Entries by Chris Zahrt

Amazingly enough, the same company that brought us the Segway is now doing what looks to be the most technological advances in prosthetics.

It has been a while since I have seen anything I thought was neat enough to repeat here on the blog but then I came accros this concrete infused with glass fiber. As you can see from the picture a certain amount of light is transfered throught the material. I also read that it is just as strong as regular concrete which makes it completely amazing.

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If you have never heard of aerogel then know this. It is the worlds lightest solid in at only 3 times the weight of air. It is listed in the guinness book of world records for that fact as well as being the best insulator man is aware of and 13 other records. This stuff is apprently difficult to manufacture and is for that reason pretty expensive. I saw a piece measuring 6"x6"x0.5" going for over $4,000 on ebay recently.

Over a year ago I remember adding an entry describing an LCD monitor from Sharp that could show 2 different images on one screen when looked at from different angles. Well here I am again with a screen from Sharp that does 3 in 1.

A few weeks back I was curiously browsing the web in search of stats on world populations of people over the age of 100. In my travels I came across an interesting article that gives some helpful ideas to get all of us to live to 100+.

Want to Live to Be 100?

Here we have another electronic gadget that makes you go "What are they going to think of next."

It is a $1,250 device that literally prints on flowers as seen in the picture and the link.

The best man in my wedding emailed me this picture of some office humor he and his co-workers performed on a vacationing colleague who I am told is the type to do similar things to others.

Here we have the new internet advertising craze known to the world as milliondollarhomepage.com. This is a kid who got the bright idea to start a homepage and sell off a 1 mega pixel portion of space in 100 pixel square blocks at a time to help pay for college. Well apparently he has sold all of the space except for 10 squares that he has listed on ebay. Well it is going for quite a bit more then the $1000 it would have normally gone for. Have a look for yourself.

1,000 Pixel Auction

This guys blog is also located here.

I like how he decided to wait on going to school for a while.

Found this last night and thought it deserved a place on the blog. It definately impressed me. In order to watch you need flash and the ability to watch wmv. Sound is also a must. Just click on it and give it a try. I am sure you will be entertained.

A friend of mine who sends me interesting links from time to time sent me this article about the 11 years worth of development that went into making color bubbles.
They finally got it!
There are some pretty advanced dyes that make this possible.

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