Teeth-whitening kiosks gain grimaces. (more)
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Bill Agee of IKEA says innovation begins with a culture of courtesy and a sense of community. An exclusive Q&A interview by Tim Manners. (more)
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A passenger plane has successfully completed a two-hour test flight partly powered by vegetable oil. (more)
The glitch that froze many older Zune music players should now have been cleared, says Microsoft. (more)
Charles Macintosh will be remembered in tech annals as the inventor of rubberized, waterproof clothing. (more)
The Nail Brush is cleverly fashioned from a nail and a brush, allowing you to dig stubborn dirt from your nails with a nail. (more)
The smell of a football changing room has been made into a new aftershave. (more)
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In Sterksel, the Netherlands, farmers "cook manure from their 3,000 pigs to capture the methane trapped within it, and then use the gas to make electricity for the local power grid," reports Elisabeth Rosenthal in the New York Times. (more) |
A British museum curator has built a working replica of a 2,000-year-old Greek machine that has been called the world's first computer. (more)
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"Engineered in the Netherlands and built in Germany, the Carver One is promoted as the world's only available tilting car," reports Nick Kurczewski in the New York Times. (more) |
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Before the late Patrick Norton came along, furniture was merchandised by category instead of by lifestyle, reports Stephen Miller in the Wall Street Journal. (more) |
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Daniel "Devil Dan" Policarpo went to Austin in the 70s to "study literature," but ended up starting "the modern roller derby" instead, reports Michael Brick in the New York Times. (more) |
Dell's not saying much, but speculation is that its new laptop is green, skinny, or both. (more)
The garments come in many different shapes and colours, and play little tunes. (more)
A collection of mugs that are unique and practical at the same time. (more)
A new pregnancy belt created by an NYU grad student and worn by his wife notifies him whenever their unborn baby kicks inside the womb. (more)
Japanese researchers have reproduced images of things people were looking at by analyzing brain scans, opening the way for people to communicate directly from their mind. (more)
Lin Evola-Smidt turns weapons into art -- on an increasingly ambitious scale. (more)
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A new museum about chemistry "touches on the social context of science and social costs," reports Julia M. Klein in the Wall Street Journal. (more) |
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