Author: kevin

Mar 05, 2011 CANstruction

Nonprofit organization, Canstruction, holds annual design and build competitions to construct fantastic, giant sized, structures made entirely out of canned food. In each city after the structures are built and the winners declared, the creations go on view to the general public as giant art exhibits. At the close of the competitions all of the...

Mar 03, 2011 Bill Cosby Demos His OFFICIAL Mobile App

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Mar 03, 2011 iPad 2 Smart Cover

Mar 02, 2011 Pepsi, Greenopolis, D.C. Launch Recycling Kiosks With Rewards

PepsiCo and our nation's capitol are teaming up in a public-private partnership that will bring 363 of Pepsi's "Dream Machine" recycling bins to downtown Washington, D.C. The kiosks aren't like the regular recycling receptacles you usually see on the street--they offer discounts and coupons at places like Dominos, Johnny Rockets, and Marriott hotels. Here's how the kiosks...

Mar 02, 2011 Advice from the U.S. Government On How To Furnish Your Nuclear Apocalypse Shelter

Nuclear War Survival Skills, by Cresson H. Kearny, is a book that was once only available to people in the U.S. military, but now it's available to everybody for free online. Packed with all the information you need to survive a nuclear attack, it's the perfect guide for survivalists or science fiction writers trying to...

Feb 28, 2011 Being bilingual gives brains a boost

Speaking more than one language works like a mental gymnasium by strengthening the ability to distinguish between irrelevant and important information. According to a new study, people who speak more than one language are better at prioritizing tasks and working on multiple projects at one time. “We would probably refer to most of these cognitive advantages as...

Feb 18, 2011 Disposable Flashdrives

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Feb 18, 2011 A Train Running Through A Bangkok Market

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Feb 16, 2011 Interactive Map of Current Worldwide Annual Coffee Consumption Per Capita

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Feb 14, 2011 Hybrid Furniture Fireplaces

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