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The USB Mix Tape

June 12th, 2008 at 6:07 pm » Comments (0)

Add High Tech To Fine Memories

Remember in the days before digital music and MP3 players? Can you really remember back that far?
If you do, then you probably made compilations of all your favourite music, to share with your friends and loved ones, on good old fashioned blank cassette tapes.
If you miss making mix tapes this […]



Portable Cardboard Cutting Table

June 12th, 2008 at 4:39 pm » Comments (0)

Need a table in a box?

 
If you’re in the need for a lightweight and highly portable table that you absolutely can not get wet under any circumstances, let me introduce the SR109 Cutting Table. As you can see, the table is made entirely from cardboard except for the actual cutting surface which is covered with […]



Already a Part-Time Entrepreneur? - 6 Tips to Survive Running a Part-Time Business

June 12th, 2008 at 4:30 pm » Comments (0)

Do you know what I really think? Part-time entrepreneurship is for hard-core workaholics with nothing else to do except work. Most normal humanoids would rebel against giving up their lunch breaks or after-office martinis to slave over the latest financial figures and think about ways to expand the business. I should know.



Meet Stormin’ Norman - The Tortoise That Wanders The Streets

June 12th, 2008 at 9:03 am » Comments (0)

Norman, As He’s Stormin’

A tortoise has come out of his shell to become a confident street walker.
Stormin’ Norman is a 10-year-old African sulcata tortoise who is turning heads by wandering through the streets of Aberdeen.
Owner Dianne Melville - who runs a reptile shop - walks with him, but she said Stormin’ Norman decides his route.



World’s Largest Wind Turbine Purchased By Queen

June 12th, 2008 at 8:43 am » Comments (0)

The Crown Estate of England has just purchased the prototype of the world’s largest wind turbine, the 7.5 megawatte MBE by clipper. For comparisons sake, the monster in the picture above is Clipper’s Liberty, which produces 2.5 megawatts.



3-D Viewing Without 3-D Glasses

June 12th, 2008 at 6:59 am » Comments (0)

 
 View high quality 3-D images without special glasses
With the release of a new set of 3-D video screens next week, Philips Electronics is bringing a sci-fi cinema standby a little closer to everyday use. Philips’ WOWvx displays–which allow viewers to perceive high-quality 3-D images without the need for special glasses–are now beginning to appear in […]



Medtronic’s M-POWERED car for diabetic drivers

June 12th, 2008 at 6:55 am » Comments (0)

M-Powered Car for Diabetics
It’s a new approach for managing diabetes. Just drive this car and get treated. More as a medical gadget than a vehicle, is Medtronic Diabetes’s M-POWERED car.



NASA Plans to Send Probe to the Sun

June 12th, 2008 at 6:47 am » Comments (0)

 
Getting bored with looking at other planets, NASA now plans to probe the sun
For more than 400 years, astronomers have studied the sun from afar. Now NASA has decided to go there. ‘We are going to visit a living, breathing star for the first time,’ says program scientist Lika Guhathakurta of NASA Headquarters. “This is […]



SwiftFuel an Alternative to Gasoline

June 12th, 2008 at 6:31 am » Comments (0)

Swift Enterprises Co-Founders Mary and John Rusek conduct research on SwiftFuel.
PBS has an article by Bob Cringely about the best route to end our dependence on oil and reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. Instead of replacing all our expensive cars with even more expensive hybrids or electric cars, his suggestion is to use a […]