27 Mind Blowing Facts They Didn’t Teach You At School | Viral Circus

27 Mind Blowing Facts They Didn’t Teach You At School | Viral Circus: "Growing up I never really “enjoyed” school. It wasn’t that I was too dumb, it’s just that I couldn’t be bothered. It was too boring. I would daze out in the middle of class and not really listen to what was being said. However, if the class was interesting (very rarely) I couldn’t be more eager to learn. "

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Western Australian sharks send tweets to swimmers

Western Australian sharks send tweets to swimmers: "More shark attacks occur in Western Australia than almost anyplace else on Earth. In order to help protect swimmers and surfers, the state government relies largely on helicopter-based spotters, plus members of the public who report their own sightings. Now, however, the Department of Fisheries has introduced a new system, in which the toothy fishes announce their own presence via Twitter."

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Mars One reduces applicant pool for colonists to 1058

Mars One reduces applicant pool for colonists to 1058: "And then there were 1,058. Mars One, the nonprofit organization that wants to send colonists on a one-way lifetime trip to Mars, announced on Monday that it has narrowed its applicant pool down from 200,000 people to just over a thousand. The applicants were notified by email and Mars One says that the next selection phase in 2014 will reduce the pool still further in the search for the first settlers to go to the Red Planet in 2025."

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EZ Robots are ready to roll ... or walk, or scuttle

EZ Robots are ready to roll ... or walk, or scuttle: "Ez-Robot, a small company based in Calgary, Canada, is aiming to start a new "revolution" in robotics. The company's new Revolution line is a series of small, hobby-sized robots with modular parts, easy-to-use features, and snap-together mechanics. The line consists of three new robot kits: a humanoid two legged walker, a rover with tracks, and a hexapod, or six-legged spider-bot."

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Isaac Asimov Predicts in 1964 What the World Will Look Like Today — in 2014 | Open Culture

Isaac Asimov Predicts in 1964 What the World Will Look Like Today — in 2014 | Open Culture: "When New York City hosted The World’s Fair in 1964, Isaac Asimov, the prolific sci-fi author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, took the opportunity to wonder what the world would look like 50 years hence — assuming the world survived the nuclear threats of the Cold War. Writing in The New York Times, Asimov imagined a world that you might partly recognize today, a world where:"

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Bublcam - The 360 Degree Camera | Gadgets 4 Guys

Bublcam - The 360 Degree Camera | Gadgets 4 Guys: "There are a lucky few of us that have seen one of the obnoxious Google cars driving around on the road taking 360 degree pictures of streets and the neighborhoods that surround them. The reason we say lucky is because you hopefully took advantage of the opportunity to become a part of Google Maps history and do something funny that makes it onto their site. We’ve seen people dress up in hilarious outfits or people getting caught taking a leak on the side of the road which quickly goes viral and you become a part Google Maps Hall of Fame."

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