacking common Coke vending machines! See also How Lock Picking Works.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
December 5, 2005
Just what every home needs - a 900 pound V-8 powered snowblower! See also How Snow Making Works .
Article offers instructions for hacking common Coke vending machines! See also How Lock Picking Works.
Face it - the first face transplant is in your face! See also How Organ Transplants Work.
Weakening of the Gulf Stream may soon mean that Britain has tundra! See also How Global Warming Works.
Bugatti delivers its first production Veyrons - zero to 60 in 3 seconds! (w/pics) See also How the Veyron Works.
The Wired Holiday gift guide is chock full of cool gifts for your favorite geek! See also How Christmas Works.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
November 30, 2005
Bugatti delivers its first production Veyrons - zero to 60 in 3 seconds! (w/pics) See also How the Veyron Works.
The fatal kiss - allergic teen kisses peanut-eating boyfriend and dies. See also How Allergies Work.
New suspension lets car jump over 4-inch obstacles - not quite the Batmobile, but closer! See also How the Batmobile Works.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
New holographic disk will store 300GB and record 10 times faster than DVD! See also How Holographic Storage Works.
Very cool photo from the surface of Mars shows the rovers are alive and well! See also How the Mars Rovers Work.
The Wired Holiday gift guide is chock full of cool gifts for your favorite geek! See also How Christmas Works.
November 27, 2005
Making colored bubbles was a huge problem that got solved with cool chemistry! See also How Cells Work.
The Wired Holiday gift guide is chock full of cool gifts for your favorite geek! See also How Christmas Works.
Hypnosis can have some profound effects on the brain but only in some people! See also How Hypnosis Works.
A HUGE telescope 100 times more powerful than hubble will be built in Hawaii! See also How Hubble Works.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
Planning to torch your car to collect the insurance? They are already onto you! (w/video) See also How Car Insurance Works.
See how Shaolin monks break rocks with their bare hands, and many other feats! (lots of video) See also How Karate Works.
November 22, 2005
See how Shaolin monks break rocks with their bare hands, and many other feats! (lots of video) See also How Karate Works.
Planning to torch your car to collect the insurance? They are already onto you! (w/video) See also How Car Insurance Works.
The 10 worst software bugs in the history of the world caused some huge messes! See also How C Works.
Sons save their collapsed mother in California by watching her on a webcam! See also How Webcams Work.
They may soon give you a lie detector test at the airport checking for voice tremors! See also How Lie Detectors Work.
New PHASR rifle is the U.S. military's newest non-lethal weapon! See also How Machine Guns Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
November 17, 2005
New PHASR rifle is the U.S. military's newest non-lethal weapon! See also How Machine Guns Work.
Cruise ship uses super-loud beam of sound, to thwart pirate attack! See also How Pain Beams Work.
Scientists and astronauts are gearing up to blast asteroids out of collision orbits! See also How Asteroids Work.
The 10 worst software bugs in the history of the world caused some huge messes! See also How C Works.
Door openers in Canada were jammed for 10 days, but now they work fine! See also How Remote Entry Works.
New Taser will have a camera to record why the gun is being used! See also How Stun Guns Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
November 8, 2005
New Taser will have a camera to record why the gun is being used! See also How Stun Guns Work.
New Formula 1 cars will have a split tail that allows for drafting, like Nascar! See also How Nascars Works.
The Chinese will land on the moon in 2017, set up a telescope, mine Helium-3. See also How the Shuttle Works.
New wind turbine is vertical and may generate twice the power from the same wind! See also How the Power Grid Works.
What would a deer look like if it had a 24x7 video blog? (with cool photo) See also How Blogs Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
November 6, 2005
Students launch their own satellite which will launch 3 of its own satellites in orbit! See also How Satellites Work.
New fish robot is taking jobs away from real fish at London acquarium? See also How Robots Work.
Getting to Mars might be really interesting if we use a co-ed crew. See also How Human Reproduction Works.
Convert your digital camera to an IR camera so you can see some amazing things! See also How Light Works.
What would a deer look like if it had a 24x7 video blog? (with cool photo) See also How Blogs Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
October 27, 2005
New battery tech will hopefully boost the life of portable stuff like phones and laptops! See also How Batteries Work.
Photos of NASA's new rocket show how we will get to the moon and Mars...
...and getting there might be really interesting if we use a co-ed crew. See also How Human Reproduction Works.
The latest wedding craze is hot air balloon lanterns but they cause a UFO scare! See also How UFOs Work.
The most amazing clock in the world is mechanical and will last 10,000 years! See also How Clocks Work.
What would a deer look like if it had a 24x7 video blog? (with cool photo) See also How Blogs Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
October 24, 2005
The most amazing clock in the world is mechanical and will last 10,000 years! See also How Clocks Work.
Here's your chance to win $1 million! All you have to do is capture Bigfoot... alive! See also How Bigfoot Works.
New liquid rocket engine blows away the competition with twice the thrust! (w/pics) See also How Rocket Engines Work.
With Tsunami, Katrina, Rita and earthquakes, is the apocalypse upon us? See also How Urban Legends Work.
Punkin Chunkin guns can cost as much as $200K and can shoot nearly a mile! See also How Spud Guns Work.
Scientists don't know how gravity works or something, and they are excited! See also How Satellites Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
October 19, 2005
Punkin Chunkin guns can cost as much as $200K and can shoot nearly a mile! See also How Spud Guns Work.
Scientists don't know how gravity works or something, and they are excited! See also How Satellites Work.
If you look at what a person is eating you can tell a lot about their emotions! See also How Food Work.
Over 2,500 credible Bigfoot sitings add up to a big Bigfoot conference! See also How Bigfoot Works.
The Archimedes Death Ray at MIT shows how $200 in mirrors can bring down a navy! (w/pics) See also How Solar Cells Work.
Strange art found on chips shows how creative engineers get! (w/pics) See also How Microprocessors Work.
October 17, 2005
The Archimedes Death Ray at MIT shows how $200 in mirrors can bring down a navy! (w/pics) See also How Solar Cells Work.
Strange art found on chips shows how creative engineers get! (w/pics) See also How Microprocessors Work.
Satellites help create startling video of earth as seen from space, minus clouds! See also How the Satellites Work.
New machine ages wine in 15 seconds rather than 15 years! Are kids next? See also How Winemaking Works.
NASA cooking up a new batch of robots to make spaceflight better/easier! See also How Robots Work.
If you add up the real cost of printing inkjet photos, it is nuts! See also How Inkjet Printers Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
October 13, 2005
New machine ages wine in 15 seconds rather than 15 years! Are kids next? See also How Winemaking Works.
China gets ready for 2-man space flight on Wednesday. Will they win the moon? See also How the Space Shuttle Works.
There are 3 safety features your car really needs to have! See also How Air Bags Work.
Boeing showing off new planes with phones, WiFi, Internet and TV! See also How Airplanes Work.
NASA cooking up a new batch of robots to make spaceflight better/easier! See also How Robots Work.
If you add up the real cost of printing inkjet photos, it is nuts! See also How Inkjet Printers Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
October 11, 2005
Alligators and pythons are battling it out in the Everglades - this fight was particularly gruesome! (w/pic) See also How Alligators Work.
New sport: see how high you can blow on a breathalyzer at a bar. Some aren't amused. See also How Breathalyzers Work.
"Milky sea" makes the ocean glow at night and it is totally unexplained! (with pic) See also How Light Sticks Work.
WiMax is getting ready for market and may change the world! See also How WiMax Works.
43 robots competing to be in the Grand Challenge are actually completing the course (w/pics)! See also How Robots Work.
Ghosts in New Orleans are spooking U.S. soldiers! (w/video) See also How Ghost Busters Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
October 5, 2005
high-tech survival tools will make it easier to survive next disaster! (with photos) See also How Hurricanes Work.
200 people saw this UFO land and it is finally getting studied! See also How UFOs Work.
