Einstein On The Beach Streaming

Phillip Glass and Robert Wilson's epic, Einstein on the Beach, is now available for streaming courtesy of from FranceTV.

Or you can watch it here.

3D Printed Arms For Children Of War

Just before Thanksgiving 2013, Not Impossible's Mick Ebeling returned home from Sudan's Nuba Mountains where he set up what is probably the world's first 3D-printing prosthetic lab and training facility. Mick managed to give hope and independence back to a kid who, at age 14, had both his arms blown off and considered his life not worth living. Cost of the Arm? About $100.

Read more HERE.

Travel Photo of the Week

The Golden Temple, Amritsar, India

A Pill For Perfect Pitch

One of the things that sets some musical people apart from others is perfect pitch, the ability to know exactly which note is being played or sung. Long thought to be very refined sense of relative pitch or simply a myth, it is an actual phenomenon that apparently now can be had by anyone that takes a dose of Valproate, a drug used to treat epilepsy.

More information is available from the online science journal Frontiers.

Nanomaterials Could Enable Large, Flexible Touch Screens

From MIT Technology Review:

"3M will begin selling flexible transparent conductive films made of silver nanowires for use in touch screens. These nanomaterials could enable wider adoption of large touch screens for interactive signs, displays, and personal computers. And the flexible films may come to be used in future foldable, curvy personal electronics, too."

Beautiful Elegant Coffee Table Unfolds Into Dining Table

This transforming coffee table was designed by Duffy London and is available in wood and metal versions starting at (only!) $1300.

Fun Time! North Carolina Conservative Town Councilman Resigns Using Klingon!

As if North Carolina didn't have enough problems, now a town councilman has used a make-believe language to resign his office.

David Waddell used Klingon to quit his council job half way through his term. He's a conservative and  is known for voting "no" on almost everything, including motions to adjourn. Perhaps he kept asking himself if he wanted to continue to attend the meetings and his answer was always no.

Mr Waddell said the letter (below) was an inside joke. I find it particularly amusing that Mr. Waddell obviously identifies with the most paranoid, violent and war-loving race in the Star Trek universe. This should not be ignored by the people of North Carlina. Live long and prosper!

Hey McFly, We're One Step Closer To Hoverboards

Japanese engineers from The University of Tokyo and the Nagoya Institute of Technology recently developed a device that uses sound waves to move objects through three dimensional space. Read more about it HERE.

The "4 Block" Rocket Stove!

Got four cinder blocks? You can make a "rocket" stove. Stay warm. Stay fed.

Travel Photo of the Week

New Year in New York City