Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Escape of the killer dolphins

Seriously, this is the world we live in now, a dystopian sci-fi adventure where even dolphins are now dangerous. From BoingBoing:
Using old Soviet Union techniques, Ukrainian scientists trained dolphins to attack and kill swimmers using knives and guns strapped to the heads of said dolphins ... Today, the dolphins escaped. No word on whether they are armed.

Saturday, March 02, 2013

Peter Gabriel wants to talk with animals over the Internet

Because the world keeps getting stranger, Peter Gabriel is teaming up with Internet pioneer Vint Serf and others to talk to animals online. Including a touchscreen device for dolphins (hmmm... bottlenosePad? No. porpoisePad? No. iSqueal?...).