This year's coolest Xmas gifts include $3.5M flying car, $65K Indy simulator, $90K sculpture! See also How Xmas Works.
World's biggest gathering of entrepreneurial space ships - Oct. 6 in NM! (w/pics) See also How the X Prize Works.
43 robots competing to be in the Grand Challenge are actually completing the course (w/pics)! See also How Robots Work.
Ghosts in New Orleans are spooking U.S. soldiers! (w/video) See also How Ghost Busters Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
October 2, 2005
This year's coolest Xmas gifts include $3.5M flying car, $65K Indy simulator, $90K sculpture! See also How Xmas Works.
Tons of snow turn SF street into ski slope -- in Summer! (w/amazing photos) See also How Snow Makers Work.
World's biggest gathering of entrepreneurial space ships - Oct. 6 in NM! (w/pics) See also How the X Prize Works.
43 robots competing to be in the Grand Challenge are actually completing the course (w/pics)! See also How Robots Work.
10 winning science photos will blow you away! (with 10 winning pics) See also How Digital Cameras Work.
Ghosts in New Orleans are spooking U.S. soldiers! (w/video) See also How Ghost Busters Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
September 29, 2005
36 killer dolphins with poison dart guns were freed by Katrina - are now roaming the gulf! See also How Whales Work.
First test of a space elevator protoype shows that it may just work! See also How Space Elevators Work.
Huge discovery of Aztec gold off coast of Chile has everyone arguing! See also How the Stock Market Works.
Are you ready to see the world's first 500-foot stuffed animal? Click here for the photo! See also How Diamonds Work.
This gathering of leading, serious UFO experts will probe for the reality of UFOs. See also How UFOs Work.
Ghosts in New Orleans are spooking U.S. soldiers! (w/video) See also How Ghost Busters Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
September 25, 2005
NASA is ready to go back to the moon although it will take 13 years! (w/pics) See also How the Space Shuttle Works.
Amazing roundup of this year's Halloween candy options makes shopping easy! See also How Chocolate Works.
Nature is acting as inspiration for more and more inventions! (w/pics) See also How Cells Work.
Can you build up 30,000 volts by shuffling on carpet? According to this article, maybe! See also How Lightning Works.
You have to be careful where you sit or you get a nasty UV burn! See also How Sunburn Works.
This list of the 10 worst foods is really depressing... but enlightening. (w/pics) See also How Diets Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
September 19, 2005
What if you drop, stomp and drive over an ipod? It keeps on going! (w/pics) See also How MP3 players Work.
New 16-Gbit flash memory chips will lead to 32 gigabyte flash memory cards! See also How Flash Memory Works.
New backpack frame generates power as you walk! (w/pics) See also How Batteries Work.
The newest military Humvee system allows email, chat and calls in a warzone while moving! See also How Email Works.
Your new home theater system can cost more than a house! See also How Home Theater Works.
This list of the 10 worst foods is really depressing... but enlightening. (w/pics) See also How Diets Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
September 11, 2005
Katrina disaster map wiki lets survivors track the damage, see how everyone is doing. See also How Wikis Work.
Electronic paper may make it to market - prototype is ready! (w/pic) See also How Electronic Paper Works.
Virtua Fighter 5 looks nearly real in terms of graphics and moves! (w/video, pics) See also How Video Games Work.
List of space spinoffs shows just how creative NASA can be! But not velcro. See also How Robots Work.
If their parents smoke or drink, it's AMAZING what the kids pick up! See also How Nicotine Works.
This list of the 10 worst foods is really depressing... but enlightening. (w/pics) See also How Diets Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
September 5, 2005
New military weapons include artificial lightning, lasers plus "voice of God"! See also How Lightning Works.
The latest space tourist is ready to fly to the space station - blast off on October 1! See also How Space Tourism Works.
Microsoft prepares for invasion of the world of VoIP - may add click-to-call features to XP! See also How VoIP Works.
Live reports from the heart of New Orleans are incredible - show how effective blogs can be! See also How Blogs Work.
Killer whale uses dead fish as bait for sea gulls - gull wings apparently a tasty treat! See also How Whales Work.
This list of the 10 worst foods is really depressing... but enlightening. (w/pics) See also How Diets Work.
Will 1,000 crunches give you six pack abs? Find out now! Plus 9 other myths. See also How Muscles Work.
September 1, 2005
New military weapons include artificial lightning, lasers plus "voice of God"! See also How Lightning Works.
Latest muscle cars have lots of HP right off the shelf! See also How Cars Work.
New carbonated ice cream goes 'whoof' on your tongue! See also How Ice Cream Works.
New glass skyway will let you walk over Grand Canyon and look straight down! See also How Bridges Work.
The Spirit rover on Mars climbs highest hill for a spectacular view! (w/pic) See also How the Mars Rovers Work.
This list of the 10 worst foods is really depressing... but enlightening. (w/pics) See also How Diets Work.
The top 10 unbreakable sports records show humans at their best! See also How Exercise Works.
August 28, 2005
New drug is better than caffeine - eliminates the effects of sleep deprivation! See also How Sleep Works.
If you eat so little that you look like a skeleton you may live a lot longer! See also How Food Works.
Angry illegal immigrants bring down chopper by pelting it with stones! See also How Helicopters Work.
New glass skyway will let you walk over Grand Canyon and look straight down! See also How Bridges Work.
There is a mountain of data supporting the existence of UFOs! See also How UFOs Work.
August 25, 2005
Japan is starting to test its supersonic airplane - a new Concorde! (w/pic) See also How the Concorde Works.
The world's first 1,000 watt power supply for a PC available in October! (w/pic) See also How Power Supplies Work.
There is a mountain of data supporting the existance of UFOs! See also How UFOs Work.
How well do you know Linux? Take this Quiz to find out! See also How Operating Systems Work.
August 22, 2005
New hi-tech Navy destroyer may have railgun and 350 mile range! See also How Aircraft Carriers Work.
Would you pay $10 for a roll of luxury toilet paper? Lots of people might! See also How Toilets Work.
We may soon see elephants and lions roaming free in America! See also How Global Warming Works.
Man gives waitress a Porsche for a tip - Christmas must be amazing! See also How Tipping Works.
This list of the 10 worst foods is really depressing... but enlightening. (w/pics) See also How Diets Work.
How does a Kung Fu fighter break a board? Physics explains it! See also How Karate Works.
The top 10 unbreakable sports records show humans at their best! See also How Exercise Works.
August 17, 2005
The first Beta of IE 7 is out. Shows where Microsoft wants to go. See also How Firefox Works.
New techniques allow meat to grow in petri dishes! Can vegetarians eat it? See also How Cells Work.
Can we turn the red planet green by adding greenhouse gases? And do we want to? See also How Mars Works.
New Flash memory hard disks are faster, use 5% of the power of spinning disks. See also How Hard Disks Work.
This list of the 10 worst foods is really depressing... but enlightening. (w/pics) See also How Diets Work.
How does a Kung Fu fighter break a board? Physics explains it! See also How Karate Works.
The top 10 unbreakable sports records show humans at their best! See also How Exercise Works.
August 14, 2005
New flash memory hard disks are faster, use 5% of the power of spinning disks. See also How Hard Disks Work.
As Siberian permafrost melts, it may melt the globe! Melting releases methane. See also How Global Warming Works.
Want to make high-speed stop-action photos? Here's how! (w/pics) See also How Camera Flashes Work.
Make your own fly-powered airplane for fun and profit! See also How Airplanes Work.
August 11, 2005
This list of the 10 worst foods is really depressing... but enlightening. (w/pics) See also How Diets Work.
SafeSimpleSoon shows how to create cheap rockets to replace the shuttle! (w/pics) See also How Space Shuttles Work.
Is this right? Chewing makes you smarter? - try it and see! See also How Your Brain Works.
Want to make high-speed stop-action photos? Here's how! (w/pics) See also How Camera Flashes Work.
CNet's big list of 10 dead technologies brings back memories. See also How Electric Cars Work.
How does a Kung Fu fighter break a board? Physics explains it! See also How Karate Works.
August 7, 2005
How does a Kung Fu fighter break a board? Physics explains it! See also How Karate Works.
What if your jet fighter sucked in a bird during takeoff? Big, BIG problems. (with video) See also How F-15s Work.
SafeSimpleSoon shows how to create cheap rockets to replace the shuttle! (w/pics) See also How Space Shuttles Work.
