Posts Tagged ‘Canada’

FUNtain: The Hydraulophone

Sunday, July 6, 2008 22:36 No Comments

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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Fourth Severed Foot Found Washed Ashore In Vancouver

Monday, May 26, 2008 23:22 No Comments

Police in Vancouver, British Columbia are baffled by the fact that they discovered yet another foot that was washed ashore.
The severed foot was found in a shoe on an uninhabited island near Vancouver (Strait of Georgia) and its the fourth one to be found during the last 10 months
So far connecting the feet found with [...]

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64 Year Old Skydiver Will Dive From 40Km To Break Record

Monday, May 26, 2008 18:10 No Comments

In a few hours 64 year old French skydiver Michel Fournier will attempt to break a world record. He will climb up to 40 kilometers, in a balloon, above Canada and will jump!
This jump will take place at an altitude about 4 times higher than commercial airplanes fly at.

North Battleford, in Saskatchewan, is all geared [...]

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Eliot Spitzer vs Virgin Mobile Adverts

Monday, March 17, 2008 23:20 No Comments

Governor Eliot Spitzer, known as “customer Νο 9″ from his involvement with escort services, will not be happy with the new Virgin Mobile Canada advert.
Before he even realised what happened, Virgin issued the advert above with the following text.
At Virgin Mobile, you’re more than just a number. When you call us we’ll treat you like [...]

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ShadowReaching For Touch Screen Wall Displays

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 23:43 No Comments

Students from British Columbia, Canada, presented a very interesting idea regarding the interaction with Wall Displays. Since we would need a ladder to interact with a gigantic touch screen wall display, they invented Shadow Reaching.
It seems very interesting, although it might have some problems in the presence of strong light.
See the video.
 

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Buy your own number from 1 to 1000

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 12:03 No Comments

Well this is a once chance in a life time, your chance to buy your own number from 1 to 1000. Simply pick the number you want (if it is still available) and few days later receive it through post!
Onethousandpaintings is the company behind this and what they offer is simple:
“One thousand numbers = one [...]

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