Go skiing with a parasail down Mt. Superior in Utah! A helmetcam puts you in the action. I watched with my thoughts bouncing between “This is awesome!” and “This is where I get caught on a tree and crack my head open.”
Superior, Speed Fly from Marshall Miller on Vimeo.
This Christmas eve, join NORAD to track Santa’s flight from your phone. On December 24th, open Google Maps for mobile and do a search for “Santa” to see his latest location.
They do things differently in Abu Dhabi. The Christmas tree gracing the atrium at the Emirates Palace Hotel is decked with real gold and precious gems.
The hotel’s general manager, Hans Olbertz, was quoted in local newspapers Thursday as saying the 43-foot (13-meter) faux fir has 131 ornaments that include gold and precious stones such as diamonds and sapphires.
Olbertz told Dubai’s Gulf News that he worked with one of the jewelers in the hotel to create a “unique tree and experience for our guests this year.” The hotel may later contact Guinness World Records for a possible bid as the world’s most expensive Christmas tree.
Watch out, TSA: Google’s getting into the game of exploring the human body. Hang on, though — there’s no groping going on here. Google’s approach is a new educational tool called Google Body Browser.
Launched on the Google Labs website today, Google Body Browser uses HTML5 technology to let you examine the human body in fully layered, three-dimensional detail.
Microsoft Research and Bing are looking for a few good spellers….and are willing to pay $10K for the best new spell check application. Microsoft should have done this before releasing Office 2010.
The goal of the Speller Challenge (the “Challenge” ) is to build the best speller that proposes the most plausible spelling alternatives for each search query. Spellers are encouraged to take advantage of cloud computing and must be submitted to the Challenge in the form of REST-based Web Services
There has been at least one Stargate series, including Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, on Syfy since 2002. The news follows the network’s decision to axe Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica. Both Caprica and Stargate Universe had performed modestly in the ratings.
Syfy has an upcoming series to fill the hole, the U.S. version of Being Human, along with returning favorites Haven, Eureka and Warehouse 13.