Radiation on Mars may make it very hard to live there. Cancer is a threat. See also How Mars Works.
Bottled water is no different from tap water except it costs more and fills landfills. What to do? See also How Landfills Work.
Coke creates a beverage that burns 100 calories! It's called Enviga. See also How Calories Work.
If you want to bulk up your muscle mass, there are two things that you've got to know! See also How Muscles Work.
August 3, 2005
Coke creates a beverage that burns 100 calories! It's called Enviga. See also How Calories Work.
Cable TV, high-speed Internet, telephone service... and now wireless, too! See also How Cable Modems Work.
No laser show can compete with this extravaganza! Prepare to be amazed! (with photo) See also How Projection TV Works.
How much soda would it take to kill you? Try this handy calculator! See also How Caffeine Works.
The colony on Mars will be quite comfy! And it should be ready in 20 years! See also How Mars Works.
Nurse shark embryos eat each other in the womb and are nearly extinct. What to do? See also How Sharks Work.
If you want to bulk up your muscle mass, there are two things that you've got to know! See also How Muscles Work.
July 28, 2005
Your cable modem will be running at 100 megabits soon -- like next year! See also How Cable Modems Work.
Problem with your PC? Throw it away! That's what everyone is doing! See also How Spyware Works.
NASA will end conspiracy theories by photographing the moon landing sites! See also How Satellites Work.
High school students build and race amazing solar cars for 900 miles! (w/pics) See also How Solar Cells Work.
Why is the sky blue? There's a new theory -- it's in our eyes! See also How Vision Works.
What would happen if you lit ALL the fireworks at once? Watch the video! See also How Fireworks Work.
July 19, 2005
Airliners may get protection from shoulder-launched missiles like the Stinger. See also How Stinger Missiles Work.
BMW adds night vision to all 7-series cars! (with photo) See also How Night Vision Works.
When your hard disk blows up, who you gonna call? See also How Hard Disks Work.
Fujitsu has new form of bendable electronic paper! (w/pics) See also How Electronic Ink Will Work.
There are assassination attempts happening all over NYC... with Super Soakers! See also How Water Blasters Work.
What would happen if you lit ALL the fireworks at once? Watch the video! See also How Fireworks Work.
If you want to bulk up your muscle mass, there are two things that you've got to know! See also How Muscles Work.
July 14, 2005
Gigantic projects may be able to save planet Earth from global warming! (w/pics) See also How Global Warming Works.
The space station has plenty of food, water, air... but can the toilet handle nine? See also How Space Stations Work.
There are assassination attempts happening all over NYC... with Super Soakers! See also How Water Blasters Work.
People who drive while using a cell phone are four times more likely to crash into YOU! See also How Cell Phones Work.
Now you can watch cell phone videos on a huge virtual screen! (w/pic) See also How HDTV Works.
What would happen if you lit ALL the fireworks at once? Watch the video! See also How Fireworks Work.
If you want to bulk up your muscle mass, there are two things that you've got to know! See also How Muscles Work.
July 11, 2005
Build your own wireless backpack and have a hotspot wherever you go! (w/pics) See also How WiFi Works.
The V-22 Osprey may actually fly after 22 years -- coincidence? (w/pics) See also How the V-22 Osprey Works.
Because it is missing a tiny, 50-cent part, huge ferry crashes in Canada. See also How Emergency Rooms Work.
New AIDS vaccine may actually work -- uses new way to stop the virus! See also How AIDS Works.
What would Microsoft Flight Simulator look like with 13 screens? Find out! (w/pic) See also How Airplanes Work.
What would happen if you lit ALL the fireworks at once? Watch the video! See also How Fireworks Work.
If you want to bulk up your muscle mass, there are two things that you've got to know! See also How Muscles Work.
July 7, 2005
In U.S. courtrooms, shock belts may be the new way to control people. See also How Stun Guns Work.
What would happen if you lit ALL the fireworks at once? Watch the video! See also How Fireworks Work.
If you find yourself in a burning skyscraper, what should you do? Question authority. See also How Skyscrapers Work.
If you could see ghosts, what would they look like? Find out! See also How Ghost Busters Work.
What would Microsoft Flight Simulator look like with 13 screens? Find out! (w/pic) See also How Airplanes Work.
If 600 million people all jumped on July 20, would it save us from global warming? See also How Global Warming Works.
July 5, 2005
If 600 million people all jumped on July 20, would it save us from global warming? See also How Global Warming Works.
We are about to witness the true all-in-one phone -- phone, camera, PDA, MP3 player! See also How Cell Phones Work.
New form of WiFi could piggyback on local radio! Would make it cheaper, easier. See also How WiFi Works.
Eco-car is so efficient it could travel 25,000 miles on 2 gallons of gas - powered by H2! See also How Hybrid Cars Work.
Russian astrologer sues NASA for $300 million for hitting Tempel 1! See also How Horoscopes Work.
What would Microsoft Flight Simulator look like with 13 screens? Find out! (w/pic) See also How Airplanes Work.
The top 10 unbreakable sports records show humans at their best! See also How Exercise Works.
July 4, 2005
Can a new "space ring" save us from Global warming? And is it worth $6 trillion? See also How Global Warming Works.
Dogs have been chilled "dead" for several hours and then revived -- humans are next! See also How Cryonics Works.
Japan's new bullet train should be able to go 223 mph! (with photo) See also How Maglev Trains Work.
Nano-lever memory uses tiny, etched levers to store data - better than electronic RAM? See also How RAM Works.
India will launch lunar satellite in 2007 carrying U.S. and ESA instruments! See also How Satellites Work.
At LDRS 23 (Large Dangerous Rocket Ship) festival, the model rockets are 10 feet tall! (w/pics) See also How Rockets Work.
The top 10 unbreakable sports records, show humans at their best! See also How Muscles Work.
June 27, 2005
Would you rather be hit by a Taser or pepper spray? Watch these videos! See also How Stun Guns Work.
Build your own WallTop by stuffing a laptop into a picture frame! (with photos) See also How Laptops Work.
Man who made $28,000 a year saves every penny, leaves $2.1 million to Alma Mater. See also How Philanthropy Works.
The wheel has been reinvented -- it is now hollow and has no hub! See also How Tires Work.
You can build a very cool gauss rifle with a few magnets and a ruler! See also How Machine Guns Work.
At LDRS 23 (Large Dangerous Rocket Ship) festival, the model rockets are 10 feet tall! (w/pics) See also How Rockets Work.
If you want to bulk up your muscle mass, there are two things that you've got to know! See also How Muscles Work.
June 21, 2005
At LDRS 23 (Large Dangerous Rocket Ship) festival, the model rockets are 10 feet tall! (w/pics) See also How Rockets Work.
A very large Goodyear blimp crashes in a Florida industrial park! (with photo) See also How Blimps Work.
The replacement for the space shuttle has a successful test flight! (with photos) See also How Space Shuttles Work.
Did the WTC implode because of the intense heat on 9/11 or did C-4 bring it down? See also How Skyscrapers Work.
Microsoft is getting ready to release its version of BitTorrent, giving P2P even more credibility. See also How BitTorrent Works.
You can build a very cool gauss rifle with a few magnets and a ruler! See also How Machine Guns Work.
If you want to bulk up your muscle mass, there are two things that you've got to know! See also How Muscles Work.
June 16, 2005
Bezos's new rocket will take off and land vertically with three or more people on board! See also How Rocket Engines Work.
German motorcyclist clocked at 250 KPH (155 MPH), sets unofficial record for speeding! See also How Harleys Work.
500-GB disks are ready now, and 1-terabyte disks are on the horizon! See also How Hard Disks Work.
You can build this very cool gauss rifle with a few magnets and a ruler! See also How Machine Guns Work.
Movie trailers cram a lot into 2 minutes, but why do they all sound alike? Find out! See also How Blue Screens Work.
If you want to bulk up your muscle mass, there are two things that you've got to know! See also How Muscles Work.
June 12, 2005
New diesel car gets 70 mpg and can carry four adults in style! See also How Diesel Engines Work.
New SCUBA system is back in the news -- extracts oxygen with an electric centrifuge! See also How SCUBA Works.
You can build this very cool gauss rifle with a few magnets and a ruler! See also How Machine Guns Work.
An airplane flying over Mars sometime around 2011? Could be! See also How Airplanes Work.
Cold fusion is back in the news, and this time it might actually be for real! See also How Nuclear Radiation Works.
If you want to bulk up your muscle mass, there are two things that you've got to know! See also How Muscles Work.
June 2, 2005

