Claire Rowlands is a British woman who’s ultra-pissed after the Google Street View car inadvertently captured a shot of her 3-year old son’s bare asscheeks . Pfft, I played in the front yard naked till I was 17. She said: ‘I just felt sick to my stomach when I saw the naked picture of Louis on the internet. I’m angry, disgusted and upset about it - they should be checking every image before it goes up . ‘ They should be extra careful on warm days because this is what children do - he was just playing in the garden and we didn’t expect in a million years he’d have his picture taken and put on the internet for anyone to see. ‘It’s such a clear image, I see it as an indecent photograph - my concern is that paedophiles could see it and there’s no way I ever wanted my son to be seen naked all over the world. Google has now apologised and said it has blurred the image. Two Three words: throw some pants on the kid and stop complaining. Nobody wants to see the little bastard running through the sprinkler naked anyways. Except the ice cream man, and he has his own camera. Mother’s fury after Google Street View publishes naked picture of her son, three, online [dailymail] via Woman’s Horror at Google Street View Photo of Child’s Bottom [gizmodo]

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Woman Pissed After Google Street View Captures Her 3-Year Old’s Naked Booty

Paper that folds itself: knowing the Japanese , it’s probably what they had in mind when they invented origami BUT I DON’T LIKE IT. This is a demonstration of a sheet folding itself into a boat , then a plane. MAKE UP YOUR MIND, DECEPTICON! Researchers embedded the pre-creased “shape-shifting sheet” with tiny switches and circuitry strips that spring into action when triggered by jolts of electricity, bringing the “origami robot” to life. “The shape-shifting sheets demonstrate an end-to-end process that is a first step towards making everyday objects whose mechanical properties can be programmed,” says project leader Robert Wood. Interesting — but can it crumble itself up into a ball and throw itself away? Get it?! Because it belongs with the rest of the trash. YOU WILL NEVER BE A NINJA STAR! Hit the jump for a video of the paper in action.

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Shredder Candy: Robotic Self-Folding Paper

It’s been a couple of weeks since the iPhone 4 pre-order fiasco , and it’s tempting to forget about it and just talk about the phone. Tempting, but wrong. What happened is important, because it was fundamentally a different animal from past iPhone launch woes . Now we can finally point the finger at who’s responsible.

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Who was REALLY responsible for the iPhone pre-launch disaster?

This is a little chart showing what the same rock would look like rendered in twenty different video games . For reference, pedra normal means normal rock in Portuguese and isn’t the name of a video game. Or if it is, the most boring game ever. Move over, Super Watch Grass Grow! Tudo depende do ponto de vista [capinaremos] and What One Rock Would Look Like In 20 Different Video Games [albotas] Thanks to Romeo and Adam, who have both eaten rocks and shat gravel. Damn toughguys!

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One Rock, Twenty Different Video Games

Want a mousepad at the end of your armrest ? Who doesn’t , amirite? Not you? GO-GO-GADGET REGRET ASKING. This $43 padded armrest has plenty of room at the end for your mousing pleasure. All you have to do is securely fasten it to the armrest of just about any chair, and you’re good to go. It can also attach to a desk or table Count me in! And by in I mean out, I write Geekologie entirely from the comfort of bed. And by bed I mean carseat, and by carseat I mean babyseat. Oh — somebody just found a Cheerio between the cushions! Hit the jump for another shot and the installation instructions you’ll never need.

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STOP THE PRESSES!: An Armrest Mousepad

If the rumors we’re hearing are true, there could be a super iPhone in your pocket as early as January of next year. Just yesterday, we heard believable reports of the iPhone becoming available on Verizon in January. Now, the rumor mill has Verizon launching a superfast LTE wireless network this November 15.

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Will Verizon’s planned ‘4G’ network be better than Sprint’s?

Improvised Explosive Devices, or IEDs, are a huge problem in Iraq and Afghanistan. How should the military take care of them without damaging any people or equipment? The new strategy: microwaves.

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The Navy wants to blow up bombs with microwaves

I’d have sped up . You know what a museum would pay for a vampire cadaver?! Me neither, but I’m willing to find out (I’ll call the Smithsonian, you work on tickets to the next Twilight premier). A woman says she crashed into a canal after spotting a vampire in the middle of a dirt road on the Western Slope on Sunday night. The woman told the Colorado State Patrol that she saw the vampire in front of her car so she put her SUV into reverse and went into the canal in Mesa County. State Patrol says it does not believe drugs or alcohol was involved in the crash and the woman was not charged. However, investigators say there is evidence the woman was not taking her prescribed medication. Wait — seeing vampires when you don’t take your meds? I want whatever she’s not on. Woman says she crashed while trying to avoid vampire [9news] Thanks to Jake, who once crashed his Jeep after seeing a dino in the street. WHERE WAS THIS, GIMME THE DEETS!

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Woman Crashes Car To Avoid Hitting Vampire

The creatures in Halo are pretty terrifying. Big, hulking aliens, outfitted with futuristic armor and weaponry, trying to take your squad of human space marines down. And man, in person? Even more terrifying!

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Amazing 7-foot-tall Halo Elite costume is uncannily realistic

10 years in the making, scientists now believe they’ve bred the perfect prawn for farming. And if you guessed I’m only posting this because tipster killerabbit tricked me by writing “scientists develop perfect pr0n” in the subject line, congratulations, you’re 110% correct. Sonofabitch. After eight generations of selective breeding, one of CSIRO’s industry partners, Gold Coast Marine Aquaculture, has this year achieved average yields of 17.5 tonnes per hectare — more than double the industry’s average production. So good are these prawns that they have won five gold medals at the Sydney Royal Easter Show in the past two years, including ‘Champion of Show’, the highest award possible. “The awards (Sydney Royal Easter Show) are professionally judged on many criteria including size, colour, taste and texture, so the results speak for themselves.” You know what else speak for themselves? Proud, independent women . What do you say ladies — let’s burn some bras! Mmmm, I love the smell of burning bras in the morning. Smells like… liberation the dryer I usually steal them out of. What?! I’m collecting nipple dust for a potion! Is This the Perfect Prawn? [sciencedaily] Thanks to killerabbit, who got me good and can expect a mail-bomb. Wait — don’t.

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Finally!: Scientists Breed The Perfect Prawn