Today is the 105th anniversary of the first subway line opening in NYC.

• 10/29/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Molly visits some of the most picturesque landmarks in New York City.

• 10/29/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Story links: Balloon Boy, Playing Dead, Shepard Fairey Lied, TSA Agents Took My Son, Response to “TSA Agents Took My Son”, Nasa: world will not end in 2012, Institute for Human Continuity

• 10/23/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Rocketbooms Humanwire correspondent Dr. Manjiri Prabhu reports on the difficult lives of left-handers and the association that promotes awareness in Pune, India.

• 10/23/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Story links: Jupiter, Water, Desktop Black Hole, Bad Memories Written with Lasers, Moby-Dick to be rewritten with emoticons, Emoji Dick, 2010 Olympic Medals to be made from old circuit boards, Turning Flyer Boxes into Planters, When skyscrapers signal a downturn, Twitter credit card iPhone app is a Squirrel, Leaving Iraq ends US mission veiled in [...]

• 10/23/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Molly explores the weird world of status updates.

• 10/23/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree recommends 5 tips for installing Windows 7. Story links: Five Reasons Windows XP Has About a Year to Live, Windows 7 Packaging, Explore the possibilities of Dell and Windows 7, Windows 7 Icons, Dropbox, Dropbox, 8 ways to make use of dropio, Mozy, Free Backups with Mozy, Windows Server 2008, [...]

• 10/23/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Report: 35 million-plus worldwide have dementia, NASA launches rocket, dozens report strange lights, Rocket launch prompts calls of strange lights in sky, Black Brant, Milan Happy Clouds by Stuart Semple, Is Condensed Water the Salvation for Developing Countries?, DewPointe by AWS, Scanning Dead Salmon in fMRI Machine Highlights Risk of Red Herrings (via Slashdot), The [...]

• 10/19/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Things Salesmen Hear, Most Likely Side for a Piece of Toast to Land, Pie I’ve Eaten, Jay Z, Scripting a PC, Planck First Light Yields Promising Results, Space Doesn’t Really Look Like That, Google Releases a Nuke, Google to Apple: You Lie, Apple Contradicts Google, Letter to FCC, Google vs. Apple, Why Didn’t Google Throw [...]

• 10/19/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

story links: India’s mission to moon, India’s lunar mission finds evidence of water on the Moon, Moon Mineralogy Mapper…Reveal Water Molecules on Lunar Surface, Moon Water Found, Raises Questions About Origin Theory, Ice on Moon, No duh: Surgery success is not linked to phases of the moon, Mark Jenkins’ “Sleepers” Photos 1, 2, 3, Wooster [...]

• 10/19/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Rocketboom’s Ella Morton meets up with Oxfam’s Human Countdown, President Obama, and the Yes Men during Climate Week NYC. Yes Men arrest footage provided by Brandon Jourdan.

• 10/19/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Molly is ringside for the Futura vs Verdana IKEA Smackdown. story links: The Font War: Ikea Fans Fume over Verdana, IKEA 2009 Catalog, IKEA 2010 Catalog, Twitter Rants 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, IKEA Petition, Stop IKEA going Verdana FB Group, Futura, Verdana, Paul Renner and Futura, Matthew Carter, Windows 95 Plus, [...]

• 10/19/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

You can’t get away from the internet.

• 10/19/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Humanwire correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on the adaptation of the XO laptop in Kenya.

• 10/19/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Humanwire correspondent Valentina Canavesio reports on Luis Soriano Bohorquez who created the Biblioburro, or Library Donkey, in an effort to bring books and the gift of reading to the children in his community of La Gloria, Colombia.

• 10/19/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

story links: Typhoon Ondoy, Markina River Raging By, Typhoon Ondoy September 26, 2009, MODIS Rapid Response System, Quake, tsunami near American Samoa kills at least 22, LA lifeguards clear beaches, Indonesians shaken and struggling after devastating earthquake, Officials: 3,000 People Trapped due to Indonesian Quake, Second earthquake hits stricken Sumatra, Mudslides Bury Villages in Rural [...]

• 10/19/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Rocketboom’s Humanwire correspondent Allison Cross reports on the massive flooding problems faced by the people of Kroo Bay, Sierra Leone.

• 10/19/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Expedition 21/Space Flight Participant Soyuz Docking to International Space Station, NASA’s LCROSS CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, Human Population Calculator, List of countries by population, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Unfair Robot Fight, Original Winnie-the-Pooh Drawings, Kangaroo, New friend joins Winnie-the-Pooh

• 10/19/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree talks about the advancement of home robots from 1982 to today. Story links: NYT: Planning Domesticated Robots, Android Amusement Corp, Boys and Robots Will Be Boys, Tomy Omnibot 5402 From 1984 in Action!, Omnibot 5402/TR5000 By Tomy, Talking Robie 2, Furby Commercial 2000-Ain’t No Furby Like Mine, Personal Robots CYE, [...]

• 10/19/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Story links: Bear-4 HD Camera Flight, 1337arts Icarus Project TimeLapse Video (Max Altitude: 93,000 ft), Broadway Apple Store Flyover, Broadway store will feature unique roof design, high five new york city, Amplichoir, Carl Sagan - ‘A Glorious Dawn’ ft Stephen Hawking, Barack Obama’s amazingly consistent smile, HostingYourParty, Has Microsoft Completely Lost It?

• 10/19/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Rocketboom field correspondent Ella Morton heads down to the Manhattan Bridge Centennial Parade to learn more about the bridge’s rich history. story links: Catherine and Cherry, Manhattan Bridge Photo, Brooklyn Pic, Life Magazine “Manhattan Bridge Under Construction”, Life Magazine “Manhattan Bridge Construction”, Bridge Pic Det, Brownstoner, Manhattan Bridge, March of the Dizzy Loonies, First Avenue [...]

• 10/19/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Vampires Move to Top of Costumes List, The Halloween Store on Amazon, Trick-or-treat bags may be lighter this year, Global Economic Crisis Halloween Costume Ideas, iPod Costume, iPod Dog Costume, Land Line Phone Costume

• 10/19/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies explains the who, what, when, and why of ‘Where The Hell is Matt‘. Story links: Destroy All Humans - ps2 - Mission 01 Destination Earth!, Where The Hell is Matt — Interview with Matt Harding, Where the Hell WAS Matt?, Where the Hell is Matt Maps, Where the Hell [...]

• 10/19/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Streetlamp, Frozen Female Body, Glass Harmonica, Lightning Rod, Kids Sharing, Evaporation, Oil and Water, Bifocals, Glass Music Glass Harp, Heat Conduction, Tokyo Summerland, Air Conditioners, Refrigerator, Charge Conservation, EZ Reacher, Transformers, Robot Arm, Sneeze, Hand Fins, Lead Poisoning, Daylight Savings Time, Fire Truck, Franklin in his study, Franklin Discovers Electricity, Glassarmonica, Ben Franklin, 13 Colonies [...]

• 10/19/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree explains how to optimize your Netbook. Story links: PC900 Comparison, MB1, Digital Pen Electronic Ink, News-Geek, Shocked Senior Man, Old Woman Using Laptop, Old Women with Laptop, Nerd 1, Parents Using Computer, Kids. This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

• 10/19/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Digital artist Borna Sammak displays his video art at a Best Buy in New York City.

• 10/19/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Rocketboom’s Humanwire correspondent Cheikh Seck reports on illegal immigration from Senegal to Spain. Story links: VOA, IOM

• 10/15/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp explores the new Swahili video game that encourages slum survival skills in Kenya.

• 10/2/09
• Kommentare: 0
• Votes: 0