People used to think of marijuana as the demon weed, and that smoking it could lead to promiscuity, harder drugs, and even madness.Research by University of Leicester psychologist Dr Adrian North may reveal an even harsher truth: that marijuana leads to Mahler. Actually, North’s work reveals a correlation between marijuana use and classical music fans, […]

Persian businesswoman Anousheh Ansari, co-founder and Chairman of Prodea Systems, is set to be the first female commercial space tourist, taking off on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft launching Monday, September 18th. She plans to blog and podcast from space at a site hosted by Los Angeles-based X PRIZE Foundation. “Over the next few days before […]

Eleksen Group, a maker of touch-sensitive smart fabrics, is partnering with clothing manufacturer, Bagir, to produce its iPod suit for men. The Bagir suit jacket integrates Eleksen’s ElekTex smart fabric touchpad technology, which transforms a lapel into a 5-button electronic control panel. “We selected Eleksen’s unique touch-sensitive fabric to create an accessible interface between our […]

Apple has been striking fear into more than just investors lately. An Apple iPod recently wreaked havok on airline toilet and had to be treated as a potential instrument of terror.The unfortunate iPod owner explained what happens when you lose your iPod in an airplain toilet: First, it becomes a suspicious package. Then you have […]

PB Teen, a division of Pottery Barn, has introduced the iChair, a chair designed specifically for use with iPods and other portable music players. The chair has a special slot to hold your portable player, two built-in 10 watt speakers and a massive 3″ 15 watt subwoofer. It’s not a space womb, but at $399, […]

Podfather Adam Curry is trying out Perversion for Profit, a new video podcast.The rough video demo is ‚Äúthe first test episode of my new video show” according to Curry. Curry first came to fame as an early MTV VJ, and is considered to be one of the fathers of audio podcasting, and is one of […]

If you’re looking for jeans with built-in iPod support, Levi’s has got ’em. RedWire DLX iPod Jeans feature a red cable to connect to your iPod and built-in controls, and…..are carpenter pants. The jeans are expected to be available in the fall for 199.95 Euros – about $250 US.

Yahoo today released a press announcement that announced that renowned British astrophysicist and professor Stephen Hawking has vocalized his thoughts about the fate of the world in an exclusive audio podcast featured at the Yahoo! Search site. Pretty important stuff to think about. Unfortunately for the world, Hawking has no clue how the world can […]

What do World War II, the US Senate, Viagra & podcasting have in common?One man, former Senator Bob Dole. Dole, truly a Renaissance man, fought for his country, being gravely wounded in Italy during WWII. Then, he served for his country, as US Senator from the great state of Kansas. More recently, he opened the […]

Most women would choose a new iPod over a shopping spree at a clothing store and even over a romantic evening with someone special, according to Women‚Äôs Watch: Girls Gone Wired, a study of women and technology by Oxygen Media. According to Oxygen, a media network for woman, the study shows that the technology gender […]