January 18, 2008
Gamer Tries to Build Nuclear Reactor at Home, FBI Came Around to Play
Cool, this guy’s on TV for tryin’ to build a nuclear reactor. Too bad he didn’t have a SiteHoppin.com shirt on… :p Apparently bored of his amateur game-building hobby, he decided to try to make a small-scale nuclear reaction in his room, blogging his antics on the web. Someone blew the whistle on him when he made claims ab ... More
December 23, 2007
Knightrider has some cool gadgets
The long awaited return of Knightrider will soon be upon us, but the star of the show has always been the car named KITT rather than the star named “The Hoff”. Some of the features of the new KITT are the following: Laser weapons system, Nanotech cloaking, Laser-guided missile defence, 3D heads-up display, Military-grade GPS, Holographic proj ... More
June 16, 2007
Using a cell phone while driving
This could be a thing of the past, when a system created by HWST USA, can detect if a cell phone is being used by a driver of car while the car is moving. This has been seriously considered by many states in the US, as the chances of an accident is increased by around 400 per cent if a driver is using a cell phone while driving. The system will a ... More
May 25, 2007
Maker Faire 2007 - Biological Containment Art - Junior’s Returns
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out this cool biological containment art from Philip Ross. It’s a hydroponic garden which allow just enough light using LEDs for the plants to survive but do not grow bigger. Very interesting. This might be good for saving our planet by c ... More
May 14, 2007
Shredding documents is safe right?
Unfortunately if you believe the claims of some German research studies, they believe that they have developed a program that can actually fix, shredded documents, oh yes that is what they are claiming. Basically the software can put together the text that from the original documents, to most of us it is a frightening prospect, however if we look ... More
May 7, 2007
Newest Navy Aircraft Unveiled by Northrop Grumman
Oooh, this is a cool plane… t the heart of the aircraft is the new radar, the APY-9, designed and built by Lockheed Martin Corporation. It can “see” smaller targets and more of them at greater ranges than the E-2C. The new rotodome, developed by L-3 Communications Randtron Antenna Systems, contains the critically important, conti ... More
May 2, 2007
Wind Power from Highways
Here’s a great concept for re-using the wind generated from cars racing on the highways. Great idea! Save earth and peace! Average vehicle speeds on the valley highways are approximately 70 mph. Using average annual wind speeds of 10 mph as a baseline, each single wind turbine will produce 9,600KwH of energy, annually (enough to fully p ... More
May 1, 2007
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 T-Shirt
Yay, let’s get on the band wagon for free HD-DVDs. Will we get some notices soon? Did you know that you could get into really big trouble if you post the code 09 F9 11 02 on your website ? It is very likely that a takedown notice will be send to the owner of the website as soon as the RIAA, the AACS or some of their lawyers find your websit ... More
April 11, 2007
Electric Giraff, Submarine maker, and more at Maker Faire!
Check out some of the cool stuff and people that are going to be at the Maker Faire! (Including us but we have no idea what to bring…yet) We will get to play with an electric giraff (hopefully) and meet with submarine maker Mike Wernecke. You can get some tickets for the Maker Faire in San Mateo Fairgrounds here. And check out Maker Fair ... More
April 9, 2007
Google bought the WHOLE country!
Google buys a European country Luxemburg for 37 billion dollars! Wow, I wonder what country they will be buying next. Well, eventually a lot of small countries will have to be renamed to Googleburg, Googlece, Googland, Googrea, Googpan, Googmerica… This is much greater than Google buying a search algorithm from an Israeli student. This i ... More
April 8, 2007
Use iPod as bullet-proof vest!
Now, you can use the iPod to stop bullets! Kevin Garrad (3rd Infantry Division) was on a street patrol in Iraq (Tikrit I believe) and as he rounded the corner of a building an armed (AK-47) insurgent came from the other side. The two of them were within just a few feet of each other when they opened fire. The insurgent was killed and Kevin was hi ... More
March 26, 2007
Samsung USB Monitor coming soon
Cool, Samsung is making some new USB monitors. I wonder if they are going to be powered by USB. Probably not at 5V… But it’d be cool if you could daisy link couple USB monitors together using some USB cables… The best thing is that these USB monitors will not require any graphics card. tight tech… Samsung has introduced ... More
March 21, 2007
SpaceX Falcon 1 launch video
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Tight, SpaceX Falcon 1 launched and made it into space! It looks like there’s a good chance today’s SpaceX launch will be successful - Founder Elon Musk just wrote that they made it into space. The maiden launch attempt one year ago didn’t go so well, and ... More
Chinese 2008 Olympic Swim Center
Check out some pictures of the new swimming center for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. It looks like a giant watercube, which is what it’s supposed to look like. “Our ‘Watercube’ concept is a simple and concise square form that ultimately uses the water bubble theory to create the structure and building cladding, and which makes ... More
March 11, 2007
Test your website to see it’s sensored by great firewall of China!
Here’s a cool site that can test your website to see if it’s available to people in China. Looks like zedomax is okay with China’s great firewall. Yipee! I hear now people can get put into jail for using the internet too much, that sucks… china, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, cool_site, Educational, Educational, Ente ... More
March 10, 2007
Adult Swim vs Boston
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out this review over the incident that happened in Boston. The video should really say that the government is stupid…(impeach bush!) via dabombtv boston, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Funny ... More
February 24, 2007
Interview with Area 51 Worker on UFOs
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, I just ran into this, check it out. Now UFOs seem very real… via ufo.shadowshade area-51, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, Earth, Earth, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Government, Government, Industrial, Industrial, real, sh ... More
February 23, 2007
Sandstorms from China hits Korea
Sandstorms hitting Korea from China has worsened over the last couple years. A Sandstorm can really make a city quicky sandy like the picture above. I remember living in Korea couple years ago but sandstorms weren’t as bad then. Due to China’s exponential growth of factories, pollution, and what not, Koreans are being killed and sla ... More