Have you ever wanted your own R2-D2?
Admit it -- it would be nice to have an R2 unit helping out around the house. We know from the movies that R2-D2 can be quite useful. He is able to extinguish fires, repair things, fly through the air to perform search and rescue missions, and can even act as a waiter/waitress on your Sail Barge. Surely if he can do all of that, he can probably handle some light housework as well, and maybe even do the laundry.

The problem has always been, where to buy one?

Now it turns out that you can make your own. Go visit Astromech.net and check out their detailed construction articles, their photos and the videos that show other R2 units that people have built. There is a wide assortment of other information as well for the aspiring R2 manufacturer.

OK, a home-built R2 unit is not going to have the intelligence necessary to deceive humans of repair a ship's shields, and it definitely is not going to fly. But it still might be cool to have one around. You could remote-control it like ASIMO for now and wait the 20 or 30 years it will take for the AI capability to become available.

If you know of someone who has successfully built an R2 unit, please send an email.

The top-secret Google lab
Do you remember the first time you heard about Google? It's surprising, but many people actually can. Ask your friends -- I will bet that many of them can recall their first encounter with the world's most popular search engine. For me, a friend told me about Google at lunch. He raved so much that I actually sat down to try it when I got home. Google worked so much better than the other search engines available at the time that: a) I instantly became a Google user, and b) the event imprinted a lasting impression on me.

Ever since that fateful day, I have had a lot of personal interest in all things Google. So the stories that have been circulating about the secret Google lab called eval.google.com caught my attention. This article talks about it a bit.

It is not surprising that Google does this. If they did not use people to "purify" the index, the amount of porn leaking in would be astronomical (a good example -- recently I was looking for an airbag image and was rather surprised at the first image that came up in the Google image search for "airbag" (don't try it if you are easily offended...)). The only way to filter out stuff like that today is with human beings. What's surprising is that Google has not yet come up with a way to somehow enlist the audience's help.

3-D firefighting
Let's start with a question about fire trucks. I received a very nice note from a 6-year-old (or maybe his mother) last week asking a common question. If you look at this photo from How Fire Engines Work you can see what we are talking about:

Those big black pipes hanging on the side of the truck have been there for more than a century. What are they for? Especially since all the other hoses on a fire truck are foldable and made of fabric.

Those are called "hard suction lines". In a city, a fire truck normally gets its water from a fire hydrant. But if you are out in the country fighting a fire and there are no fire hydrants, then the fire truck will typically use a pump to suck water out of a river, lake, swimming pool or whatever. Because it is using suction, you can't use a collapsible hose -- the suction would collapse it. Hard suction lines are rigid, and they keep their shape even when there is a lot of suction from the pump.

So here is an interesting link related to all of this: The Fire Rebels. The article discusses a relatively new firefighting technology called "3-D firefighting" that looks at fires in a completely new way. The technique can really cut down on the amount of water needed to fight a fire and also makes the scene of the fire much safer for firefighters. It is an interesting article because it looks at fire in a completely different way.

Ion engines
Let's say that you would like to create a space ship that can reach speeds like 200,000 miles per hour. That's not warp speed, obviously, but it is 10 times faster than anything we have today.

The chemical rockets that we use today are not going to be able to do it (see How Rocket Engines Work), but a relatively new technology called an ion engine can get us there. This article has a nice overview of the technology: Ion Thrusters Propel NASA into Future.

The difference between a chemical engine and an ion engine goes something like this:

  • In a chemical engine, you burn the chemicals. The chemicals heat up, expand and rush out the engine's nozzle.
  • In an ion engine, you create electricity through solar panels or a nuclear reactor. You use the electricity to ionize atoms, and then accelerate the ions in an electromagnetic field so that they shoot out the engine's nozzle.
The advantage of an ion engine is that the ions can leave the nozzle at a speed that is very much higher than the speed of the atoms leaving a chemical engine. That makes the engine a lot more efficient -- you have to carry less weigh in fuel to achieve the same amount of thrust.

Read the article to learn more about NASA's upcoming ideas for ion engines and long-range plans to use them.

May 26, 2005

Helicopter lands on the top of Mt. Everest
They have finally landed a helicopter on top of Mt. Everest for the first time. Up until this week, the only way to stand on the top of Everest was to climb, and the climb is not easy.

To climb Everest the "normal way", you start in the town of Lukla in Nepal. It has a small airport, so you can fly in from Katmandu. Since Lukla is nearly two miles up, you spend some time there getting used to the altitude. Then you hike for a week to the first base camp at 17,000 feet. Then you spend a couple weeks there getting used to the altitude again. Then the real ascent starts, going from the base camp to camp 1, 2, 3 and 4, and finally the summit. That whole process takes a couple of weeks. And then you have to climb back down and recover.

Lots of people (hundreds every year) go through all of that because it is cool to stand on top of Mt. Everest.

Now imagine what happens when someone starts offering helicopter rides to the top of Everest. There will be a steady stream of rich people having picnics on the summit. Fortunately for Everest, there's only about a month when those picnics will be possible. During a good part of the year, the top of Everest actually sits in the jet stream and 150 MPH winds keep everyone away.

Why has it taken so long for a helicopter to fly that high? It's mainly because of the thin air at that altitude. The helicopter's rotors don't have much to grab hold of. You need big rotors and a lot of power to get that high, and only recently have such helicopters been built. These links give you a lot more detail:

Attacking the Internet
The Internet is under attack from several angles, and the government isn't going to take it any more.

One angle of attack comes from spam. It turns out that more than half of all spam comes from "zombie machines", and there are probably at least a million of them. An unprotected machine in someone's house gets hit by something like the SoBig virus, and spammers then cause the machine to start spewing spam onto the Internet.

The FTC has decided it is time to crack down on the zombies. According to this article, "Internet providers should identify computers on their networks that are sending out large amounts of e-mail and quarantine them if they are found to be zombies, the FTC said. They should also help customers clean their machines and tell them how to keep them safe in the first place, the FTC said."

Anything we can do to cut the amount of spam by half sounds like a good idea.

Over at the CIA they are looking at a different kind of attack. According to this article, "The CIA is conducting a war game this week to simulate an unprecedented, Sept. 11-like electronic assault against the United States. The three-day exercise, known as "Silent Horizon," is meant to test the ability of government and industry to respond to escalating Internet disruptions over many months".

