Look at this video of Foursquare checkins during Hurricane Sandy. Watch as nearly the entire portion of Lower Manhattan goes without a single Foursquare checkin due to power being unavailable (and probably people realizing they don’t need to waste their cell batteries on useless checkins).
I like this simple Ecofan which uses the heat generated from a fireplace to blow the hot air forward instead of allowing the heat to escape upwards into the top of the room. It works on some sort of thermal energy being released in the air… There’s a video inside of it in action.
The YouTube description for this video says that the heat generated here is about 2000 degrees Fahrenheit, but commenters are saying that if ti can melt glass, which it does, then it’s probably closer to 3000 degrees. That’s insane. And so damn close to their hands!
Video description: Adding 75 tons of scrap steel to an electric arc furnace. Furnace operates at 90 Megawatts from a 34,500 volt power feed.
mophie has finally released their extended battery for the iPhone 5, a 1500mAh battery case they called the Helium. It is as thin as extended batteries go and will give your iPhone 5 the juice it needs to get through a long day. How much? $80 in dark or silver metallic!
Photo: AP Photo/John Lent November 9, 1965 photo shows people lying down in the main terminal of Grand Central Terminal during a power outage that affected New York State.
