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“Ecofont” Saves Your Ink, The Environment

Now this is something I find rather innovative, and rather clever.

Spranq, a dutch company interested in reducing ink usage in a bid to increase environmental friendliness has managed to developed a special font, which they’ve fondly dubbed the “Ecofont”, that uses around 15% less ink than any other regular font.
The font, based on Vera Sans [...]

Is your Cellphone Signal Bar Important?

 
Picture Credit: Julian Schrader
Interestingly enough, the answer is probably no.
While this may sound surprising, according to this post, which was in turn inspired by the following post, has actually discovered that the signal bars which we seem to “worship” (I use the term lightly, as teens especially go nuts when there’s no signal) are rather [...]

Going Green in 2008: 10 Consumer-based Ways of Saving Electricity

Picture credit: armisteadbooker

I’m a complete sucker for anything that has been proven to save energy (as scams still exist throughout!). Light bulbs, fans, fridges, even Energy Star computer screens. I love what they’re trying to do: decreasing the amount of energy increasingly more advanced technology required. So I decided I’d compile something that you [...]

Glow in the Dark Kitty

Above: picture of glow-in-the-dark cats
Credit: Miss Cellania

Genes are becoming ever more and more useful thanks to leaps and bounds in technology. Many would argue that it will lead to our doom, our “over-experimentation” while others will debate that it will benefit mankind. Simply put, anything new technology is beneficial to mankind, but only in [...]

Photos Taken from a Balloon at 117,597 feet

The images you see below were taken with a camera attached to a special helium balloon, designed to fly at high altitudes. The balloon, SABLE-3 (Southern Alberta Balloon Launch Experiment 3), was rigged up with a camera that took a photo every minute, as well as a tracking device.
It took around 2 1/2 hours to [...]

The Self-Destructing USB Hub

Maybe you want to feel a little bit like a madman, it’s OK, we all want to get rid of some frustration every now and then (okay, always). To aid us in blowing off some steam, you can buy a USB Hub, which gives you 4 extra USB ports, but has a twist.
It comes with [...]

Scramjet Engine Reaches Mach 10 – That’s 10 Times the Speed Of Sound!

picture from NASA
The Australian Outback. Dry and desolate. This was the place where US and Australian scientists decided to test their latest offering in an attempt to drastically improve air travel.
It was the first time in history a Scramjet was ignited inside the atmosphere of our earth. The engine is incredibly light, it doesn’t need [...]

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