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Thermos Was Green Before Green Was Good

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Paula

I have always loved Thermos.  Back in the day, my Mom had an entire line of harvest gold thermos products.  Whatever happened to Harvest Gold?  Even our fridge was that color!  I think we should start a petition to bring … Continue reading →

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Recycling for Techno Geeks

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Paula

Yanko Design has found a way to make recycling fun for all of the techno geeks out there.  All you need is a barcode scanner such as the Symbol LS2208, these fantastic bins called Sort and Separate and a pile of recycling.

The idea is that many products have barcodes on them that can help decipher what the product is and whether or not it can be recycled.  These bins have scanners built in to read the barcodes so all you have to do is swipe the questionable recyclable over the scanner.  If the bin opens, then that is where it goes.  If it doesn’t, try the other bins or maybe it can’t be recycled.

I do admit that recycling is getting a little more complicated than paper, plastic and metal but it’s not rocket science!  However, if this makes people think recycling is fun then I’m all for it!

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Ignobel Awards Held Last Night

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Paula

At Harvard University last night, awards for the most improbable research were handed out. The prize in medicine was awarded to Brian Witcome and Dan Meyer for their study on the side effects of sword swallowing. Apparently even inclued a live demonstration!

The peace prize went to the Wright Lab of the U.S. Air Force for their “make love not war” research and development of a “Gay bomb” designed to make enemy soldiers sexually irresistible to each other. Also with love on their minds, Patricia V. Agostino, Santiago A. Plano, and Diego A. Golombek from Argentina received the prize in aviation for their discovery that Viagra aids jet lag recovery in hamsters.

Some past winners attended as well. 2006 winner in medicine Francis M. Fesmire, best known for his research on the “Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage,” and MIT graduate Gauri Nanda ’05, winner of the Ig Nobel economics prize in 2005 for her invention of “Clocky” — an alarm clock that runs away and hides, forcing its owner to actually get out of bed to turn it off. Perhaps on my Christmas list…

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