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Car that runs on poo-poo

Boffins in Bristol have developed the world’s first poop-powered car which is fuelled using human excrement.
The Bio-Bug is a Volkswagen Beetle that runs off the methane gas which is produced during sewage treatment. The gas is captured and bottled up so it can be used as fuel and not simply dispersed into the atmosphere, like [...]

Iran build Terminator style robot

Scientists in Iran have unveiled a bipedal android that they intend to use for “sensitive jobs”.
The Iranian government would not expand on what they meant by sensitive jobs, but a tell tale sign could be the fact the machine, called Surena-2 is named after an ancient Persian warrior. The robot, which is 1.45m tall and [...]

Japanese Couple Married By Robot

A couple in Tokyo had their wedding ceremony carried out by a robot this morning, a world first.
Tomohiro Shibata and Satoko Inoue both work in the Japanese robotics industry so they decided to make history by having the world’s first ever robot officiated wedding.
The robot which carried out the ceremony is a Kokoro I-FAIRY, a [...]

Predator Style Invisibilty Suits One Step Closer

Scientists in Germany have improved on the developments made by a group of scientists in California in 2008 by making a three dimensional object invisible.
A group of scientists headed by Xiang Zhang at the University of California, Berkeley developed a new material which could make objects appear invisible. The “metamaterial” that they developed was able [...]

Glow In The Dark Bog Roll

A British company have developed a toilet paper which is impregnated with phosphor so it glows when the lights are out.
The luminous bog roll is the brainchild of Daniel Blackman, who works in product development for bizarre gift company Thumbs Up. Blackman came up with the idea of using phosphors in the manufacture of the [...]

Wheelie Bin Urinal

An enterprising young inventor has come up with an ingenious idea to help combat the antisocial behaviour of certain drunken misfits and beer users.
Stephan Bischof has created a new type of wheelie bin which also incorporates a urinal, the bin has a funnel on the side for people to deposit their urine which then flows [...]

Nerds Can’t Find The G-Spot

Boffins from King’s College London have owned up to the fact that they cannot locate the elusive G-spot, a supposed area of the vagina that many women believe contains an erogenous zone which when stimulated can lead to high levels of sexual arousal and powerful orgasms.
Scientists have studied 1,800 women, the largest research group ever [...]

Australian Scientists Regrow Breasts For Cancer Victims

Scientists in Australia have made a breakthrough in breast reconstruction following a mastectomy. Using a revolutionary technique the scientists claim they can simply regrow the removed breasts.
The procedure, known as Neopec involves building a “scaffold” from the patient’s own fat tissue. This frame work is then inserted under the skin of the woman’s chest and [...]

Blood Energy Potion

Good news for all sad old Goths and wannabe vampires out there, Urban Collector are now supplying IV bags full of fruity flavoured fake blood, which has all the nutritious value of real blood.
Blood Energy Potion claims to have the same colour, consistency and nutritional make up as blood, and also promises to be garlic [...]

Virtual Echo

Ever wanted a pint-sized Eliza Dushku running around your computer monitor? Well now you can.
Virtual Echo is an application released by Fox which uses Adobe Air to put Echo on your computer. You can interact with her, or just let the nine random persona’s appear and leave you a little message as you go about [...]

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Woman claims to have been bitten by chupacabras

A woman in Texas says she was bitten by the legendary goat-sucker.
Staysha Henderson described the creature which attacked her as a skinny, malnourished grey dog-like animal. Henderson says she found the beast lurking in her camper and initially though it was a thirsty dog, but when she offered the animal some water it scratched her [...]

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