Dry ice vs. soap 
I’m sure we all still fondly remember sitting in our high school science classes, marvelling at how cool liquid nitrogen is. I mean, it freezes anything in seconds – what’s cooler than that? You’ll be surprised – in this week’s video selection we take a look at some of the even cooler [...]

Biz Stone on the Colbert Report 
And we have reached a new level of meta-ness. Co-founder Biz Stone calls Twitter the messaging service we didn’t know we needed until we had it.

 
Frenchman Dimitri Gauer poses with his invention, the ‘crustacean peeler’
Crisis is the mother of invention, if one believes the bright sparks behind the gizmos, contraptions, novelties and potions at the international inventions exhibition in the Swiss city of Geneva.

Rolling Stone Eco-Capsule 
Luxury campers with blossoming eco-consciousness would not mind switching away from Airstream luxuries to the decent eco-capsule for their next adventure trip in the woods. (Pics)

Lightning Hybrid 
Tiny car company Lightning Hybrids showed it means business at the Denver Auto Show this week, rolling out the first prototype of the LH4, a 100MPG speedster with a hydraulic-biodiesel hybrid drivetrain that can zip the tight four-seater from 0 to 60 in 5.9 seconds. (Video and Pics after the break)