Thursday, 5 January 2012

CatchMouse: center mouse pointer & zoom in over it when lost (Mac)

Ever lost your mouse pointer in that great big beautiful monitor screen you spent all that money on?  CatchMouse has a solution.

Amazon’s Silk Browser ported to rooted devices

Will electric cars like the Chevy Volt save you money? (video)

SpaceX launch abort system receives preliminary approval

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/10/spacex-launch-abort-system-receives-preliminary-approval/

Explicit pics of glorious rounded globes snapped in festive Saturnalia

US military's non-lethal weapon plans revealed

Ekso Bionics' robotic exoskeleton will help paraplegics walk again in 2012

Still a wild world: top new animals of 2011 (video)

The un-Internet

http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/01/the-un-internet/

EasyReader: customize online content for better readability (Chrome)

2011 Chevrolet Volt's extra "free" electric miles in gas mode

Pretty organic display is made of gut bacteria

Essential Mac applications

Sleep Cycle

iPhone app monitors your sleep patterns to wake you at the best time. Placed in the bed, the app uses the iPhone's accelerometer to determine how deeply asleep you are.  As your alarm time approaches, Sleep Cycle moves the alarm time a little to avoid jarring you into wakefulness when you are most deeply asleep.   More at:

Pentagon Scientists use "time hole’ to make events disappear

 http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/time-hole/?utm_source=Contextly&utm_medium=RelatedLinks&utm_campaign=Interesting

Hydrothermal vents host a bonanza of new species (video)

Chord-on-a-board: iPhone case has its own charging cable

Best camera phone: 6 handsets tested

Jan. 4, 1903: Edison fries an elephant to prove his point

Latest Android figures paint dismal tablet picture

Gorgeous Lexus hybrid headed for the Detroit auto show