Friday, April 16, 2010

String an Indoor Clothes Line for Cheap and Space-Efficient Drying - Home - Lifehacker


String an Indoor Clothes Line for Cheap and Space-Efficient Drying - Home - Lifehacker: "This DIY indoor clothes line, however, makes excellent use of a small space and provides abundant room for wet clothes.

Most drying racks and even commercial laundry-room lines are too short on actual drying space. This clever clothes line setup doubles the line back upon itself a dozen times in a small space that would have otherwise gone unused—not only is the line itself space efficient but the use of the wasted space in the laundry room is a double-whammy of space management."

Ice cap thaw may awaken Icelandic volcanoes: Scientific American

Ice cap thaw may awaken Icelandic volcanoes: Scientific American: "OSLO (Reuters) - A thaw of Iceland's ice caps in coming decades caused by climate change may trigger more volcanic eruptions by removing a vast weight and freeing magma from deep below ground, scientists said on Friday."

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Wisconsin Electric Car Pioneer Ben Nelson Explains New Models to Milwaukee Hybrid Group

Wisconsin Electric Car Pioneer Ben Nelson Explains New Models to Milwaukee Hybrid Group: "Henry Ford had a deal to mass-produce electric cars with batteries supplied by Thomas Edison, according to home-grown electric car builder Ben Nelson. The package was going to include windmill systems to recharge the batteries, which would have meant no fuel costs at all. Edison was slow getting his end of the technology together, so Ford went with a petroleum-powered internal combustion engine instead."

Mark Hyman, MD: Glutathione: The Mother of All Antioxidants

Mark Hyman, MD: Glutathione: The Mother of All Antioxidants: "It's the most important molecule you need to stay healthy and prevent disease -- yet you've probably never heard of it. It's the secret to prevent aging, cancer, heart disease, dementia and more, and necessary to treat everything from autism to Alzheimer's disease. There are more than 89,000 medical articles about it"

New gadget for geocaching – Its Hotz Outside - Wilmington Star News - Wilmington, NC - Archive

New gadget for geocaching – Its Hotz Outside - Wilmington Star News - Wilmington, NC - Archive: "If you don’t remember, geocaching goes something like this: Someone goes out into a field, clump of woods or other hard-to-find area and buries or hides a container of something. The “stuff” could be anything from key chains to a journal. That person then goes on-line and posts the GPS coordinates. Other people log on, write down the coordinates and then go off on an adventure to try to find the container."