Every day in New York City, a kitchen in a truck by the name of Sugar makes the rounds, selling freshly baked cookies, brownies and the sweet like to passersby. The Treats Truck was the brainchild of Kim Ima and borne of her dual love of baking and New York City. Ima offers a rotating [...]
As environmentally aware as we’re becoming, the auto industry is still making things that look like this. And people are buying them. AutoData reports that in 2007, SUV sales in the United States increased 22.7% from the previous year. China’s SUV stats for the same year actually increased by 49.1%. Early stats from this year [...]
Well it’s a far cry from the fire pit over which you roasted marshmallows as a kid. The outdoor kitchen trend was borne of the behemoth barbecues of the 90s and is mushrooming into a common feature of the 21st Century home. What started as an additional burner or two on your Weber has turned [...]
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There’s a new certification program for manufacturers that’s recently been introduced by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The SmartWay program is a partnership established between the EPA and the freight industry. Its environmental goals include lowering carbon dioxide emissions by 33 million tonnes annually by 2012. In order for a company’s wares to receive [...]
Researchers are developing a sort of nervous system to be built into bridges, airplanes, buildings and ships. This “Structural Health Monitoring System” uses ultrasound waves that travel through minuscule fibers that are embedded into the structure’s materials. The idea is that the individual components themselves will be able to detect defaults such as cracks or [...]
Read all about it. Well, at least read the headline. CNN and Boston’s Barbarian Group have teamed up on a venture to bring a selection of CNN.com’s headlines to t-shirts near you. The idea is to immortalize newsworthy moments that would otherwise be quite fleeting, along with the rest of what’s virtually current. Look for [...]
New research shows there’s a good chance our galaxy could lose its celestial stability in 40 million years, throwing planets off course and crashing into one another. On the upside, no plastic bags are expected to exist afterward.
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