There’s a new technology around the corner that allows cordless power charging via proximity. One prototype product is Splashpower that uses a plugged-in pad, and you just place your electronic device (phone, iPod, vibrator, etc.) on the pad and it will charge. Until OEMs really buy into it, you’ll need an adapter for each device. Thus rendering it essentially no more useful than the collection of wires and cradles you already have.

Some idiot tried to rob a bank with his mouth duct taped shut. He handed a note to the teller saying that he had a bomb in his mouth. The cops grabbed him and cuffed him to a fence outside. That’s when the robot had it’s way with the robber. It removed the tape and probed his mouth, finding no bomb.

Wonderful website entitled MEN OF THE INTERNET – every pic a winner. Expect to see them in Ohio around, I don’t know, the end of April (if all of their invites go through, if you catch my drift).

Click on any pic, and guess what…more pics!!

… and it seems dumb to begin with.

Here’s a device that you mount to the underside of your toilet seat lid. It detects movement then shines a green light if the seat is down, or a red light with a target if it’s up. Based on reading just the top part of the image, my initial thought would be like an retina scan for your “wedding tackle” (got that last bit here).

This is a device to dry wet pets. Anyone with an ounce of care for animals would probably cringe at the image. Seriously, they could have designed it to not look like an oven. What came to mind when I first saw this was that scene in The Fly where a similar-looking booth teleported the baboon inside-out.

Via Engadget:

Apparently the conveniences of modern technology have made us all very lazy. It’s just too easy to tell time these days, which is why Sharpe Products is going super-old-school and selling the Stonehenge Watch. Although not the first portable sundial we’ve seen, this pocketwatch manages the perfect blend of style and street cred for the Druid-on-the-go. It’s a throwback to the days before atomic clocks and internet time servers, when estimating the time to within an hour was considered deadly accurate. The Stonehenge has an exact, miniature replica of the fabled British landmark die-cast on one side, and a compass engraved on the other to help you get your bearings. Sharpe obviously realizes the frustration you may encounter using this archaic method, so they’ve thoughtfully included an analog clock on the outside of the watchcase. Not necessarily suitable for those in the Pacific Northwest, where the 364 days-a-year of clouds and rain will severely limit its usability.

Scientists develop force-feedback robotic arm to do breast exams remotely through the internet.

A physician or other health-care provider, located in a hospital or clinic, will slip his or her hand into a glove-like instrument. That will allow him or her to move the robotic arm that is with the patient in a remote location.

Think about all the hackers that will try to intercept that traffic.

This has been popping up in a few cities recently. It’s a mailing-list organized ad hoc drive-in theater that uses a digital projector and a low-power FM transmitter. The other cars tune their radios like an iTrip.