A list of the world's firsts.

Wow. Some of these, like the digital camera and mouse, are really amazing, visually. I was also amazed at what the first photograph represented, historically.

The Phantom Ray, an unmanned fighter jet.

It's the Batwing!

Geez, this report is really disturbing.

Blu-rays with incredible storage capacity.

Internet speeds in rural UK are how bad?

You know, I think they've done research on that before. ;-)

A 90TB hard drive.

Technically, it's an array, not a single drive.

Also, it's not like either the Caretaker's or Susperia's Arrays then, I take it.

"The self-destruct has been averted. This installation will not be destroyed! The Kazon must NOT be allowed to gain control! They will annihilate the Ocampa....."

Famous last words, that's for sure!

These thunderstorms look like they're going to penetrate Mexico.

NSFW weather and video title.

Wow! Is the universal translator far behind?

Hell, this practically is an early version of it.

The smallest gas engine.

It's less than a centimeter long, and can power a watch, running for two years on a single squirt of lighter fuel. It produces 700 times more energy than a conventional battery.

My question is, what effect would it have on global climate change if batteries were replaced with these things? Aren't substances like butane and Naphtha significant greenhouse gases?

No, but the CO₂ output is.

Remember, though, mass/energy is conserved, so if you put 1g of butane in, then in 2 years, you've created 1g of greenhouse gas.

Plus, you don't have the toxic waste of your battery.

Man, I wouldn't want to have to do a tuneup on that thing.

This 3-D printer is so cool!

Granted, I'm not sure why they call it a "printer", since it's really only a printer in metaphor, and I'm curious as to what the distinction between this and a rapid prototyper, but it's still cool.

So now when people photocopy their butt it'll be in 3-D.

LOL!!!!

Given my loathing for Apple Computer Inc., this "truthful" review of the new iPad was hysterical.

Contains NSFW language.

The USGS Tetracorder.

Wonder if we have any do-it-yourselfers here?

RIP Gene Amdahl. Amdahl was the chief designer of the IBM 704 and the IBM System/360. He later founded his own company, and is the creator of "Amdahl's Law", which describes the speed up one can obtain by parallel processing.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/13/gene_amdahl_obit/