Rubber Snake Generates Electricity From Waves
Renewable energy systems are currently in the hot spot as we try to end our addiction on oil. Scientists around the world try their best not only to improve existing systems but also to introduce us with their novel concepts. Engineers at Southampton University created a giant rubber snake that produces electricity from the passing wave pressure.The full scale of this Electricity producing Anaconda will be 200 meter long and 7 across and will reside between 40-100 meters deep. They will be commercially available in five years time and just one of them could power up 200 homes.
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FUNtain: The Hydraulophone
The FUNtains are interactive water fountains that combine art, science and fun! These fountains combine the flout principles and instead of air, water creates the sound.
It is made by EyeTrap (Canada) and you can find it in various places such as the Ontario Science Center
See the video of it below
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S.P.A.M. - The Experiment
Do you remember “Super Size me”, the documenter by Morgan Spurlock, who ate for 30 days only fast food and he nearly damaged his health? A concept similar to that is inside the “S.P.A.M. (Spammed Persistently All Month ) experiment” in which 50 volunteers from 10 countries will spend 30 days in spam.
Spam has entered our lives for good and those behind it always try to be a step ahead.
The S.P.A.M. experiment is a McAfee viral to show us the financial impact of Spam in a business and in our lives. The volunteers were instructed to participate by entering their personal data everywhere, something that none in right mind dares to do.
Every volunteer has his own blog where you can see details of their Spam experience.
The results from the experiment are very interesting. Within 30 days teh 10 volunteers received 104,000 spam mails (about 70 mails each per day). Many of them reported poor PC performance, probably due to malwares.
From the mails a great percentage where phishing, others packed with virus and others with malware programs.
See more at http://www.mcafeespamexperiment.com
235mpg From Volkswagen: Thats Fuel Economy!
Volkswagen goes ahead in the lead for the most fuel efficient car. They resurrected a 6 year old project, called One-Liter Car, that is able to achieve up to 235mpg. To bring things into perspective an ordinary family size car, can do 30-40mpg. This is good news for the consumers, especially now that oil prices continue to rise for no reason. The new car is highly aerodynamic and made from carbon fiber to minimize weight. The car is expected to reach production stage in 2010
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Goldstriker: The 24 Carat Gold iPhone
For all those that want some extra bling while listening to their favorite songs, Goldstriker created the 24 carat gold iPhone. Not sure if its the gold or the 53 (0.36 carat) white diamonds, that cover the Apple logo, that make more bling but it sure will make heads turn. It will be available some time in July and will be loaded with 8GB of memory. The price tag for this accessory will be $1,981 (£999).
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Freaky Elderly Man Robot Crawls On Streets
OMG I am so lucky that I didn’t met this thing on street. Artist Momoyo Torimitsu’s elderly man crawling robot reflects the artist’s impression of the Japanese “businessman culture”
The robot (named Miyata Jiro) presented on streets of New York, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Sydney and Rio de Janeiro. Well, you can imagine the reactions. The best part is the nurse that follows this freaky robot 
You’re going to love this robot 
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