Steve Fossett belongings may have been found by hikers
CrunchGear — ... Embedded video from CNN Video Hikers have found items near Mammoth Lakes that may have belonged to missing daredevil Steve Fossett reports CNN. A weathered sweat shirt, cash and a pilot’s certificate with Fossett’s name were found ...

Video game developer turned astronaut follows his father into orbit
DVICE Atom Feed — ... bouncing off of walls. He'll also be conducting scientific tests, including crystal growth experiments, wearing a sponsored watch to see how it holds up in space, and taking pictures of the Earth — something his father, NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, did over 40 years ago on the 1973 Skylab mission. Now that's one unique way to see the world. Click Continue to see a video of Richard Garriott's rocket lifting off. Embedded video from CNN Video Richard in Space, via CNN, Gizmodo & Giant Bomb ...

How the CNN Holographic Interview System Works [Cnn Hologram]
Gizmodo — ... CNN's holographic election coverage is fancy pantsy, but how did they manage to send 3D 360 degree footage of virtual correspondent Jessica Yellin from Chicago all the way to the station's election center in NY? As Arthur C. Clarke says, Magic. A magic made possible from technology Vizrt and SportVu with the help of forty-four HD cameras and twenty computers. Here are the details. Embedded video from CNN Video On the subject's side: • 35 HD cameras pointed at the subject in a ring • Different cameras shoot at ...

CNN's Election Night hologram: How it works
DVICE Atom Feed — Embedded video from CNN Video Show of hands: How many of you had your minds blown when Anderson Cooper interviewed will.i.am via "hologram" on CNN last night? I've been pretty hard on CNN about its technical foul-ups in the past, but I've gotta hand it to them on this one — that was a cool trick. Sci-fi technology in living rooms across the nation? Now that's some change I can believe in. But what exactly is the deal with this taste of Star Wars tech? Did Cooper really see a 3D representation of will.i.am, or was it all ...

Michael Moore on Bailout of US Auto Makers
Boing Boing — ... Moore doesn't want to see the loss of more jobs in the US auto industry. He also doesn't trust the current management teams that got them into this mess. Hard to argue against either position. I don't know if I can go so far as Moore to believe that the government could do a better job running these companies. However, it's clear that this manufacturing capacity could be a great asset if applied to an overhaul of the US transportation system. Embedded video from CNN Video I liked Michael Moore as the bumbling everyman in Roger & Me and I've liked ...

Cops Confiscate Man's Xbox 360 Because His Car Smells Like Pot [Xbox 360]
Gizmodo — ... Embedded video from CNN VideoAfter Kenyatta Hillman was pulled over for speeding, police detected the odor of marijuana and searched his car. When they couldn't find the marijuana, they decided that his stolen Xbox 360 would make a fine surrogate...except, you know, the Xbox wasn't actually stolen property. ...

El-E could be a handy robot for the elderly
Newlaunches.com — ... at Georgia Tech in Atlanta developed El-E, to serve as the hands and feet of people with motor impairments. It's not yet ready to function in homes where there are various obstacles the robot would have to maneuver around and a whole array of objects it has to learn to pick up. El-E is 5 feet tall and has a rotating body attached to a wheeled base. All one has to do is point a laser to the object that one needs, the robot then attempts to bring it to you. Embedded video from CNN Video Upon identification of a command, it will say, "Detected laser pointer." If it detects you ...

Brilliant self-contradictory quote from President Bush
Boing Boing — Embedded video from CNN Video "I've abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system." -- George Bush, at 1:40 in this CNN video. (via Slate)

Genius Kid Sets World Record For Guitar Hero
GeekSugar — Not only does Danny Johnson speak four languages, play the piano, saxophone, oboe, and drums, but he also set the Guinness World Record for the highest score in Guitar Hero playing the toughest song available: "Through The Fire and Flames." I am not even close to completing the song, and am kind of in awe of how fast his 14-year-old fingers move on that plastic guitar. Embedded video from CNN Video His score of 890,971 is the world's highest, and Danny says that if anyone beats his score, he'll be right on ...

Matchmaking blooms in Recession
Gizmodiva.com — ... to be the only solution to people emotional dilemmas. And finding that perfect partner on whose shoulder you can cry on, is the need of today’s jobless folks. Matchmakers from all segments of the profession report that their client load is up markedly compared to a year ago. The Millionaire Matchmaker, a reality show is also finding success in its second season. All of this shows that the recession is having an opposite effect on the Matchmaking business. Embedded video from CNN Video Whoever thought that love and money don’t mix had better think again. [ ...

