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more about #elephants more comments → nutbastard: i think the reason why the elephants are a danger to anyone is probably because they are captive and bossed around by puny humans all day. its like th... more » Die Fledermaus: Let me put my actual real world experience into this. Angry elephants are not a big issue, poor management of elephants is. A bull elephant in musk i... more » Glen Hinckley: how about we do not put the intelligent animal in places that piss them off then we don't need crap like this. more » Benguin: I forgot how they did it on Hoth. Let me go play any Star Wars game ever made to remind myself. more » Lee Millar: Let's not address the problem on why they're so pissed off and need to rampage in the first place, let's just subdue them and hope the problem goes aw... more » phool: "Angry elephants are a big issue." Really? Like, for people in hot pursuit with guns and jeeps? Because they're probably asking for it. More serio... more » Scratic: It's a shame that stingray killed Crocodile Dundee. He could have further developed his water-buffalo hypnotism to subdue pachaderm. Thank god we sti... more » Segador: "The device is called the Violent Elephant Control Gear" I guess they didn't want anyone confused in the slightest about what their product does, but... more » dsi1: The Elephant: Nature's AT-AT more » qballdz: Man George Lucas knows how to get money from every corner more » jjigen: what's going on there? an elephant orgy? more » Dr Durdon: I have to use a Siebel system at work, and I hate hate HATE it. Who would pay for this? It's slow, unreliable, slow, picky about search words and so... more » maven2k: Maybe he smelled like peanuts. more » GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE: "This is the moment people! Now I know many of you thought it would never happen. Yet I insisted that we spend half an hour every morning training for... more » tande04: Gizmodo has found the secret to the perfect blog post. Something something something...McDonalds...Something something something...by Adam Frucci... more » -
#starwars
Elephant-Subduing Device Appears Inspired by Star Wars
Angry elephants are a big issue. That's why someone invented a remote-controlled device that shoots out nylon rope and binds rampaging elephants' legs. Sounds familiar somehow. How'd those snow speeders in Star Wars subdue the ATATs again? More » -
#countingelephants
You Can Count Elephants By Just Using Acoustic Gear, So Drop That Poop
How do you count elephants in the jungles of Africa? You can either collect their excrement or you can listen. No, seriously. The Elephant Listening Project at Cornell University has figured out how to count elephants using acoustic monitoring. More » -
#animals
Founder of Siebel Systems Attacked by a Rampaging Elephant
Tom Siebel, founder of Siebel Systems (which he sold to Oracle for a giant pile of money) was charged by an elephant in the Serengeti while on vacation there. Where's your money now?! More » -
#prosthetics
Amputee Elephant Walks Again Thanks to Incredibly Strong Artificial Limb
Motola, like so many who must share their lives with former war zones and forgotten minefields, lost a limb in 1999. Thankfully, she walked again today courtesy modern medicine and an artificial limb. The thing is, she's an elephant. More » -
#cellphones
Land Rover S1 Phone Tested By Elephants: It Really Is The Strongest Phone
This is why the Sonim/Land Rover S1 phone is the toughest phone yet: it can stand an elephant stomp, being run over an actual Land Rover and being tossed out of a second floor window. Plus... More » -
#usb
Elephant Flash Drive's Junk Is Bigger Than His Trunk
If you think that trunk is impressive, wait until you see this Elephant's giant dongle. The 4GB USB flash drive whips out from the beast's underbelly when you're ready for it to mount your computer. [XTremeGeek via GeekyGadgets via CraziestGadgets] -
#imagecache
Behind You!
"Bob, I wish the damn elephants were closer. This new telephoto lens is amazing, but the extra weight is killing me!" More » -
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#darpa
50 Years of DARPA: 5 Good Inventions, 5 Lousy Ones
To commemorate the golden jubilee of America's Defense Advance Research Projects Agency—formed these 50 years ago in response to a little traveler called Sputnik—New Scientist has come up with a short list of 10 DARPA inventions: five that changed the world, and five that fell flat: More »
