A Bemused Heap

On Target- Urinal Video Game

2011-11-18T20:16:00.000+05:30

What if your urinal pan could be a source of your entertainment? To be specific, what if your urinal pan could tickle your gaming bone?

'On Target' is a urinal video game (yes 'urinal' it is) that has a pressure sensitive display set back in urinals. The display gets activated and a interactive game starts whenever you use the urinal. The game includes sounds and images, and is bound to entertain you. The main functional purpose of the game is to improve hygiene. 'On Target' will most likely be installed in airports and schools initially. Happy urinating :-)

Honorable Mention - The Intelligent Spoon

2011-11-18T20:02:00.000+05:30

What if your spoon could say the amount of salt in the soup your are having? Or the pH level?

Sounds amazing and amazing things are not beyond human technology these days. Connie Cheng and Leo Bonanni, jointly have invented such a spoon which we can literally call as 'The Intelligent Spoon'. Stuffed with various sensors, it can measure temperature, viscosity, acidity and salinity. The measured data can even be downloaded to any computer for processing. The information obtained can be used to advise the users about their next steps. Amazing indeed.

T Shirt Quotes: Set I

2011-11-18T19:10:00.000+05:30

I got bit by a vampire and I liked it.
I'm a Virgin (this is a very old T shirt)
There's no I in team ..and there's no I in 'Go Fuck Yourself' either.
Cancel my subscription, 'cause I don't need your issues.
Man Up!
I’m the person your mother warned you about.
We should forgive our enemies, but only after they’ve been taken out and shot.
Never kick a man unless he’s down.
There is intelligent life on Earth, but I’m just visiting.
Work is the curse of the drinking class.
How can I love you if you won’t lie down ?
Put on your seat belt… I wanna try something.
Beat the 5 o’clock rush, leave work at noon.
I’m not unemployed, I’m a consultant.
I don’t have a license to kill. I have a learner’s permit.
My Dog Can Lick Anyone.
People like you are the reason people like me need medication.
There’s too much blood in my alcohol system.
Smile, it’s the second best thing you can do with your lips.
Excuse me, but do I look like someone who cares?
The trouble with life is there’s no background music.
I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.
Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?
If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.
It’s hard to be funny when you have to be clean.
Your Boyfriend Thinks I’m Hot.
This is my drinking shirt.
I can resist everything except temptation.
Us blondes aren’t dumb.
Wasted All The Time.
Life’s Too Short To Date Ugly Women.
Blonde and proud of it.
I’m with Stupid.
I don’t need no Educashun.
Florida: the place where old people go to die.
Hand over the chocolate and no one gets hurt.
I’m not perfect but parts of me are.
Work sucks but I need the bucks.
Go fast, turn left!
Dont blame me, I was born Awesome!
Lets play carpenter first we’ll get hammered and then i’ll nail you….
I’m not bossy… I just have better ideas.
Virginity is a disease….. and i’m the Doctor.
A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
If plugging it in doesn’t help, then try turning it on.
Drive defensively, buy a tank!
Thank you for calling tech support, your ignorance is my job security.
If I throw a stick, will you leave?
FAILURE is not an option, it comes all bundled up with the software.

One Liners: Set I

2011-11-18T00:14:00.003+05:30

1. If people could read my mind, I’d get punched inthe face a lot.

2. That awkward moment when you’re telling your friend something hilarious and they’re just like “you already told me..”

3. If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again; it was probably worth it!

4. I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.

5. I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather.. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.

6. Don't worry about what people think, they don't do it very often.

7. Me and my wife are inseparable. Sometimes, it takes three or four people to pull us apart.

8. Evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening', and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.

9. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

10. The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it.

11. Marriages are made in heaven. But, then again, so are thunder, lightening, tornados and hail.

12. A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

13. Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

14. For Sale: Parachute. Only used once, never opened, small stain.

15. I consider "On Time" to be when I get there.

16. If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea... does that mean that one enjoys it?

17. Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. “Yes” is the answer.

18. Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don’t have a good partner, you’d better have a good hand.

19. Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.

20. War does not determine who is right – only who is left.

21. The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

22. Children: You spend the first 2 years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next 16 years telling them to sit down and shut-up.

23. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

24. My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.

25. I didn’t fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.

26. If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of payments.
27. I thought I wanted a career; turns out I just wanted paychecks.

28. How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

29. Did you know that dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish?

30. A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don’t need it.

31. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

32. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

33. I saw a woman wearing a sweat shirt with “Guess” on it…so I said “Implants?”

34. The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!

35. Good girls are bad girls that never get caught.

36. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

37. Laugh at your problems, everybody else does.

38. The shinbone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.

39. He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame.

40. The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.

41. God must love stupid people. He made sooo many.

42. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.

43. Never get into fights with ugly people, they have nothing to lose.

44. Never hit a man with glasses. Hit him with a baseball bat.

45. Some people say “If you can’t beat them, join them”. I say “If you can’t beat them, beat them”, because they will be expecting you to join them, so you will have the element of surprise.

46. Crowded elevators smell different to midgets.

47. You do not need a parachute to skydive.

48. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

49. Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.

50. I discovered I scream the same way whether I’m about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot.

Audi Shark: The Flying Car

2011-11-17T21:30:00.004+05:30

The designer 26 years old Karim Doku inspired by motorcycles and airplanes planned to create a 3D model of a futuristic car that has no wheels and is capable of flying. And born a vehicle that lives up to its name. The sharp edges, its structure, the matte finish and very gray make it resemble a shark, and Audi Shark aspires to be so on the road.

In subsequent appendages that look like a tail and looks that complement the environment while ensuring speed and stability, has other interesting features. Recalling his inspirations, the door not only differs from a plane that wraps itself around the cockpit and the two places where this unusual sports car put passengers in a very comfortable position.

It features underwater allied himself with a modern aesthetic where either the headlights or the rear, are composed of LED units mounted on plastic tubes. The end result is plain: a conceptual vehicle similar to a flying submarine.
In the vision of its creator would be a means of transporting high-power and advanced technology, able to overcome the limitations of ordinary cars, offering passengers “strong feelings and high security.”

This is a great example of futurism is not far from reality, which may one day reduce the risk of road accidents while providing a unique feeling of flying.

Mouse Pads You'd Love to Pay For

2011-11-17T21:18:00.004+05:30

Hey guys, I just came across this b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l innovation and thought I must share it with you all.
This is just too good!:-D

Mouse Pads:

And Here Comes The Rocker....

Ladies, I hope this organization will shortly think about something for you also. After all 'business matters'!!

Fingers crossed :)

Benz Made of White Gold

2011-11-17T21:13:00.004+05:30

It's a Mercedes Benz owned by an Abu Dhabi oil billionaire ( ain't that natural?).

Features:
1. Newly developed V10 quad turbo with 1,600 horsepower and 2800nm of torque.
2. 0-100km/h in less than 2 secs. (Holy God)
3. 1/4 mile in 6.89 secs running on bio-fuel.
4. That is NOT stainless steel, guys. It's WHITE GOLD!!

Cost:
$50 million.

Though there are enough rumors and doubts that the car is not of pure white gold, but of chrome print, but whatever it is, you like this baby don't you? ;-)

But can anybody tell me what is wrong with this guy?? What the hell will he do sitting in a gold car anyway?

Coolest Car Security System

2011-11-17T21:07:00.001+05:30

Frankly speaking guys, I'm not in a mood of sharing something heavy and technical tonight. The day was funky and I'm relaxed and chilled out.
I was looking for something really different to share with you all.

Suddenly got to know about this cool security system that I think you'd love to have a look at.

May be you can try it on your ride as well... ;-)

Well I must say that's technical....and that's smart indeed!!

See you :-)

Ferrari Bikes: The Creature

2011-11-17T20:41:00.006+05:30

Some Vroom-vroom time it is. It's the Ferrari Enzo's V12 engine, chopped down to four cylinders and modified to fit the motorcycle designed by Israeli designer Amir Glinik. They call it 'The Creature'

Facebook Revenue May Reach $1.5 Billion

2011-11-13T23:26:00.001+05:30

Oh yes, you read it right, it's $1.5 billion.

Speculations (hate to use this word because it was obvious) were around that facebook will break its record 2009 revenue of $550 million ($300 million in 2008), and Wall Street Journal said it would be around $710 million in 2010, but nobody expected the big fat amount to be nearly $1.5 billion.

