The weekend link-a-thon: Radioactive materials in a can, now available on Amazon

The Net - Sunday, July 18th, 2010

Interesting tech-related stuff you might have missed the past week:

Around the net:

Amazon: You know what Geiger Counters are for? They’re used to detect radioactive materials. Now you can buy radioactive uranium ore to test if your Geiger Counter works. $29.99 for a can. Check out the customer reviews for other creative uses. [Via CrunchGear]
Gizmodo: This helmet checks your head for damage. Never mind that you were probably already crazy for doing anything that needed a helmet in the first place.
Tech-On: If these batteries can be recharged using vibrations, how long can you run a vibrator or handheld blender?
1Up: After 7 years in the making and more than $100M in development costs, Starcraft II had better knock our socks off.
HotHardware: Toshiba angers Spanish soccer fans by loophole-ing their way out of a World Cup promise. Angering a population of football fans = never a good idea.

Anything Apple:

The Tech Report: Another instance of a burning Apple USB cable. No refunds this time.
CNET: Free bumper cases to fix the problem? No-hassle return policies? Someone tell Whoopi Goldberg before she murders another iPhone in frustration.
Engadget: Take a stroll into Apple’s inner sanctum, where the company tests antennas and wireless signals in cavernous, million-dollar rooms filled with pointy things.

(more weekend links, plus two awesome videos after the break)

The Facebook movie:

Best Week Ever: There’s “The Social Network,” an upcoming movie about the birth of FaceBook (check out the intriguing-as-heck teaser trailer here), and then there’s “The Other Social Network” spoof about MySpace that‘s worth a few giggles. (give it a few seconds to load.)

YouTube: By the way, Sony Pictures just released the full theatrical trailer for The Social Network. The awesome piano-and-chorus rendition of Radiohead’s Creep alone makes it worth the watch:

Futurama today:

PhysOrg: The Minority Report today? These new billboards in Japan will scan your sex and age, then flash an ad depending on who it thinks you are.
Telegraph UK: Killer sentry robots have been deployed along South Korea’s northern border.
Lockheed Martin: In the US, troops are testing a HULC exoskeleton that gives GIs superhuman strength.