Hootie Might be Impressed by This Little Goldfish

She may never have a golden record but this little Goldfish is a hit. She is able to play single notes, chords and four part harmonies by tugging a little string with her mouth.

Jor Jor is partial to Moon River by Barbara Streisand but it's not her only piece. "Moon River has an instrumental intro and then Streisand comes in. Nearly every time, Jor Jor listens for several bars, then just before the vocals began, exactly on the beat, she rings her F bell once." Said Rains -

Jor Jor has been playing bells and chimes for about a year and a half now. When she gets the tune right her owner, Diane Rains. rewards her with a little treat. Read all about it

Mobile Technology 1922 Style

Here's a neat little piece of history. A silent video from 1922 has surfaced showing two women with a complicated mobile phone that takes two to operate. The captions seem to be making fun of women's need to talk all the time and their husbands who will be stuck carrying the apparatus. The phone features an old fashioned battery pack that has to be grounded, in this case to a fire hydrant, and an umbrella that doubles for an antenna. Check out the vid

Strange New World

Now you can be in two places at once with the help of a personal robot! Anybots, a California based company, has developed a 5ft robot called QB. With a headset and a satellite up link people will be able to log in to a QB unit from any place in the world. Users will be able to see, hear, and talk through QB's audio and video interface, and will even be able to move the device around homes and offices through a remote control. QB is expected to hit the market this fall. Anybots primary market for the device will be businesses looking to accommodate home workers.  Read more

In a very contemporary ceremony a Japanese couple was married by I-Fairy, a 4ft tall robot with flashing eyes and pigtails. The rooftop ceremony, in Tokyo was the first ever in which a robot officiated. Continue reading

British police unveil a pedal powered patrol car. Officer Keith Waller built the vehicle with the help of children, aged 13 to 16, at Ringwood Comprehensive School. The vehicle was built as part of an outreach program intend to establish a common ground between kids and the Police Department.

"I have been able to reach out to the students and make the police more approachable. It makes me look cooler, we all have fun and the children can come and talk to me. " Waller said.

The car will be entered into the British Pedal Car Grand Prix on July 11 in Ringwood, Hants. Read the whole story

Ladies Start Your Engines!

In April of 2005, 69-year-old, Cha Sa-soon of Jeonju, South Korea, decided to get her driver's license. Now five years and 960 tries later she has it.

After failing the driving test 959 times, persistence finally paid off for Cha Sa-soon who plans to “buy a small secondhand car to visit her son and daughter, and for her business selling vegetables” now that she has passed the test.

Sa-soon was charged a small fee each time she took the test, the total fees add up to approximately $16,500 US dollars. But as a consolation prize she won her place in history setting the world’s record for the most attempts to pass a driving test. Continue reading