Apocalypse Bunker Mentality: The Ultimate Underground Shelter

Come the end of the world, you might like to sit it out in style. All you need is money and a few DIY skills…Prepared for the end of the world: model of the living quarters in a Vivos underground bunker. Photograph: Terra Vivos/Barcroft USAAbandon any notion of surviving the apocalypse by doing anything as [...] continue reading the breaking news

DARPA Spills Details on its Plans for the ‘Transformer TX’ Flying Car

The Pentagon agency hopes to have a $43 million VTOL SUV in the air by 2015 Transformer Car Oh hi DARPA, you called? DARPA didn’t reveal much at first about its “Transformer TX” program aimed at developing a flying car for the military. But now the full proposal has been published, and shows that the [...] continue reading the breaking news

US: School Used Student Laptop Webcams to Spy On Them At School And Home

According to the filings in Blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District (PA) et al, the laptops issued to high-school students in the well-heeled Philly suburb have webcams that can be covertly activated by the schools’ administrators, who have used this facility to spy on students and even their families. The issue came [...] continue reading the breaking news

Stargate Studios Virtual Backlot Reel 2009

The Canadian government is on the verge of approving the introduction of extremely bizarre genetically modified pigs into the Canadian food supply. These new mouse/pig hybrids have been dubbed “enviropigs” and are being touted as being much better for the environment.  This new “breed” of Yorkshire pigs was created by scientists in Ontario at the University of Guelph, who spliced in genes from [...] continue reading the breaking news

Beijing to Sweeten Stench of Rubbish Crisis With 100 Giant Deodorant Guns

High-pressure fragrance sprays will be installed at Asuwei dump, one of several hundred overflowing landfill sites that are the focus of growing public concernIn pictures: zooming in on Beijing’s rubbish Link to this videoBeijing is to install 100 deodorant guns at a stinking landfill site on the edge of the city in a bid to [...] continue reading the breaking news