We've scoured the Web to find the best intel you might have missed this week. In this edition: Ashton Kutcher is going to space, Nokia files a patent for vibrating "tattoo" alerts, and New York City gets its first fried-pizza joint.
Ashton's Space Odyssey
It was announced this week on Richard Branson's blog—which is
apparently a real thing—that actor and recent Details cover
star Ashton Kutcher is the 500th "future
astronaut" to sign up for Virgin Galactic's commercial space flights.
It's weird, because when you think of a Two and a Half Men star
in outer space, you probably think of Charlie Sheen. Those interested in
signing
up for their own suborbital space flight should send a check for
$200K and a self-addressed, stamped envelope to one of Virgin's
"accredited space agents." Or something like that. [Us
Weekly]
Good Vibrations
You know how you're always wishing that your phone would interrupt
your life a little more? Because the constant buzzing and ringing and
flashing fail to satisfactorily alert you to a new celebrity tweet, or—heaven forbid!—an incoming e-mail about a sale at
Bloomingdale's? Well, Nokia intends to remedy this ongoing crisis with a
new technology that the BBC has dubbed "vibrating tattoo alerts." To
quote: "[The patent filing] describes tattooing, stamping or spraying
'ferromagnetic' material onto a user's skin and then pairing it with a
mobile device . . . It suggests a magnetic marking could be attached to
either a user's arm, abdominal area, finger or fingernail." Hooray! One
day, instead of just your bag or pocket vibrating, your whole arm or
abdominal region will vibrate instead. Bring on the mass e-mails. [BBC
News]
Pizza, Now Fried
Move over, Tim Tebow! New York got something much more exciting than
a new quarterback this week. Namely, its first fried-only pizzeria. La Montanara by
Forcella is slated to open on the Lower East Side on March 28, and
the sample menu features much of what you'd expect from a gourmet pizza
joint, with the added disclaimer that all pizzas are lightly fried in
sunflower oil and finished in the oven. Lightly fried? Sounds
healthy to us! But then again, so do the Nutella-smothered pizza strips
from the dessert menu, so maybe we're not the best barometer. [Eater]
—Justine Goodman, associate web editor at Details
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