Nokia surrenders, to start selling Windows phones

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Nokia's had a tough go of it the last few years, losing tons of market share in both the high end (to Apple and Google) and the low end (to Chinese manufacturers). Now, they're giving up on running their own mobile OS and are going to start selling Windows phones.

It makes a certain amount of sense for both companies. Microsoft is way behind Apple and Google in getting their OS to market, so having a big hardware manufacturer on board will help get their phones out there. And Nokia can now focus on hardware instead of dedicating resources to an OS that nobody uses. We'll see how it all turns out.

Healing burns in a matter of days with the stem-cell gun

Well, this is amazing: a new medical technique to treat burns involves spraying the affected area with the victims own stem cells, which results in major burns healing in a matter of days.

In the below video (warning: some nasty burn images in there), you can see the results of a man who received 2nd degree burns in a gasoline fire and was healed over the course of a weekend. A weekend! It seems like something out of a movie, but this is very real.

Teenager from Indiana makes homemade 'death-ray' with 5,800 tiny mirrors

Everybody, say hello to the 19-year-old Eric Jacqmain — typical teenager during the day — "death-ray with intensity of 5,000 shining suns" builder by night. This boy is the next Dr. Evil.

How does a young lad like Jacqmain build a "death-ray" that's powerful enough to "melt steel, vaporize aluminum, boil concrete, turn dirt into lava, and obliterate any organic material in an instant?" By gluing 5,800 tiny mirror tiles on top of a fiberglass satellite dish and drilling a hole on the back to allow light to shine through a translucent piece of plastic.

Why did Jacqmain build a "death-ray?" To prove how powerful the energy the Sun emits really is. Jacqmain's invention is so simple, yet deadly, that we wonder why we've been frying ants with puny magnifying glasses all this time.

Sadly, Jacqmain's "R5800 Solar Death Ray" was destroyed in a shed fire by its own generated energy. Calling his death ray's destruction a "suicide," Jacqmain is planning to build a bigger, better version with 32,000 mirrors in the future. If I were the guy selling this kid all those mirrors, I'd be suspicious of his intentions. Nevertheless, we tip our hat off to you Jacqmain. Bra-vo