Year: 2007
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Defective automatic trousers hurl pilot from plane
“Swedish forces investigators said it was “very likely” that the deadly trousers were to blame for the incident.” More at: www.theregister.co.uk
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London’s Kerning poster
The huge poster, entitled London’s Kerning by NB Studio. More at: mooonriver.blogspot.com/2007/04/londons-kerning-poster.html
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London (The Other New York.)
“The U.K. capital has become a teeming global boomtown, equal parts shiny and gritty, and our cocky rival for finance, food, fashion, and plain-old fun. But let’s get serious: Would you really want to live there?” More at: nymag.com/guides/london/29431/
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St George's Day
“For the fourth year running the Mayor of London will celebrate St George’s Day with a series of free events. For 2007 the programme includes a celebration of English humour, with classic English comedy on film including Monty Python and the Holy Grail on a large screen in Trafalgar Square, the popular annual Shakespeare’s Birthday…
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Cushion Control pillows redefine button-mashing
While most remotes that show up on Engadget are decidedly on the geeky tip, the designers of the Cushion Control remote pillows don’t care about all that macro and touchscreen nonsense. More at: www.engadget.com/2007/04/20/cushion-control-pillows-redefine-button-mashing/
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Dancing Shoe
A USB Dancing Shoe. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvooRBgt21w]
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Nokia N95 GPS Google Earth – Tracking a Train
“Once the journey was complete we uploaded the route into Google Earth and this time used the altitude of the route to portray speed. This creates an impressive Google Earth path and considering that the phone was merely placed on the seat, rather than near a window, one with a high level of accuracy.” More at: digitalurban.blogspot.com/2007/04/nokia-n95-gps-google-earth-tracking.html
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Thames 'clean enough' for salmon
Salmon have been introduced to the River Thames after experts declared the water clean enough for the fish to breed – after almost 200 years. More at: news.bbc.co.uk
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Schmap Player
“Freeware application Schmap Player lets you navigate any of a number of Schmap travel guides currently covering a total of 199 travel destinations across the globe” More at: http://lifehacker.com
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We think it's all over …
“It’s hard to believe, but Wembley stadium is finally complete. Jonathan Glancey tours the 90,000-seat, £800m modern marvel, from royal box to England dressing room” More at: football.guardian.co.uk