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PBS Announces 2010 Trash To Treasure Competition For Kids
by Myra Per-Lee
It's the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and to celebrate PBS's Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning TV series, Design Squad is launching a nationwide 2010 Trash to Treasure competition for kids 5 to 19. The launch will begin on April 5, 2010. 2009 was the first year that Design Squad held this competition.
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1 comment Big Bang Too & 'The God(damn) Particle' Were A Smashing Success!
by Ron Callari
On Tuesday, March 30 at precisely 1:06 PM in Geneva, Switzerland,
scientists revisited our distant past. It only took 16 short years and a
paltry $10 billion dollars to recreate the conditions similar to the
original Big Bang that occurred some 13.7 billion years ago and is one
of the major scientific theories behind the creation of life as we know
it.
Wetnoz Studio Scoop n' Serve Dog Bowl: Innovative And Affordable
by Lady Bee
Wetnoz makes upscale pet products, mostly dinnerware, and mostly for dogs. Its wares are well made and very stylish, as you would expect from an upscale designer. Now, styled just like the fancier stainless steel bowls in the Wetnoz Metro Line, Wetnoz has styled the new Scoop n' Serve bowl without the steel liner to make the scoop dish much more affordable. You'll be glad, because the design is darn cool and convenient.
Beta Blockers Cut Risk Of Cancer-Related Deaths
by T Goodman
They are "first results," but they are promising. You've seen these
words before, but heck, every discovery starts small....
Aqua Creation Adds Apaya Sculptured Wool To Spectacular Lighting Collection
by Toby
In the Sculptured Wool Apaya Lighting Collection, Ms. Serfaty works with
textile artist Irit Dulman to create woven Merino, Mohair, and pure
silk lamp coverings. The entire collection will premier at the Light+Building Fair in Frankfurt, Germany
on April 10. Here we have some pre-show photo releases.
iPhone & Android In Bed Together With Knocking Live Video App
by Ron Callari
Apps are finally bridging the communication gap between mobile platforms
and Knocking Live is the first to
pioneer the effort. Developed for both iPhone and Android devices, this
app can broadcast live video between both smartphone devices. So
whether you belong to the Apple or Google tribe, technology has found a
way to make these competitors play nice.
Take That Old 45 For A Spin In The GGRP Carboard Record Sleeve
by Toby
The GGRP
Group knows and does sound - sound design, music production, voice
directing, casting, music, script writing, and audio post production.
And if that's not enough, they've invented a box. No, no ordinary
box... it's a corrugated record sleeve, that doubles as a
record player. After all, you probably don't have one of those any
longer... if you ever did.
InventorSpot Ranks 946 In Global Blogosphere
by Ron Callari
The blogosphere is alive and well and at 133 million (and counting) as
last reported by Technorati, it
doesn't look like its going to go away any time soon. Blogs, often
described as the 'democratization of reported data' allows journalists
to contribute to public debates, whether InventorSpot is covering a geeky gadget, a
social media phenomenon or an innovative philosophical idea.
Drink A Zima, Kiss A Celebrity!
by Steve Levenstein
Remember Zima? You will now... a new campaign by Zima Japan offers fans of the alcoholic drink a chance to kiss the soft silicone lips of a hot female celebrity while sipping a cool Zima.
Fictional Schrute Farms B&B Gets 4 Stars From TripAdvisor
by Ron Callari
Promoted as the 'lifeblood of agrotourism,' by Dwight Schrute, the
eccentric paper salesman played by Rainn Wilson on the award-winning NBC
series, "The Office," Trip
Advisor gets free publicity for a B&B that doesn't even exist
-- to the tune of over 633 reviews (and counting). There's very few
hotels in Manhattan that can garner that kind of attention.
Design To Enlighten Or To Drive You Crazy? Nendo's MD.net Clinic
by Toby
If you aren't crazy when you enter this MD.net Clinic, you will
be after you see the carpeting! Far be it from me to express such a
concern about the creation of a world class designer, but if this is
the way psychiatry is headed, we crazies should head the other way.
Flash Mobs: From Social Media To 'Tsunami Of Kids'
by Ron Callari
What started as an innocent by-product of kids meeting on Twitter and
Facebook has turned into a social experiment gone terribly wrong. A
'Flash Mob' is when teenagers organize a meet-up via social networks and
text friends and followers to show up in large numbers at a specified
time and place. Philadelphia alone has experienced four flash mobs since
December.
Electric Taxis Get Tokyo Going Greener
by Steve Levenstein
Those cute little taxis buzzing around Tokyo's business district are the city's first electric cabs. The ZeROTAXI service run by a privately owned limousine company aims to turn Tokyo green - one fare at a time.
Sarah Palin, the "Annie Oakley" Of Social Media
by Ron Callari
Supposedly she qualifies to be a Daughter of the American Revolution. She is a gun-toting member of the NRA and likes to shoot Moose when she's not taking pot-shots at Obama and members of his party. But this Soccer Mom needs to reassess how she unholsters her 'gun' analogies when she brazenly tweets and posts gunsights and cross-hair maps on her Facebook and Web site pages.
Murdoch's Newspapers & The Great Paywall Of The Internet
by Ron Callari
Murdoch is gambling by sending two more of his newspapers to the Great
Paywall of the Internet, in his tireless effort to eek out a few
extra pounds from his news syndicate. It's a gamble because these two
British newspapers will replace Murdoch's TimesOnline.com
which in February, according to Comscore experienced a 21 percent decline from last year.
