Monthly Archives: December 2010

According to a US patent application lovingly titled “Projector systems and methods for producing digitally augmented interactive cakes and other food products”, the imagineers at Disney seem to be hatching plans for interactive cakes.

The application includes a set of hilarious illustrations depicting over-sized cameras projecting images and video onto the surface of baked goods in order to promote storytelling and / or interactivity that is unique and individualized. Disney envisions images mapped to the 3D topography of the cake allowing it to sense, for example, when a slice is in the process of being cut (initiating a sword fight with Captain Hook) or removed (water rushes in to fill the void).

Disney’s plan for ‘interactive cakes’ revealed in patent application (Engadget)


From the DAA:

“Flight operations have been suspended at Dublin Airport following persistent heavy snowfalls for the past hour over the airfield resulting in severe contamination of the main runway.

Runway breaking action reports have indicated that the runway is not safe to use.

Our snow and ice crews are working hard to clear snow from the airfield as quickly as possible.

Estimated re-opening time is 13.30 subject to favourable weather conditions.

Passengers intending to travel today are advised to consult with their airline or airline’s website BEFORE travelling to the airport today.”

Dublin Airport

(Photocall Ireland)


A close-up image of a blood vessel in the brain has amazed scientists with its likeness to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Researchers at Newcastle University were studying the inner workings of neurons in the hippocampal region of the brain and when they looked at the image they were stunned by the find.

Mirror