August, 2004

August 30, 2004 Waiters can use all sorts of tricks to increase the tip you leave - scientific study proves it! See also How Tipping Works. Japan plans 10 gigabit/sec networks ... in every home ... by 2010! See also How Internet Infrastructure Works. Scientists vote on the 10 best SciFi films of all time, and the winner is ... See also How Animatronics Work. Army's new XM8 rifle should start replacing the M-16 in '05 or '06. (with photo) See also How Machine Guns Work. Bridge blast completely destroys a camera, but it records one last, amazing picture! (with photo) See also How Flash Memory Works. August 27, 2004 New self-chilling beer can can cool down your beverage in just three minutes! (with photo) See also How Refrigerators Work. New holographic discs look like a DVD but hold a terabyte (200 times more than DVD)! (w/pics) See also How DVDs Work. Take a look at one of the weirdest fountains ever! (with photo) See also How Water Towers Work. August 22, 2004 New, fat-busting microwave oven uses superheated steam to blast fat, salt! See also How Microwave Cooking Works. Take one Mini Cooper, add extra axle + pool + strrrretch = super limo! (with photos) See also How Hybrid Cars Work. The ultimate bed for paranoid people is bulletproof, flood proof, gas proof! (with photo) See also How Sleep Works. Skydiver with bad chute falls 11,000 feet and lives to tell about it! See also How Skydiving Works. Totally new kind of ant farm uses clear gel so you see it all! (with photo) See also How Safaris Work. August 20, 2004 World's smallest helicopter weighs only 12 grams and has an on-board camera! See also How Helicopters Work. You can get a free iPod by trying out a few products and telling a few friends - really! See also How MP3 Players Work. Woman is struck by a meteorite while hanging laundry in her backyard! See also How Meteorites Work. 3,000 tons of live WWII ammunition stuck in the Thames river are getting ready to blow! See also How Bombs Work. Woman gets "Con-Ed" branded on her back by extra-hot manhole cover in NY! (with photo) See also How Tattoos Work. August 18, 2004 Learn how to build your own flying machine with some helium balloons and a deck chair! See also How Helium Balloons Work. New zero-energy houses will produce energy rather than consuming it! See also How House Construction Works. Woman gets "Con-Ed" branded on her back by extra-hot manhole cover in NY! (with photo) See also How Tattoos Work. List of 100 best Sci-Fi books ever should keep you busy for a month or two! See also How Self-Publishing Works. See the video of the new Batmobile while it drives around during filming! (with video) See also How 4WD Works. August 13, 2004 No special glasses required for new 3-D screen - LCD shoots the right stuff into each eye! See also How 3-D Glasses Work. NASA's new Propulsion Research Center is looking for better ways to get there! See also How Rocket Engines Work. See the video of the new Batmobile while it drives around during filming! (with video) See also How 4WD Works. New software turns video into a cartoon that looks awesome! (with video) See also How CG Works. Humankind is set to do a 1,000-pound bench press - all thanks to a special shirt! See also How Muscles Work. August 12, 2004 Humankind is set to do a 1,000-pound bench press - all thanks to a special shirt! See also How Muscles Work. A completely new form of rubber is indestructible and conducts electricity! See also How Atoms Works. Massive crack 20 feet long opens up on a 767 while landing! (with photos) See also How Black Boxes Work. Latest human-powered helicopter heads back to the drawing board after a crash. See also How Helicopters Work. August 10, 2004 One man has been building Skycars for 40 years - and is still trying! (with video) See also How Flying Cars Will Work. Friends play every number in the lottery 23 times and win a guaranteed 20%! See also How Lotteries Work. Another X Prize rocket blows up on the launch pad - scatters debris for miles. See also How SpaceShipOne Works. Ford's new hybrid SUV gets 36 mpg and is rolling off the assembly line! See also How Hybrid Cars Work. Man runs on a treadmill for 168 hours - 346 miles non-stop! Says his legs hurt ... See also How Exercise Works. August 8, 2004 The new Sleep Pod from MetroNap lets you sleep almost anywhere! (with pic) See also How Sleep Works. Students create robotic airplane with normal GPS, little 1-GHz computer! See also How the Predator UAV works. Giant Magellan Telescope will be world's biggest - and 70 times lighter than Hubble! See also How Telescopes Work. New math formula calculates the scare factor in horror films - "The Shining" is the scariest. See also How Creature Effects Work. 1,000 cruise passengers told to ABANDON SHIP at 3 a.m., but it's a huge prank! See also How Cruises Work. August 5, 2004 Gigantic 13-ft projection screen has 4x the resolution of your monitor! (with photo) See also How Projection Screens Work. Future army uniforms look like "an ominous creature out of a science fiction movie"! See also How military camouflage works. Should every car have a black box to record your actions during an accident??? See also How Black Boxes Work. August 3, 2004 This bicycle spray-paints slogans as you ride - express yourself! See also How Bicycles Work. A giant, stuffed Bigfoot is now on display in a Maine museum! (with photo) See also How Bigfoot Might Work. Think you can make it as a surgeon? Try your hand at virtual knee surgery! See also How Anesthesia Works. August 1, 2004 New V2G electric cars could pump 10,000 megawatts into the U.S. power grid! See also How the nCar Works. Synthetic skunk gel eliminates drug users, prostitutes from abandoned buildings! See also How the Sense of Smell Works. It's your brain, not your muscles, that make you tired during/after exercise! See also How Your Muscles Work. Europe's new robotic spaceship will take 20 tons to space station! (with pics) See also How the ISS Works. Hackers can easily change RFID tags and that may be bad news for stores! See also How RFID Tags Work.