Specialist eMarketers have recently estimated $1.28 billion.

We all know that facebook is growing by thousands of users daily and expected that it will reach 400 million users within this year. According to TBI research, that gives the above information, facebook may reach half a billion users in the coming year.

Now you may think how does facebook make money!

Founded in 2006 FB is now the world's largest social networking site and has been developing a business with positive cash flow and a working operational business model during these years.
The main source of revenue for facebook is advertising.

For example:

1. Self-service ads.
2. Engagement ads.

There are also sources like featured gifts and virtual goods. You may remember the 'limited edition Aviator Sunglasses' FB offered at 1,000,000 units for a price of $1.
I don't think you need a calculator to make out how many dollars that ends up in.

Good news is, seems like our favorite FB is all set to recruit a lot...and you never know what luck has for you in store.

After all, everybody dreams to be a part of a billion dollar organization.

Happy facebooking :-)

Where Is Jeremy Bright?

2011-11-06T11:02:00.002+05:30

What happened to Jeremy Bright??
The question remained unanswered for decades and still is. Jeremy, a 14 years old boy, left home for Coos County fair,1986 and went missing.
According to his mother, during the week of the fair, Jeremy had gone to his stepfather's house and went missing afterward. Over the 25 years police kept
no stone unrolled to find a trace but could do nothing. It is like Jeremy completely vanished and none could find out a reasonable explanation. Jeremy and his sister
never missed the carnival and that year also they planned to meet up at the Ferris wheel at 5pm but Jeremy never reached there. None is sure that if Jeremy could
make it to the fairs at all. Rumors started to spread like fire. From being abducted by a spaceship to being eaten by a bear, nothing was out of people's 'scientific' minds.
But no one knows where exactly he went to...where is he or what happened to him. And even if some one knows, even after 25 years, he/she is still silent and is probably smiling.

The Mystery of Crop Circles

2009-07-28T15:04:00.005+05:30

It was a moonlit night of 1972. Two Englishmen, Arthur Shuttlewood and Bryce Bond, driven by the several
reports of sight of the strange unidentified flying craft, were sitting on the slope of Star Hill
near Warminster, England, hoping to catch a glimpse of it. But instead of the UFO, what they witnessed
that night was much more thrilling to them, to the logical world as well. Nearly a hundred feet away they
saw an imprint take shape, a large circular area of plants that collapsed like a lady opening a fan.

Since then a lot of eyewitnesses from as far away as British Columbia have reported the formation of a crop circle,
which takes less than twenty seconds to materialize, often accompanied by sightings of unusual lights and structured
craft beaming shafts of light onto the field the night before.

But what is a crop circle?
Crop circles are nothing but complicated geometrical patterns, usually in wheat fields.
I crop circles, crop is mysteriously found laid flat, in patterns, that did not exist in daylight the previous day.
Till date there have been over 9000 reported and documented crop circles throughout the world, with some 90% of them coming from England.

But who creates crop circles?
Some people believe that the patterns are left by the imprint of an extra-terrestrial craft, or that they are a message
from extra-terrestrials themselves. Another theory is that natural forces such as tornadoes, heat or strong winds create
the patterns by flattering the crops, but the regular shape of most crop circles makes this unlikely.
The most likely explanation is that the circles are made by people as a hoax. They gradually build up a design
by flattening the wheat, using very basic equipment such a rope and planks of wood.

Stonehenge

2009-07-16T03:03:00.004+05:30

This time it is England friends. Stonehenge, a World Heritage site eight miles north of Salisbury in Wiltshire, is one of the world's most famous prehistoric monuments. The reason it has such a name is that it is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones. English word ‘stan’ means stone and ‘hencg’ means hinge. More than nine hundred stone rings exist there, and archaeologists estimate that twice that number may originally have been built. Though it is nearly impossible to precisely date the stone rings, scholars believe the standing stones were erected around 2200 BC and the surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. These megalithic structures should be referred to as rings rather than circles since only 2 percent of the structures are in the shape of true circles; the other 98 percent are constructed in a variety of elliptical shapes.

But who built it?

Why did they build it?

More than 5000 years ago, technology was merely known to mankind.

