[Video] New roaches could be crawling their way here


[Video] New roaches could be crawling their way here
A move by Florida pet owners to order exotic cockroaches online for their reptiles has researchers worried. They say some of the roaches could escape and introduce new species into the United States. (Nov. 11)

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Analog Medium: The Forbin Project


Analog Medium: The Forbin Project
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpi4xJ4cZt8

Bicycle Generator



This handy, portable bike generator is something you could build yourself. Or, you could just order one assembled. I'm thinking about building one, but if I ever got a big cash payday, I'd grab one of these. With the optional powerpack. That way you can store the energy in a battery and then use the battery to charge small devices. Devices which steal all the energy in the office here. Energy which I have to pay a portion of. If I could power my laptop, cell phone, media player, camera batteries, gameboy, and even charge batteries for remote controls and such, all from the comfort of a bicycle, I'm game.

- Read a little bit about the generator

- Check out a video of the generator doing it's thing and displaying the voltage on a multimeter.

Burst City Directed by Sogo Ishii

Burst City
Directed by Sogo Ishii

Amazon.com Product Description

Original Japanese Language Optional English Subtitles Dolby Digital 16 x 9 Anamorphic Widescreen Original 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio Theatrical Trailer Rare B/W Stills Gallery Special Insert written by Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes From the Soundtrack Story of "See Saw" Song Lyrics

Set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo of highways and wastelands, a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest the construction of a nuclear power plant. Riot police and the factory owner's yakuza friends soon move in to break it up. However, the arrival of a pair of mysterious, metal-clad bikers and a revolt among the disgruntled construction crew makes for a situation that spirals dangerously out of control...

Directed by Sogo Ishii (Electric Dragon 80,000V, Gojoe, Angel Dust), Burst City boasts an impressive lineup of early 80's Japanese punk bands, including The Stalin, Battle Rockers, The Roosters, and Inu. An eclectic mix of Mad Max-style imagery with yakuza elements, filtered though a punk sensibility, Burst City reveals the seeds of many of the developments in contemporary Japanese cinema and beyond. Brimming with incredible energy and first-rate rock `n' roll, Burst City is a lost masterpiece of extreme cinema that has influenced everyone from Takashi Miike to Shinya Tsukamoto.

(via Gaijin Robo)

Country Wisdom & Know-How


Country Wisdom & Know-How

By The Editors of Storey Publishing's Country Wisdom Boards

Amazon.com Product Description:
Reminiscent in both spirit and design of the beloved Whole Earth Catalog, Country Wisdom & Know-How is an unprecedented collection of information on nearly 200 individual topics of country and self-sustained living. Compiled from the information in Storey Publishing's landmark series of "Country Wisdom Bulletins," this book is the most thorough and reliable volume of its kind. Organized by general topic including animals, cooking, crafts, gardening, health and well-being, and home, it is further broken down to cover dozens of specifics from "Building Chicken Coops" to "Making Cheese, Butter, and Yogurt" to "Improving Your Soil" to "Restoring Hardwood Floors." Nearly 1,000 black-and-white illustrations and photographs run throughout and fascinating projects and trusted advice crowd every page.

[Video] China 'world's worst polluter'


[Video] China 'world's worst polluter'
China is now the world's biggest carbon emitter ahead of the US, a soon-to-be-published report says.