Coffin Sound System

A Swedish inventor has created a coffin with a built stereo sound ­system. Alrighty then!

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Do you want to keep in touch with the latest trends in music, even after death? It seems impossible, I know, but Swedish company Pause has just turned your weird dream into a reality. Introducing the CataCombo sound system, an original solution that will help you take your passion for music to the grave, literally. The unique sound installation comes incorporated in a high quality coffin with “godlike comfort and angelic interior”, and features a pair of two-way speakers, tweeters, a custom-built 2.1 amplifier and “a divine 8-inch subwoofer fine tuned to the coffin’s unique interior acoustics”. And it gets better – the CataCoffin comes with matching CataTomb tombstone that has a built-in upgradable music server. Powered by a 2.5 GHz Intel processor, this unique piece of technology allows your friends and family to update your playlist through the Spotify music service, with the help of 4G connectivity. The tombstone also has a a 7-inch LCD that displays what song is currently playing inside the coffin. It’s safe to say CataCombo can take anything the afterlife throws at it.

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Guinness Science

The physics of a Guinness explained.

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Strange bubbles and foam are part of the allure of Guinness – at least when you discuss it with an Irish physicist.

Sixty Symbols is in Dublin discussing the nation’s much-loved beverage.

 

This Machine Creates ANYTHING

Thanks to remarkable future technology, this machine can create just about anything. Truly mesmerizing.

Enjoy!

 

A Field Guide to Tech Facial Hair

For your amusement.

A Field Guide to Tech Facial Hair

According to Wired, the secret to success in the field of programming is facial hair. Notable exceptions include women, of course, and Mark Zuckerberg. Of course, it may also be because those who are the best at what they do can get away with wearing their hair any way they like in the workplace. IT workers fall into different facial hair categories, some of which are shown here. There are twenty types of beards and/or mustaches illustrated in all, so if your profession is not represented here, you can see the rest at Wired. Link

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