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Electrolux Flatshare Fridge Designed to be Cool Modular

September 14th, 2008 at 9:26 pm » Comments (0)

Color-coded compartments for specific food groups
The annual Electrolux Design Lab never fails to amaze us with either staggeringly useful or very silly concepts for the home. This modular fridge, designed to keep each student’s baked beans completely separate falls into the former category.



Mothers Have a Favorite Child

September 14th, 2008 at 8:56 pm » Comments (0)

 
 Almost 20 percent of the 1,000 parents quizzed said that
they love one of their children more than the others.
Far from being a social myth, there really are mummy’s boys and girls out there who get preferential treatment from their mother ahead of their other siblings. One in six mothers admitted that they favored one [...]



Tempting Fate

September 14th, 2008 at 8:08 pm » Comments (0)

Great example of an idiot driver
This idiot waits until the last moment to try crossing the railroad tracks and beating the barriers. Not quite a clean getaway. Second video after the jump.
 



The Great Sticky-Note Experiment

September 14th, 2008 at 3:25 pm » Comments (0)

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 As it turn out Sticky-notes and Slinkies have a lot in common
This amazing video will take your understanding of sticky-notes to a whole new level. Second video after the jump.
 



Top Concern Of Parents With Overweight Children Is Bullying

September 14th, 2008 at 10:22 am » Comments (0)

 
Bullying is the top “health” concern among parents with overweight and obese children, according to a new report.



Few Safeguards For Mexican Produce Heading To The U.S.

September 14th, 2008 at 10:13 am » Comments (0)

 
At the end of a dirt road in northern Mexico, the conveyer belts processing hundreds of tons of vegetables a year for U.S. and Mexican markets are open to the elements, protected only by a corrugated metal roof.



Nanonets Could Convert Sunlight Into Hydrogen

September 14th, 2008 at 9:59 am » Comments (0)

The top image shows a nanonet magnified 50,000 times. At bottom, a
flexible nanonet rolls up when poked by the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope.
One problem with solar cells is that they only produce electricity during the day. A promising way to use the sun’s energy more efficiently is to enlist it to split water [...]



Going All Veggie Could Be Bad For Your Brain

September 14th, 2008 at 9:37 am » Comments (0)

 
Scientists have discovered that going veggie could be bad for your brain-with those on a meat-free diet six times more likely to suffer brain shrinkage.



Getting Electricity From Outer Space

September 14th, 2008 at 9:28 am » Comments (0)

 
The key to our energy future may be in space. A new long-range energy transmission experiment opens the possibility of sending solar energy from space to earth.



Top 10 Photos of the Week

September 14th, 2008 at 8:59 am » Comments (2)

Even after months of psychotherapy “William the Rabbit”
was unable to regain his masculinity
We are not sure why some of these picture exist, or the real story behind them. But they have a way of making us believe that even if we do something totally stupid in the middle of a very dark night, miles from [...]