Nerve-tapping

A neckband that translates thought into speech by picking up nerve signals has been used to demonstrate a "voiceless" phone call for the first time.

With careful training a person can send nerve signals to their vocal cords without making a sound. These signals are picked up by the neckband and relayed wirelessly to a computer that converts them into words spoken by a computerised voice.

The part that starts at 2:24 is especially interesting. Remote intelligence is coming our way.

Via NewScientistTech

Motorized Madness

Motorized Madness
A PC mod by Rendermandan who clearly has too much time on his hands but knows how to make true steampunk geek bliss. This creation is probably how a Analytical Engine should have looked like, replete with the usual complement of colored lamps and fans, as well as a full outfit of unnecessary rotating, extending, and moving external displays, switches, gears, and toggles with a turbine water cooler on top.