Then how did they build it?

A walk around Stonehenge only provokes more and strange feelings, more and more queries to be answered. It taunts us with its mystery. For over 5000 years it has stood silent vigil over the earth. It has been excavated, x-rayed, measured, and surveyed. Yet despite all that has been learned about its age and construction, its purpose still remains one of the great mysteries of the world. People believe that Stonehenge was used to predicting events of the night sky, although it’s probably a futile effort to try to understand the motives behind the construction.

The site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986 in a co-listing with Avebury henge monument, and it is also a legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument. Stonehenge itself is owned by the State and managed by English Heritage while the surrounding land is owned by the National Trust.

El Dorado: The Golden Mystery

2009-05-19T02:29:00.010+05:30

In the sixteenth century Europeans presumed that somewhere deep in South America was a vast city called El Dorado that contained unimaginable mineral riches, mainly gold. This presumption started when the conquistadors were destroying and looting the ancient cultures of the Aztecs and Incas. An amazing rumour was told to them by native tribesmen. They said that there was a race, deep in the jungle, whose king was covered with gold dust and who swam in a golden lake. It was the story of ‘El Dorado’(The Golden Man).

Other sources say that Europeans first learned of El Dorado through word-of-mouth tales that circulated among South America's indigenous people. There was a small grain of truth to the story: high in the eastern range of the Andes, in what is now Colombia lived the Chibcha people. They mined gold and emeralds freely, and built a highly stratified and developed society. When they anointed a new priest-chief, they covered the man in balsam gum, and then blew gold dust all over his body through cane straws until he resembled a statue of pure gold. The new priest-chief then ceremonially bathed in Lake Guatavita, a sacred place to the Chibchans. This practice ended around 1480 when they were subdued by another tribe. But the story of the "gilded one" became part of the oral folklore traditions in South America, and in its retellings, the tale took on added dimensions: the gilded one supposedly ruled over a vast kingdom where nearly everything was made from gold, silver, or precious stone.

Even proofs of the existence of El Dorado are there. In the year 1969 some cave workers while working in a cave near Bogata, South America faced a strange incident.
Their hands struck against a model of a raft. As soon as they saw it clearly, they shrieked with surprise - “Eldorado! Eldorado!”. The model showed a king on a raft standing with his bodyguards.

The first man to think of Eldorado was Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesda. He started on his journey in 1536 with 900 men from Santa Marta, situated on Colombia's northern coast. Quesada's journey was full of peril. He and his men had to face various animals and had to fight diseases and were often decimated by fever, malaria and the attacks of hostile natives before they reached Chibehas. At Chibehas, Spaniards were told of some more tales about the Golden Man. Going by the tales, Quesada preceded the Guatavita Lake with an Indian guide. They reached the lake which was deep, dark expanse of water set in the crater of an extinct volcano almost 9,000 feet above sea-level. Few huts were there but nowhere could Quesada and his left over 200 men see the Golden Man or the Golden Land.
Quesada returned, but only to sit quiet for sometime. In 1568, the old Quesada, haunted by the lake and the possible treasures hidden beneath it restarted the journey. He left Bogota, the new city he discovered, with a force of 2,800 men. They hunted in vain for three years before Quesada gave up the search.
For centuries the legend of El Dorado, the fabulous land of gold led not only Quesada but many to undertake the courageous feat. Some lost their fortune, some their reputation and some their life. Still the men remained undaunted. Year after year, decades after decades, men went out in search of the Golden Land. After all, what were they seeking? Gold? A Golden City? A Golden Man? Or was everything just a myth, a story which destroyed many adventurers?

All the queries are still unanswered...and hopefully will be till the end of mankind.

