I have found this kickass link that lets you track any cell phone you want in the world!!! It is a free service and you can spy on whoever you want. Last night my wife went out for a few hours with her friends, and was horrified when I told her exactly where she went, heh. I wish I would’ve kept this secret for a little while longer Oh well. Check it out and tell me what you think.

Check it out here -www.phonetrace.org

IF YOU ARE UNDER 18, DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE! In Fact, Do Not Click. [nsfw]

Do you dream of gliding through the air? Then don’t miss today’s show when Chris explains how to build your own hovercraft. The project is ultrasimple — your kids can put it together in the backyard.

What is a hovercraft?
A hovercraft is a vehicle that rides on a cushion of air produced by downwardly directed fans, causing it to glide over surfaces.

How a homemade hovercraft works
Air produced by a small blower inflates a plastic sheet. The sheet pushes against the floor to provide a ground-hugging “skirt.” This skirt lifts the entire hovercraft.

A small plastic disk (or coffee-can lid) keeps the inflated plastic anchored so it doesn’t tear loose from the center. The plastic disk also lifts up vent holes so air can escape into the center.

What you need before you start
You’ll need the following items to build your hovercraft:

• One piece of plywood about 3 to 4 square feet, 3/8 to 1/2 inch thick
• Plastic sheet one foot larger than the plywood
• Leaf blower or shop vac
• Plastic disk such as a coffee can lid
• Bolt: 2 inches, 1/4-20
• Nut: 1/4-20
• Two fender washers
• Staple gun
• Duct tape

Caution: Kids, don’t attempt to build or operate a homemade hovercraft without adult supervision.

Build your hovercraft
Now it’s time to start building your hovercraft. Follow the steps below and consult this simple diagram.
Build it: Platform

Cut plywood into a disk shape.
Drill a 5/16-inch hole in the exact center so that the 2-inch bolt easily passes through it.
Cut a hole to exactly fit the hose from the leaf blower or shop vac. Place the hole slightly off-center, about four inches away from the hole for the bolt.

Build it: Air cushion

Lay plywood on top of the plastic sheet.
Fold the edges of the plastic sheet over the plywood and secure it with a staple gun about every four inches.
Cut off excess plastic sheeting.
Tape down edges of plastic with duct tape.

Build it: Vents

Poke a hole in the center of the small plastic disk.
Place it on the plastic sheet.
Cut six small 2-inch vent holes in the sheet about two inches from the plastic disk. Be sure to keep about two inches of plastic between the vent holes.
Connect with the bolt, nut, and washers.

Build it: Get ready to go

Use duct tape to seal any holes and reinforce weak areas.
Flip the hovercraft over so the plastic sheet is at the bottom.
Stick the leaf blower or shop vac in the hole and turn it on.

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Yeah, we get pretty excited when we see a phone like this too — the tilting screen and plethora of buttons make it clear that this isn’t your run-of-the-mill handset — but like so many other hot devices out there (save for Nokia’s N-series of multimedia computers), Samsung’s SCH-B550 entertainment powerhouse will likely never venture beyond the Korean peninsula. Besides the usual assortment of features you’d expect from any halfway-decent Asian cellphone these days — MP3 player, two megapixel camera, and of course, Bluetooth — the B550 also delivers a number of value-added extras, not the least of which are a DMB TV receiver (with video out) and what sounds like some pretty serious gaming capabilities.

On the surface you have a key and screen layout that are most conducive to gaming, but beyond that, a 3D graphics processor ensures that you’ll feel like you’re really committing a crime when playing that Marc Ecko graffiti title. In the end, though, it’s the game selection that will make or break this model, so until we hear about an imminent Gears of Wars port, we couldn’t say whether or not we’d be willing to toss our smartphone to the curb for the flashy B550. Unfortunately, only available in Korea.

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The Antikythera Mechanism is the earliest known device to contain an intricate set of gear wheels. It was retrieved from a shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera in 1901 but until now what it was used for has been a mystery.

Although the remains are fragmented in 82 brass pieces, scientists from Britain, Greece and the United States have reconstructed a model of it using high-resolution X-ray tomography.

They believe their findings could force a rethink of the technological potential of the ancient Greeks.

“It could be described as the first known calculator,” said Professor Mike Edmunds, a professor of astrophysics at Cardiff University in Wales.

“Our recent work has applied very modern techniques that we believe have now revealed what its actual functions were.”

The calculator could add, multiply, divide and subtract. It was also able to align the number of lunar months with years and display where the sun and the moon were in the zodiac.

Edmunds and his colleagues discovered it had a dial that predicted when there was likely to be a lunar or solar eclipse. It also took into account the elliptical orbit of the moon.

“The actual astronomy is perfect for the period,” Edmunds told Reuters.

“What is extraordinary about the thing is that they were able to make such a sophisticated technological device and to be able to put that into metal,” he added.

The model of the calculator shows 37 gear wheels housed in a wooden case with inscriptions on the cover that related to the planetary movements.

Francois Charette, of the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany, said the findings, reported in the journal Nature, provide a wealth of data for future research.

“Newly deciphered inscriptions that relate to the planetary movements make it plausible that the mechanism originally also had gearings to predict the motion of the planets,” he said in a commentary.

Edmunds described the instrument as unique, saying there is nothing like it in the history of astronomy. Similar complicated mechanisms were not seen until the appearance of medieval cathedral clocks much later.

“What was not quite so apparent before was quite how beautifully designed this was,” he said. “That beauty of design in this mechanical thing forces you to say ‘Well gosh, if they can do that what else could they do?’ ”

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Remember when you were promised all those amazing future tech innovations? Just around the corner was supposed to be a shining technology utopia with flying cars, personal space travel to distant galaxies, and bio-implantable cell phones. It’s almost disappointing enough to make you sit at home and watch old episodes of “Space 1999″.

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According to our row of clocks in the Engadget situation room here at Engadget HQ, it’s now past 11:00AM, December 2nd in Japan, which means the Wii has been out and about in its home country for around two hours by now. We just got some pics from a friendly tipster at the Yodobashi camera store in Shinkjuku, Japan, where the line stretched several blocks and the console quickly sold out. Apparently the scene was very calm, with most people picking up an extra Wiimote along with 2-3 games, before heading on their merry way home to partake in unboxing rituals and a weekend of Zelda fun. There are purportedly 400,000 consoles available at launch in Japan, and at this point we’re guessing just about every one of ‘em is either sold or spoken for. Happy Wii-ing Japan! Keep reading for some more pics of Japanese launch “mayhem.”

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