The basic idea is to answer this question: "What if a bunch of hackers (foreign or domestic) tried to attack the Internet in the United States?" Let's hope they get it figured out. In 5 years just about every electronic thing in the world is going to hook to the Internet in some way.

And Congress is also helping out by trying to make spyware and phishing illegal. If you read section 4 of this bill, you can see what they are trying to accomplish. If we could end spam, spyware, phishing and cyberterrorism in 2005, it would be a good year.

Radioactive children
As you may recall, a big nuclear power plant blew up in Chernobyl in 1986. Something like 5% of the nuclear fuel in the reactor ended up getting ejected into the atmosphere, and it rained down over a wide area. For example, 1,000 miles away the reindeer are still radioactive in Norway because of Chernobyl.

People who live near Chernobyl have been affected by the radiation as well, and according to this article, they are not doing too badly. Their IQs are higher, their reaction times are faster, their immune systems are stronger and they grow faster. They probably also clean their rooms without being told, but the article does not mention that.

Given that the Sun is just about the only source publishing this story at the moment, it may turn out to be a hoax. However, it does appear that Vladimir Mikhalev is a legitimate and active scientific researcher in this area. Maybe we will all be taking radioactive vitamin pills in the near future.

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The latest, greatest keyboard is blank
Looking for an easy way to speed up your typing by 100%? This keyboard may be for you. Apparently, by removing the labels, you stop looking at the keyboard. And the keys have different springs in them (depending on position) to make typing even easier. See also How keyboards work.

May 25, 2005

Cooling with liquid metal
The chips that go into computers are getting hotter as the become more and more powerful. The most advanced microprocessors from Intel need massive heatsinks, and if you do not pay close attention to airflow you can still have problems. As video cards advance, they face the same problems.

Some PC makers (including Apple) have turned to water cooling. But water cooling has some problems and water is not a particularly good conductor.

Now there is a new alternative -- liquid metal cooling. You take a metal that melts at a low temperature and you use it in place of water as a coolant. Since it is a metal, you can pump it with electromagnetic pumps (no moving parts), and it also is a great conductor. Several articles are reporting that liquid metal conducts heat about 65 times better than water.

The obvious question is, "What kind of metal turns liquid at such a low temperature?" Mercury is one, but there are so many problems with the health effects of mercury that you cannot use it. Most people are speculating that it is a gallium alloy, probably gallium/tin, which melts at about 70 degrees F (20 degrees C).

These articles are interesting if you want to learn more:

Slightly related -- Tom's Hardware did a very cool experiment last year using liquid nitrogen to super-chill a chip and get its clock rate up to 5 GHz. It is not very practical, but it was a great experiment and the write-up they did is fascinating.

Spying on neighbors who are spying
This link is interesting for at least three different reasons:

  • It is essentially a homemade TV show that is being distributed on the web. Lots more of this will be happening in the future. Hell, you could be creating your own TV show right now if you wanted to.
  • It shows how to actually build something electronic that is fairly complicated and interesting.
  • It shows how much effort people will go to to snoop on something.
What they do in the video is they create a portable box (complete with batteries, a receiver and an LCD screen) that allows you to snoop on wireless security cameras. Click here to see how they do it. I know the WMV feed works today.

Gigantic lasers
The U.S. is in the process of building the world's biggest laser in their quest to ignite a small fusion reaction that is actually energy-positive. The system uses 192 separate laser beams that hit a BB-sized target from 192 different angles. The goal is to compress and heat the target so much that it duplicates conditions in the center of the sun (or the center of a hydrogen bomb).

If everything works as planned, it will be working in 2008. This article offers a great perspective on the whole project.

A gamer's manifesto
If you like video games, this manifesto is both hilarious and enlighting:

May 23, 2005

Kidneys are in the news
Kidneys are in the news this week. First there is this report of a French woman claiming that she has one of Princess Diana's kidneys. The part that is amazing is that, after the operation, and woman claims that she began speaking a lot more English. The article says, "Improbable though it sounds, there are many documented accounts of organ recipients taking on characteristics of their donors." That is where this particular story gets very interesting. Read on for details.

Then, over in Baghdad, there is a brisk black market trade developing around the sale of kidneys. Money is tight in Iraq (unemployment is at 60%, for example) and a quick kidney donation is an easy way to earn $1,000 to $2,000. This report goes into the details, with interesting insights like these: "As news of the black market trade has spread, however, wealthier transplant "tourists" from around the Arab world have started flocking to Baghdad, attracted by the rock-bottom prices."

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The transformation of television
Given that we have been watching television for half a century, it would seem like TV would be a pretty static technology. Right now, however, TV is undergoing a huge transformation. As this article points out, we are about to enter an era where the motto is: anything you want to see, any time, on any device.

The article talks about video on demand, time shifting, plasma screens, video on cell phones... It is amazing to see how many different things are changing right now. See also:

Getting free music and movies
On Friday we talked about the many forms that human creativity can take. One area where human creativity seems unbounded involves free music and movies. As this article points out, people will go to amazing lengths to get "free stuff" if the "stuff" is free music and movies.

The original Napster got shut down. Kazaa and its friends arose to fill the gap but they are now under fire. BitTorrent moved in, and now there is trackerless BitTorrent. But BitTorrent is causing alarms to sound in Hollywood as well.

So people have switched back to one of the oldest technologies available -- newsgroups. Yes, they are shockingly slow and difficult to use, but no one seems to be monitoring newsgroups right now. The article says, "more than 60 GB of complete DVD rips are now being posted each day to a single Usenet forum." That is a lot of free video. We can watch and see how long it takes for Newsgroups to get shut down.

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May 20, 2005

A bigger, better Maybach
If you have read How the Maybach Works, you know this is already an amazing car. Yes, the Maybach is priced in the $300,000+ range and no normal person will ever own one, but it is still amazing.

Now an even more amazing Maybach is taking shape. It has a 700 HP V-12 engine with two turbo chargers, a radical, streamlined body that looks vaguely like something Batman would drive, and it can tool down the road at over 200 MPH.

It is called the Maybach Exelero.

For a detailed report on the Exelero and its remarkable features (along with a bunch of photos), this article has what you are looking for.

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Ghosts are for real?
So there is this place in Edinburgh called Mary King's Close. What it is is an underground series of rooms. They were buried in the 1700s underneath another much larger building that was constructed on top of them (see this page if you want to learn more and/or see photos of it).

The unique thing about Mary King's Close is that it is supposed to be quite haunted. So a scientist set out to decide if it was truly haunted or not. To do this, he sent people down to 4 areas of the Close. Two of these areas have a high number of paranormal events associated with them, while the other two do not. The people involved in the study did not know which was which. According to the article:

    About 70% of those visiting the "haunted" locations reported unusual phenomena.

    In contrast, only 48% of people exploring the locations not reputed to be haunted had spooky experiences...

    At the "most haunted" site, where a sinister figure in black has repeatedly been seen, more than 80% of the volunteers reported something strange happening.

    "There was a massive difference between the locations," said the professor from the University of Hertfordshire.

Click here to read the article -- it is pretty interesting. See also:

500 hours of free time
Let's say you found yourself with 500 hours or so of free time and nothing to do with it. How might you occupy the time? Here are three unique answers to that question:

  • Idea #1 - Pull up a copy of MS Paint and create an absolutely stunning painting.

  • Idea #2 - Pull up a whittling knife and a wooden pencil and start carving some amazing designs.

  • Idea #3 - Create an ASCII-animated version of Episode IV: A New Hope.
Human creativity will never cease to amaze me...

