Feb 17 2012SaveSpace2/17/12 Space2/17/12Doctors Feared John Glenn Would Go Space-Blind During Historic OrbitAndrew Tarantola51Save In 1962, space travel wasn't what you'd call an "exact" science. NASA was only a few years old and nobody really…
Jun 24 2011Save6/24/11How database searches solved a 50-year-old medical mysteryRobbie Gonzalez15Save Calcium is everywhere in your body, not just your bones and teeth. In fact, this mineral is crucial to countless…
Aug 15 2008SaveGadgets8/15/08Gadgets8/15/08Upcoming Prototype This! TV Show Sounds Like Modders, Maker's GeekfestKit Eaton17SaveHackaday has a piece about an upcoming Discovery Channel show called "Prototype this!" It's due in October, and…
Mar 5 2008Save3/5/08Video of Wiimote Turning Into TV RemoteJesus Diaz18SaveBy the power of Grayskull and the Wii TV Guide Channel, I shall now use my Mighty Wiimote to ride the TV channels…
Mar 12 2007SaveGadgets3/12/07Gadgets3/12/07Channel Changer Gun Vents Your Anger at This Season's Writing on 24Jason Chen11SaveShooting your TV is bad (haven't you seen that episode of The Simpsons?). Shooting it with a remote that's shaped…
Mar 8 2007Save3/8/07Upcoming Mii Channel Silently AnnouncedJason Chen16SaveDuring the Nintendo Keynote, Nintendo's Miyamoto quietly slipped in a tidbit about an upcoming Wii channel. He said…
Dec 20 2006Save12/20/06Video: Nintendo Wii Forecast ChannelBrian Lam12SaveIn case you don't have a Wii yet, here's a video tour of the Wii Forecast Channel's swoopy 3D globe.