Man Charged $62,000 for Downloading Wall-E While In Mexico [Customer Service]
Gizmodo — ... Embedded video from CNN VideoWhile on vacation in Mexico, Alberto downloaded Wall-E over his wireless carrier's network, only to be slapped with an insane $62,000 bill. ...

Man receives unexpected bill of $62,000 for downloading a movie
Gadgetell — ... via phone or data card, remember you can opt in purchasing an international roaming plan, so you don’t have to pay any insane fees.  Whether or not Alberto will be able to escape his $17,000 bill is not yet known.  But I’m sure he has learned fast from his mistake, and will definitely not travel without planning ahead again.  Check out the conversation between Alberto and Clark Howard below.  Via [Ars Technica] Embedded video from CNN Video Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for Gadgetell. | ...

Milk: The Gateway Drug
Boing Boing — Embedded video from CNN Video Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen is revealed to have an enlightened attitude about marijuana in this exchange with drug war dinosaur Robert Mueller. The tired-looking FBI director seems to be reciting his false arguments like a pull-string puppet. (Via The Agitator)

Chinese Cops Block Cameras With Umbrellas On Tiananmen Square 20th Anniversary [China]
Gizmodo — Our friend Elaine in China sent us a report that Chinese police use umbrellas to thwart camera crews from shooting video at Tiananmen Square. Here's a whole CNN report of the protest's 20th anniversary, replete with government-endorsed in-yer-face umbrella madness: Embedded video from CNN Video [Shanghaiist] ...

The Umbrellas of Tiananmen
CrunchGear — Embedded video from CNN Video Chinese police are now holding umbrellas up on Tiananmen Square to prevent folks from shooting video or taking photos of the square during this, shall we say, delicate 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989. Chinese Twitterers are trying to break through the censorship by coding their reports of protests. Chinese censors are called “river crabs” and the even is called “ATM” or “8964.” via Giz

Surveillance video of insurgents in Afghanistan accidentally blowing themselves up while planting a bomb
Boing Boing — Embedded video from CNN Video Surveillance video of insurgents in Afghanistan accidentally blowing themselves up while planting a bomb. What an explosion! Like a scene from The Hurt Locker (one of my favorite movies of the year). (Via ...

Singer Gary Go Pimps iPhone Music for the Masses
iPhone Savior — ... release. Why not! I downloaded three Gary Go tracks myself, his first single "Wonderful", "Heart and Soul" and a bonus track where Gary performs a darkly moving piano only version of Lady Gaga's smash it "Just Dance". That one's going directly to my iPhone. So what's next for this geeky musician? Maybe an entire music video shot on iPhone 3GS? Now that would be wonderful! (video after break) Embedded video from CNN Video [CNN]  

Near Space Photography for $150
Hacked Gadgets - DIY Tech Blog — Embedded video from CNN Video   Oliver Yeh, Justin Lee, Eric Newton have put a camera into near space and took a ton of pictures for a cost of only $150. The most interesting thing is that unlike most of these balloon projects there was no custom electronics involved. Instead they used a GPS enabled cell phone to send them the GPS location data. "We designed a low cost balloon-launch platform that did not require the use of expensive equipment such as radio modems (the total cost of our device did not ...

TiPb on CNN: Dieter Talks iPhone and Apple
The iPhone Blog — Embedded video from CNN Video Our very own editor-in-chief talks to CNN’s Richard Quest: As Apple profits surge off the back of the iPhone, expert Dieter Bohn explains the reasons behind the success. This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store. TiPb on CNN: Dieter Talks iPhone and Apple ...

Video of the Honda U3-X auto-unicycle
CrunchGear — ... Embedded video from CNN Video If the pictures of Honda’s little peanut-shaped mobility device weren’t enough for you, well, now you can see it in motion. This demonstration at the Tokyo Motor Show has a rather smug-looking presenter zipping it all over the ...

CNN's Kristie Lu Stout goes on a street food safari
Boing Boing — Embedded video from CNN Video My friend Kristie Lu Stout, a CNN International anchor, visited a number of street hawker stalls in Seoul to sample a variety of treats, including honey strings mixed with nuts, a spiral cut fried potato on a stick, and this french-fry encrusted hot dog on a stick that Kristie photographed and posted to Twitter last week. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout goes on a street food safari

South Korean band makes music from found objects
MAKE Magazine — Embedded video from CNN Video CNN's Kristie Lu Stout met with Noridan, a South Korean band that makes its instruments from cast-off objects. Noridan's eco-friendly music Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Music | Digg this!