Thoughts? Ideas? Links? Click here to send your comments and suggestions. May 16, 2005

Inventor creates a new kind of gun - shoots steel balls using centrifugal force! See also How Machine Guns Work.
New, spinning bed will help NASA explore weightlessness! See also How Weightlessness Works.
Something like 5 million people may call in sick when Episode III comes out! See also How Viruses Work.
A new device can smell money up to 10 feet away - will help catch drug dealers. See also How Counterfeiting Works. May 12, 2005
All-glass, underwater restaurant opens next to a coral reef in the Indian Ocean! See also How Submarines Work.
Dual-core processors are landing on store shelves and have lots of advantages! See also How Microprocessors Work.
A $600,000 restroom in China has lines up to two hours long! See also How Toilets Work.
New footage of Bigfoot shot in Manitoba! -- 169 seconds' worth on tape. "It's the real deal." See also How Bigfoot Works.
If you want to bulk up your muscle mass, there are two things that you've got to know! See also How Muscles Work. May 1, 2005
New footage of Bigfoot shot in Manitoba! -- 169 seconds' worth on tape. "It's the real deal." See also How Bigfoot Works.
The new Army Humvee will be a cheap hybrid vehicle with interchangeable bodies! (w/pics)! See also How Hybrid Cars Work.
Scientists can now put a mouse in suspended animation for hours at a time! See also How Anesthesia Works.
Even penguins go through the airport metal detector! Pet penguins? (w/pics) See also How Metal Detectors Work.
If you want to bulk up your muscle mass, there are two things that you've got to know! See also How Muscles Work.

April, 2005

April 21, 2005
The flying car is getting closer to reality -- air taxis can't be far behind! (with video) See also How Flying Cars Will Work.
Using moonshining techniques, you can make your own gas for only $1.40 a gallon! See also How Moonshine Works.
Microsoft is showing off features of its new operating system known as Longhorn! See also How Operating Systems Work.
Scientists find perfect spot for the new moon base -- view of the water is preferred. See also How Space Shuttles Work.
Smoking chimpanzee is urged to stop by zookeepers! Question: where does he get matches? See also How Nicotine Works. April 14, 2005
Sony has a new system to transmit smells, tastes, etc. into your brain with ultrasound! See also How Your Brain Works.
You may soon be able to make a phone call without uttering a sound! See also How Cell Phones Work.
Vatican has big worries about little bugs during upcoming papal election. See also How Wiretapping Works.
Immense Japanese sub (big enough to hold 4 bombers) found in the Pacific! (w/pics) See also How Submarines Work. April 10, 2005
Spooky! Amazing prophecy says Rome will be destroyed in two popes - JPII was 3rd to last! See also How Nostradamus Works.
New Cousteau sub looks like a great white shark to get up close and personal. (with photos) See also How Sharks Work.
World's tallest building rising in Dubai -may be 189 stories tall! (w/pic) See also How Skyscrapers Work.
Immense Japanese sub (big enough to hold 4 bombers) found in the Pacific! (w/pics) See also How Submarines Work.
If you want to bulk up your muscle mass, there are two things that you've got to know! See also How Muscles Work. April 3, 2005
Immense Japanese sub (big enough to hold 4 bombers) found in the Pacific! (w/pics) See also How Submarines Work.
Is the Force real or a bunch of hocus pocus? You decide! (with photos) See also How ESP Works.
What would happen if you stole an entire house brick by brick? Find out! See also How House Construction Works.
Scientists have managed to create a tiny black hole on earth! Maybe. See also How Black Holes Work.

March, 2005

March 23, 2005
Scientists have managed to create a tiny black hole on earth! Maybe. See also How Black Holes Work.
New wonder batteries last twice as long as Duracell but cost about the same! (w/pic) See also How Batteries Work.
If you want to bulk up your muscle mass, there are two things that you've got to know! See also How Muscles Work.
New super-quiet motorcycle may be too quiet for its own good! (with photo) See also How Harley-Davidson Works.
Here's just what the world needs -- machine-gun pistols. Watch the video. See also How Machine Guns Work. March 16, 2005
New wristwatches for Israeli army display video from robotic airplanes! See also How the Predator UAV Works.
New computer mouse called Horse will prevent all kinds of stress injuries! (w/pics) See also How Computer Mice Work.
If you want to bulk up your muscle mass, there are two things that you've got to know! See also How Muscles Work.
Police are worried about the new consumer taser because it is more powerful than theirs! See also How Stun Guns Work.
Go behind the scenes at Google to see how they store terabytes and access it so quickly! See also How Search Engines Work.
Interesting idea - Instead of fixing the Hubble, why not build a new one using all the spare parts? See also How Hubble Works. March 6, 2005
Can a man be tasered for taking too much salad at a salad bar? You decide! See also How Stun Guns Work.
List of the top 10 high-tech cars in 2004 has some amazing entries! See also How Cars Work.
Star Trek fans are trying to raise $32 million to keep "Star Trek: Enterprise" on the air! See also How Special Effects Work.
The real story behind James Bond comes to life as MI5 releases secret files! See also How the Predator Works.
Interesting idea - Instead of fixing the Hubble, why not build a new one using all the spare parts? See also How Hubble Works.
Your cell phone has GPS capability built in, but you can't use it - outrageous! See also How GPS Receivers Work. March 1, 2005
Doctor has "Do Not Resuscitate!" tattooed on his chest -- wants to die naturally. See also How Tattoos Work.
Digital camera washes up on beach to show amazing tsunami photos (with photos). See also How Tsunamis Work.
How did the hackers crack Paris Hilton's cell phone? - Wired investigates! See also How Cell Phones Work.
BofA lost tapes containing 1.2 million CC accounts -- are you on the list? See also How Identity Theft Works.
Is TiVo in trouble? A run of bad luck means the company's future is shaky. See also How DVRs Work.
Interesting idea -- instead of fixing the Hubble, why not build a new one using all the spare parts? See also How Hubble Works.

February, 2005

February 23, 2005
Is TiVo in trouble? A run of bad luck means the company's future is shaky. See also How DVRs Work.
Doctor has "Do Not Resuscitate!" tattooed on his chest -- wants to die naturally. See also How Tattoos Work.
Cell phone jammers are the latest craze for people who like peace and quiet! See also How Cell Phones Work.
A very interesting idea -- Instead of fixing the Hubble, why not build a new one using all the spare parts??? See also How the Hubble ST Works.
New machine detects excitement -- super-exciting games sure to follow! See also How Lie Detectors Work.
UK viewers downloading commercial-free TV shows in droves -- TV next to fall to P2P craze? See also How TV Works. February 20, 2005
Is TiVo in trouble? As this article explains, they've had a run of bad luck, and the future is shaky. See also How DVRs Work.
Beginner's guide to the 10 best ways to kill your PC -- study thoroughly! See also How PCs Work.
Learn the tricks behind carnival games so you can win more prizes! See also How Video Games Work.
If you want to bulk up your muscle mass, there are two things that you've got to know! See also How Muscles Work.
There are now over one million photo blogs in the land -- a true cultural phenomenon! See also How Blogs Work.
Witness the beauty of nature with these amazing snowflake photos! (w/lots o' pics) See also How Digital Cameras Work. February 8, 2005
Catch the 15 best ads from the Super Bowl -- right here, right now! See also 2005 Super Bowl Ads.
See the most amazing shot in basketball TWICE captured on video! (w/2 amazing videos!) See also How Basketball Works.
If you want to bulk up your muscle mass, there are two things that you've got to know! See also How Muscles Work.
One innovative chef is creating sushi using an inkjet printer -- seriously! (w/pics) See also How Food Works.
A gun only works if it is in your hand and other interesting lessons from around the country. See also How Revolvers Work.
Scientists are ready to stop cars with microwaves that zap the chips in the engine! See also How Cars Work. February 2, 2005
Try to figure out how this car got hung on a phone line! (w/ amazing pics) See also How Cars Work.
If you want to bulk up your muscle mass, there are two things that you've got to know! See also How Muscles Work.
Witness the power of a single e-mail message as it turns customers away from Starbucks! See also How E-mail Works.
At the lock-picking championship of the world, the best locks fall in 20 seconds! (w/pics) See also How Lock Picking Works.
Massive, 50-foot wave disables a cruise ship full of students. (with video) See also How Cruises Work.
Those pesky scientists have a new way for thieves to bypass security in millions of cars! See also How Remote Entry Works.

