Twitter is causing a hubbub across the globe as the next step in communication and social interaction. Your Twitter URL is now considered to be as sacred as YourName.com. For many, this is totally justifiable. Creating and promoting your online “personal brand” on Twitter is quickly becoming the modus operandi of the modern business man. Can you really and truly ...

Queen Oprah is on Twitter and she’s gaining like 34254435 friends a second. Didn’t she get murdered by Tom Cruise or something? Does this count as the first resurrection on Twitter ever? The account was a placeholder, but is now active. Oprah’s world domination is imminent. Link (oh hai, I’m on Twitter too)

A few days ago, an ingenious Twitter account mysteriously appeared online. The owner of Twitter profile OfficeChair engineered a rig which allowed his office chair to send a tweet� to Twitter everytime he passes gas while sitting in the chair. And boy, does he pass gas plenty. But how did he do this and how could you do it yourself? ...

Either the Japanese government has something against tripod manufacturers or the photography industry has been pulling the wool over our eyes for a century. A group of Japanese scientists from Nishi Lab of the University of Electrocommunications have determined that photos taken with cameras that are anchored to a tripod typically have more camera shake. A new tool that determines ...

So as you’ve probably read, there was a big earthquake over in L’Aquila, Italy. It’s looking pretty grim, too, with a 6.3 magnitude and dozens of entire towns reduced to rubble. Who could have possibly predicted something as catastrophic as this? A seismologist? Psh, keep dreaming. Actually, wait. Yeah. That is what happened. Several weeks ago, Italian seismologist Giampaolo Giuliani ...

I’ve got to book a trip to Tasmania because if they have jellyfish with fucking bright rainbows shooting out of them, I can’t wait to see what the shit on land looks like. Some jellyfish researcher (really?) named Lisa Gershwin discovered the new species off the coast of Tasmania. The crazy part about this jellyfish is that it doesn’t even ...

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Thank goodness it’s Friday. If you haven’t seen our latest Gearfuse Originals article, be sure to check it out. A small Bluetooth keyboard that fits in your wallet Teleportation just got a hell of a lot more real USB Post-It Notes Rubix shakers The party crashers Your cat should sleep in style The finest benches made from the finest wood ...

The FedEx guy showed up with your next batch of prizes. Stay tuned, kids. Max Headroom sleeps with this I bet Quickly knock $150 off the cost of a PS3 Kindle 2.0 is coming Delicious Warcraft Cakes Processing turns 1.0 Apple will begin price-matching competitors Scientists developed a fabric that never gets wet KOXY = SEXY? Have great links you ...

We’re big fans of papercraft here at Gearfuse, so we just couldn’t resist posting these blockheaded scientists. Print out your choice of Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein or Carl Sagan and fold away. Brains not included, idiot. Link [via]