The Beauty of Pollination - A Must See Video

domingo, 6 de maio de 2012


An open source kit for designing and building a home

WikiHouse is a brand-new effort to let anyone design and build their own dwelling.

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Glasses change focus on touch or nod of head

Claiming to have developed the “biggest optical advance in over 50 years,” PixelOptics has launched its emPower! range of spectacles, featuring electronically-powered instant focus switching.Glasses change focus on touch or nod of head

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Electronic spoon reveals when soup is too salty

For those with high blood pressure or other conditions that require a reduced sodium intake, the Salinity Monitor Spoon is now on hand to help by measuring the salinity of liquids and sauces.Electronic spoon reveals when soup is too salty

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For the bedridden and wheelchair-bound, electric underwear helps prevent bed sores

For the bedridden and wheelchair-bound, electric underwear helps prevent bed sores

Smart-e-Pants underwear combats the problem of bed sores by sending a mild electrical current to the wearer’s backside every 10 minutes.

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Electric underwear helps prevent bed sores
Jane Fonda - Life´s Third Act

sexta-feira, 4 de maio de 2012

Swimming Upstream - To Boost Your Self-esteem


The inspiring true story of Tony Fingleton, a young man from a troubled family who found the inner strength to become a champion. Always overshadowed in his father's eyes by his brothers, it is only when Tony displays an extraordinary swimming talent that he feels he has a shot at winning his father's heart.

Harold Fingleton, a vile, brutal harbor laborer, is obsessed with sports and macho toughness to the point of encouraging eldest son Harold to bully sensitive junior Tony, whom both abuse as 'sissy'. Only when he discovers Tony and his sweet, timid brother John have a talent for swimming, he turns away from boxer Harold to make them both toil in the pool beyond exhaustion. yet only John gets proud paternal praise, Tony is systematically ignored or belittled. After Tony proves himself the very best, dad actually devotes to training John to steal his place on the road to the Olympics, thus over-straining their close fraternal bond.

It´s a great inspirational story for those in need of sel-esteem and self-diligence boost.


Swimming Upstream

The Death of Bad Manners?

Bons modos? Polidez? Será que isto é coisa do passado? Veja na pesquisa abaixo acessando o link - em Inglês.

Bad manners: Old-fashioned manners are long gone

Please. Thank you. No, sir. Yes, ma’am. If these words sound foreign to you, it’s because we are in the middle of a rude awakening: manners, it seems, are dead in today’s society—and it’s not going unnoticed. In fact, 76% of adults believe Americans are ruder and less civilized than they were 20 or 30 years ago.
From the road to the sky, people are seeing more rudeness, hearing more rudeness, and speaking more rudeness. The question is: why? In the below infographic, we share shocking stats about just how rude today’s society is—and why old-fashioned manners have become extinct.