January, 2005

January 30, 2005
PlayStation Portable invades U.S. soon - most attractive handheld electronic device ever! (w/ pics) See also How the PSP Works.
Venus flytrap uses amazing techniques to snap shut on a fly in a tenth of a second! See also How Venus Flytraps Work.
The Pentagon has studied some really weird weapons, like the sex bomb! See also How Bio-chemical Warfare Works. January 27, 2005
Peugeot announces 10 outrageous concept cars in its third design contest! (w/lots of pics) See also How Cars Work.
Nanotech will make bombs far more powerful - nanoaluminum is key. See also How Bunker Busters Work.
If you want to bulk up your muscle mass, there are two things that you've got to know! See also How Muscles Work.
Michigan company fires all smokers as a way to cut its health care costs. See also How Nicotine Works.
New DVD format can compress HDTV programs onto a normal DVD! See also How Blu-ray Discs Work.
The Pentagon has studied some really weird weapons, like the sex bomb! See also How Bio-chemical Warfare Works. January 24, 2005
Wondering how the Cell processor in the PlayStation 3 will work? Here's how! See also How Microprocessors Work.
It is now possible to print skin with an inkjet printer! (w/pic) See also How Sunburns and Sun Tans Work.
If you want to bulk up your muscle mass, there are two things that you've got to know! See also How Muscles Work.
Man is constructing his own 18-foot-tall robot in his backyard -- with flamethrowers! (w/pic) See also How ASIMO Works.
Huge jumbo jet holds 800 people, lets Europe leap to leader of the pack! See also How Airplanes Work.
The Pentagon has studied some really weird weapons, like the sex bomb! See also How Bio-chemical Warfare Works. January 20, 2004
Man is constructing his own 18-foot-tall robot in his backyard -- with flamethrowers! (w/pic) See also How ASIMO Works.
Huge jumbo jet holds 800 people, lets Europe leap to leader of the pack! See also How Airplanes Work.
You can find the weirdest stuff on eBay, including toenails and used gum! See also How Internet Infrastructure Works.
If you win $1M, don't forget to pay the taxes or you could be in jail for a long time! See also How Income Taxes Work.
Artificial spider silk will make better body armor, plus artificial tendons! See also How Body Armor Works.
The Pentagon has studied some really weird weapons, like the sex bomb! See also How Bio-chemical Warfare Works. January 17, 2004
The Huygens probe has landed on Titan and is sending back a signal! See also How the Mars Rovers Work.
People who play video games often have trouble putting down their joysticks! See also How Joysticks Work.
It's cold, and heating bills are high -- get some quick tips on how to save big money! See also How House Construction Works.
The Pentagon has studied some really weird weapons, like the sex bomb! See also How Bio-chemical Warfare Works.
Large, unexplained blobs of jelly are falling from the skies, and no one knows what they are! See also How Urban Legends Work.
Top 10 paranormal events of 2004 include a highly credible sighting of Bigfoot! See also How Bigfoot Might Work. January 13, 2004
Wired's annual vaporware top 10 features both Apple and Microsoft, along with 8 others! See also How Urban Legends Work.
Extreme unicycling? On mountains? You've got to see it to believe it! (w/video) See also How Bicycles Work.
Soon, your cell phone may also be your credit card, your TV and a whole lot more! See also How Cell Phones Work.
Michelin's new, no-air Tweel may end flat tires once and for all! See also How Self-inflating Tires Work.
A high-efficiency plastic may revolutionize solar cells, converting 30% of sunlight! See also How Solar Cells Work.
Top 10 paranormal events of 2004 include a highly credible sighting of Bigfoot! See also How Bigfoot Might Work. January 9, 2004
Top 10 paranormal events of 2004 include a highly credible sighting of Bigfoot! See also How Bigfoot Might Work.
SpaceShipTwo may hold up to 8 people, with ticket prices at $200,000! See also How SpaceShipOne Works.
Get the scoop on Star Wars Episode 3 with this in-depth look at the major characters! See also How Robots Work.
NASA is getting ready to smash a comet to smithereens if all goes well on July 4! (w/cool videos) See also How Comets Work.
Will Linux ever handle Half-life 2 as well as Windows? Find out in this fascinating report! See also What is Linux?.
How did animals escape the tsunami? Do they know something that humans don't? See also How Your Brain Works. January 2, 2004
This list of cool gadgets you can't buy has great ideas for DIY projects! (w/pics) See also How Batteries Work.
Check out this list of top HDTVs before you buy a new one! (w/pics) See also How HDTV Works.
Ghost in pub turns up the juke box, drags kegs, gooses people! See also How Ghost Busters Work.
Superconductors are ready for prime time in computers, motors and wires! See also How Microprocessors Work.
Wal-Mart breaks the $500 laptop barrier with this cool Linux laptop! Has everything you need. See also How Laptops Work.
List of the top 10 hoaxes/urban legends of 2004 is an eye opener! See also How Urban Legends Work.

December, 2004

December 26, 2004
Wal-Mart breaks the $500 laptop barrier with this cool Linux laptop! Has everything you need. See also How Laptops Work.
Terrorist radiation sensors pick up lots of people emitting lots of gamma rays! (really!) See also How Nuclear Radiation Works.
Extreme Unicycling??? Yes, extreme unicycling! See it to believe it! (video) See also How Bicycles Work.
First fuel-cell cars should appear in 2005 if everything happens on schedule! See also How Hybrid Cars Work.
List of the top 10 hoaxes/urban legends of 2004 is an eye opener! See also How Urban Legends Work.
After you burn songs onto a CD, you can now flip the CD over and use the write laser to burn the label! See also How CDs Work. December 21, 2004
New bionic dolphin is a sub described as an "underwater flying machine." (w/pic) See also How Submarines Work.
New ultra-real Army simulator is the ultimate real-world video game! (with photo) See also How Xbox Works.
This list of six red-hot sports cars makes the ultimate Christmas list! (with photos) See also How the Enzo Ferrari Works.
List of the top 10 hoaxes/urban legends of 2004 is an eye opener! See also How Urban Legends Work.
After you burn songs onto a CD, you can now flip the CD over and use the write laser to burn the label! See also How CDs Work.
New Flash memory design should make 32-Gb chips available in two years! See also How Flash Memory Works. December 19, 2004
Using LEGOs, guy builds a working grandfather clock - 7 feet tall! (with photos) See also How Pendulum Clocks Work.
The space station is running out of food and may have to be abandoned in 3 weeks! See also How Space Stations Work.
Sharks sense minute electric fields using jelly-filled canals - Navy wants to replicate them! See also How Sharks Work.
New cell-phone chip cuts power by 100x - batteries could last a year! See also How Cell Phones Work.
Truck driver wins $1 million in a penny slot machine in New Mexico! See also How Slot Machines Work.
Man in Florida is immune to stun guns and pepper spray and even fights off a K-9! See also How Stun Guns Work. December 9, 2004
Trio uses laser to measure roulette-wheel speed and takes home over $1 million! See also How Slot Machines Work.
The magic behind Google includes something like 30 petabytes of storage space! See also How Search Engines Work.
Living to be 1,000 years old will be easy in the near future! See also How Cells Work.
Why does Princess Leia's hologram look so great in Star Wars? Find out! See also How Blue Screens Work.
Here are 10 great questions to ask if you are custom-building a house! See also How House Construction Works.
UFOs are being spotted every night on a mountain in Washington. (with video) See also How Airplanes Work. December 4, 2004
New technique produces lots of hydrogen using only a little energy! See also How the Hydrogen Economy Works.
Video games are becoming the preferred way to train firefighters, soldiers, pilots, etc.! See also How Xbox Works.
New "Cell" processors will pack 10 times the power on one chip! See also How Microprocessors Work.
Stem cells allow woman to walk after 20 years of paralysis! See also How Stem Cells Work.
Tiny, 60-mpg cars are coming to the U.S. from Europe! (with photo) See also How Hybrid Cars Work.
Chef tosses shrimp at man; man dies five months later. Family wants $10 million. See also How Lawsuits Work.

