November 4, 2009 @ 12:34 am
An Australian company has developed a neat little tool called the BottleMate that easily pops the caps off of bottles while preserving their circular shape. Normally, if you have to open a bottle with a sealed cap, you end up bending it somehow with a bottle opener which really messes up the shape of the cap itself.
In any case, this is a pretty neat product I think and something that might make me start a personal collection of bottle caps just for fun. Thanks Dan for the heads up on this!
June 2, 2009 @ 12:52 am
The Dustbot is a fully automated garbage collecting robot that can be summoned to one’s home via a cellphone. The robot is an advanced combination of GPS navigation and gyroscopic systems rolling along narrow streets to come get your rubbish. There is currently at least one prototype working in Italy and the Dustbot’s inventors say that they have already gotten some interest to deploy the units elsewhere around the world.
Imagine how much quieter NYC would be if these robots replaced all of the noisy garbage trucks on the road. Thanks Sally!
December 7, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
I know what I’m going to get myself for Christmas this year. I’m going to purchase the Planet Earth & The Blue Planet Seas of Life (Special Collector’s Edition)
At the moment, it’s already quite cheap at $86 (with free shipping), but I don’t know if I should wait a bit longer to see if it’ll go on sale even cheaper. I don’t need it right away, so I guess I’ll wait.
But yeah, I know what I’ll be doing this holiday break… :)