The Lost History of Easter Island

2008-07-11T15:18:00.003+05:30

Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui is one of the most mysterious places in the world. It lies 2000 miles from the nearest inhabited shore in the South Pacific between Chile and Tahiti. Known in ancient times as Te Pito o te Henua (the Navel of the World), the island is most well known for its massive statues recognized throughout the world. This lonely island can only be reached in two ways, from Santiago, Chile in the east, or from Papeete, Tahiti to the west.
By the 16th century, Easter had nearly 10000 inhabitants who made huge statues known as ‘moai’. The 887 moai were carved form the island’s volcanic rock and have long angular faces. Some have eyes made from coral. The average moai was about 4m tall and weighed 14 tonnes, so they would have been extremely difficult for the islanders to transport. Archeologists believe that the statues symbolize the spirits of Easter’s most important inhabitants!!!!!! It is one of the biggest mysteries to the world that how was it possible in 16th century to create such huge statues when there was no trace of technology. It is to be noted that there can be no comparison with creation of Pyramids because Egypt had huge man power and the help of ropes, weapons rather various mechanical goods when Pyramids were created.

The first confirmed European ship to reach Rapa Nui was a Dutch ship commanded by Jacob Roggeveen. Jacob encountered the isolated shores on ‘Easter Sunday’, 1722 so he gave the island its modern name ‘The Easter Island’.
Roggeveen was actually searching for the islands of Mangareva far to the west and came upon Easter Island quite by accident. At that time Easter was full of inhabitants!!!!!Roggeveen found the inhabitants to generally be friendly and accommodating. They seemed to have ample food and were in good spirits. The Dutch marveled at the colossal statues standing around the island and noted that the islanders seemed to pay themonuments great respect. In 1770 a Spanish expedition reached Easter Island and reported conditions to be much the same as the Jacob had recorded.

HOWEVER, four years later when Captain James Cook arrived, he found the island to be utterly changed and in a dismal state!!!!!!!!!!! Cook recorded the islanders as being thin and miserable with scarcely enough food to get by. Even the land had transformed. In fact he did not see anything which can induce ships that are not in the utmost distress to touch at this island. Cook’s expedition was also the first to note that many of the massive statues that once proudly gazed out from the shore were now toppled and lay face-down or were purposely broken or disfigured.
But what caused the great stone monuments to fall? Speculation has ranged from earthquakes to a volcanic eruption, but more recent evidence clearly indicates that the statues were felled by the locals themselves. Early accounts of the island tell us that the moai were built in the image of great rulers and that each had its own name. Indeed, while similar, no two moai look alike.
It seems that sometime in the late 1700’s, warring tribes finally turned their aggression towards the relics of the past and during this period many of the moai were toppled or defaced. Over the next hundred years the violence escalated and retaliation ensued causing the statues to be systematically brought down until none were left standing. What caused the individual island groups to become so destructive towards a past they once cherished is still an area of intense speculation and we may never know the real answers.

Every Spring, chiefs from the major tribes throughout the island would come together at this village to participate in the birdman competition. Each tribe would enter its own competitor who climbed 1000 feet down the steep cliffs and plunged into the ocean below. He would then swim through shark infested waters for over a mile to reach the tiny nearby island of Motu Nui where he would wait for the laying of the first egg from a migratory bird known as the sooty ternThe first competitor to return with the egg won the honor of becoming birdman for his master. Upon being crowned birdman, this individual went off to live a life of seclusion for one year where all his needs were attended and he was afforded many privileges.

Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl spent many years trying to convince the world that the great stone monuments found on Easter Island were created by an expedition of Pre-Incan explorers arriving from Peru. On the surface, much of his evidence seems compelling, but over the years many of Heyerdahl’s theories have not stood up to scrutiny. One of Heyerdahl’s dubious claims is that ……….
“the practice of ear lengthening is unknown in Polynesia, but Incas of royal birth adopted the habit of their predecessors by piercing their earlobes and putting large plugs in them.”

While it is true that similar images can be found in both places, birdman symbols also show up in Polynesia as well. It is true that there are striking similarities between Easter Island birdmen and motifs found in South American pottery, but the representation of a human-bird hybrid is by no means a concept exclusive to South America.
Heyerdahl tried to shape the island’s history in South American terms. He believed that Pre-Incan explorers first discovered the island and later set sail further west where they captured Polynesians whom they enslaved. However, over the years historians and archaeologists have come down strongly against Heyerdahl going as far as to portray many of his theories as racist
The currently accepted history of the island as described by mainstream scientists describes the earliest inhabitants coming solely from Polynesia. Any South American influences are attributed to Polynesians from Easter Island setting sail to South America and not the other way around. Even this contact is described as being extremely limited and is downplayed in the extreme by most researchers.