The first Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland, Professor Thomas Parnell, began an experiment in 1927 to illustrate that everyday materials can exhibit quite surprising properties. The experiment demonstrates the fluidity and high viscosity of pitch, a derivative of tar once used for waterproofing boats. At room temperature pitch feels solid – even [...]

Kinda… Boing Boing: You are someone’s favorite uncle who taught them how to build their own toys. You are someone’s “cool” aunt who sends the amazing Birthday gifts from far-off lands. You know swear words in fifteen languages. You have built seven completely different and contest-winning party costumes around a single vintage fez. … Daring [...]

Larry Dignan at ZDNet states that new updates to Google’s privacy policy fall into one of three categories: the good, the bad and the totally scary. In a blog post, Google outlined the changes. These changes are the enterprise Holy Grail in many respects. Companies everywhere want to break down product walls to get a [...]

Sebastian Thrun announced that he is leaving Stanford to teach computer science courses online, for free. The new venture is called Udacity, and Thrun hopes to someday teach as many as 500,000 students. Like the Stanford course, Udacity will be focused on computer science courses taught at the university level and free of charge. There [...]

TechCrunch’s Rip Empson has a profile of Bizness Apps and other services that allow businesses to easily create their own mobile apps for iOS and Android. Today, Bizness Apps is adding even more customization options to its app builder, as it launches “Bizness Apps Premium”, with the goal of enabling SMBs to take full control [...]