November, 2004

November 28, 2004
Very cool 8-wheel electric car can go 0 to 60 in 4 seconds! (with photos) See also How Electric Cars Work.
To catch counterfeiters, many laser printers print their serial numbers on every page! See also How Counterfeiting Works.
You can build your own portable PlayStation 2 with screen and battery pack! (w/tutorial) See also How PlayStation 2 Works.
People are modifying their Nerf guns to get far more power and range! See also How Paintball Guns Work.
Now you can hunt deer in your underwear using the remote-control gun on this Web site! See also How Flintlock Guns Work.
The Library of Congress is bringing millions of old newspapers online! See also How Newspapers Work. November 22, 2004
Giant laser on a 747 lights up for the first time -- should be able to melt missiles miles away! See also How Lasers Work.
New pill from France fights obesity and smoking by blocking the brain's pleasure center! See also How Nicotine Works.
New robotic dinosaur at Disney can eat entertain guests anywhere! (w/pic) See also How ASIMO Works.
Top 10 college degrees in demand right now - half are eng/technical! See also How College Admission Works.
It may be that a single mutant gene led to the creation of bats 50 million years ago! See also How Evolution Works.
Very strange radio stations are transmitting unknown info to unknown people! See also How Radio Works. November 14, 2004
New hard disk may slide rather than spin and have thousands of r/w heads! See also How Hard Disks Work.
Applying a small current across the forehead can increase word recall by 20 percent! See also How Your Brain Works.
Flying taxis may be in the air in London as early as 2006! (w/pic) See also How Flying Cars Will Work.
Giant, new 30,000-pound bomb called MOP will make MOAB look like a firecracker. See also How MOAB Works.
As early as 2020, thanks to biotech, people may live to be 120 by eating medicinal bananas! See also How Cells Work.
One of Leonardo da Vinci's "cars" may have actually been a robot programmed with gears! See also How ASIMO Works. November 08, 2004
If you thought that building a big dam is expensive, try removing it! (w/pic) See also How Hydropower Plants Work.
Either by design or by accident, coca plants are now immune to herbicides. See also How Roundup Works.
What happens if you try to erase your entire C: drive? Now you can find out! See also How Operating Systems Work. November 2, 2004
Cool new vehicle combines motorcycle and helicopter to make commuting easy! (w/pic) See also How Helicopters Work.
Rottweiler dials 911 and saves a woman's life -- then unlocks the front door! (w/pic) See also How Guide Dogs Work.
NASA senior scientist swears that Bush was wired during the first debate. (w/pic) See also How Wiretapping Works.
A tie in the Electoral College means anyone could become president! See also How the Electoral College Works.

October, 2004

October 28, 2004
Crazy NASA projects show the future of space travel -- even spray-on spacesuits! (w/pic) See also How Space Shuttles Work.
Graphene is the world's first single-atom-thick fabric and may soon power computers! See also How Diamonds Work.
Digital TV coming soon to your cell phone using new chips, antennas! See also How Cell Phones Work.
The newest Segway has four wheels and is "physically astonishing"! (with photo) See also How Segways Work. October 20, 2004
New, tiny jet engines may soon be powering cell phones and laptops! See also How Jet Engines Work.
Space-based plasma "stations" may soon be powering spacecraft for next to nothing! See also How Satellites Work.
It would appear that the Coca-Cola logo actually wires itself into our brains! See also How Your Brain Works. October 19, 2004
List of 10 things you should never buy new - can save you a lot of money! See also How the Stock Market Works.
China crashes a 2-meter space capsule through the roof of someone's house! (w/photo) See also How Satellites Work.
It would appear that the Coca-Cola logo actually wires itself into our brains! See also How Your Brain Works.
Gigantic pumpkin weighs 1,229 pounds and is worth $6,145! (with video) See also How Halloween Works.
The newest Segway has four wheels and is "physically astonishing"! (with photo) See also How Segways Work. October 17, 2004
Gigantic pumpkin weighs 1,229 pounds and is worth $6,145! (with video) See also How Halloween Works.
Intel reverses course and drops 4-GHz Pentium 4. Will try other techniques instead. See also How Microprocessors Work.
New, smaller powerplants using ZEPP technology will be 70% efficient and sequester CO2! See also How the Power Grid Works.
3% of people know instinctively when someone is lying - and are training others! See also How Lie Detectors Work. October 14, 2004
The newest Segway has four wheels and is "physically astonishing"! (with photo) See also How Segways Work.
Mount St. Helens has a new lava dome and lots of lava coming out! (with video) See also How Volcanoes Work.
The top seven e-mails never to send when you are at work, with examples! See also How E-mail Works.
Want a new face? Soon you may be able to get a transplant! See also How Organ Transplants Work.
Dogs are allergic to bullets, too -- so now they get special body armor! (w/pics) See also How Body Armor Works. October 12, 2004
Imagine a leather jacket... but it is made from your own skin and the jacket is partially alive! See also How Cells Work.
Apple may upgrade the iPod this year so it has a color screen and can display photos! See also How MP3 Players Work.
Russians will test the Mars mission by locking six guys in a metal tube for 500 days! See also How Mars Works.
See the dirtiest air on earth in this global image of air pollution! See also How Ozone Pollution Works.
New shirt will be able to tell when you fall -- and call for help! See also How Computerized Clothing Will Work. October 11, 2004
Using manure, boy grows apple as big as a cantaloupe -- will make two pies! (w/pic) See also How Compost Works.
Bio-mimmic robots copy things like lobsters and crickets to solve problems! (w/pics) See also How Robots Work.
Scientists discover a way to turn off certain cancers using an antibiotic! See also How Cancer Works.
Hybrid cars getting more than 50 miles per gallon top the list of MPG winners! See also How Gas Prices Work.
Microcars from Smart are starting to invade the U.S. - 70 miles per gallon! (with photo) See also How Hybrid Cars Work. October 10, 2004
Microcars from Smart are starting to invade the U.S. - 70 miles per gallon! (with photo) See also How Hybrid Cars Work.
Soon, your reading lamp and your car's taillights will be able to transmit data with light! See also How USB Ports Work.
Arizona car makes its own hydrogen and then burns it! See also How the Hydrogen Economy Works.
New gun is the size of a credit card so it fits right in your pocket -- fires two shots. (with photo) See also How Revolvers Work.
New red-hot, jet-powered shopping cart speeds you through superstores! (w/pics) See also How Jet Engines Work. October 7, 2004
It's the latest rage: kidney swapping. Two for the price of one. See also How Organ Transplants Work.
Soon, your reading lamp and your car's tailights will be able to transmit data with light! See also How USB Ports Work.
If you're a NASCAR driver and you cuss on TV, expect to get kicked out of the winner's circle! See also How NASCAR Works. October 5, 2004
New little robot crawls through your intestines to look around, do minor repairs! See also How Robots Work.
Air Force is researching new anti-matter weapons to annihilate the enemy! See also How Bombs Work.
...And if that doesn't work, the Air Force can always microwave the enemy instead! See also How Microwave Ovens Work.
500,000 devices sold in Japan cover up, um, noises that people make in the restroom! See also How Toilets Work.