The German station RTL2 is planning on releasing a new kind of reality tv show. Gone are the days of contestants living in the Jungle, in a house, working in a kitchen – no, this time they are going MUCH bigger – a whole bloody town!
The show will take place on a purpose-built town, that [...]
Archive for October, 2004
Big Brother meets the Truman Show
Friday Feast – #22
Appetizer
Name 3 things that you are wearing today.
1. Red Ferrari T-Shirt
2. Black Ferrari Shorts
3. My watch!
Soup
Who was the last person you hugged?
Person? Do rats count? If so… Loki
Salad
What do you like to order from your favorite fast food place?
Quarter Pounder with Cheese, Large Fries, [...]
Space Colony
Man, doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun? I’ve just spent the past 3 hours playing Space Colony, which is a cross between a game like.. Sim city – where you build a city, a strategy game, and the popular Sims, in that you have to keep your colony workers happy, otherwise they resfuse to [...]
Universal Translator
It looks like the gadget that they use in Star Trek to translate languages into spoken English etc is closer to becoming a reality. An Electronics firm in Japan – NEC – is behind a device that translates Japanese to English, and vice versa. It’s currently only going to be available in Japan, but it’s [...]
Magnetic Wave Spaceflight
Researchers are currently looking into using a propulsion system that utilises focused beams of plasma. Such a technology could see spacecraft getting to Mars and back in just 90 days!!!!! This is compared to the 2 years it takes presently!
It works by firing the ionised plasma beam at a craft that is fitted with a [...]
