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Cheap, Emissions-Free Power From a Small Box

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Light Pewk

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Widow Sues Toyota Over Prius Death Crash

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Hollywood Rushes Out 3-D Movies in Wake of 'Avatar'

Hollywood studios, juiced by the success of "Avatar," are tripping over each other to release movies in 3-D. In the... more

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The Robo Chair by Luca Nichetto

Very cool piece of furniture.Venetian born designer Luca Nichetto has created the Robo Chair for the Swedish manufacturer OFFECCT... more

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Old Nintendo system sells for $13,105

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Privatization of Booze: States Weigh Getting Out of the Liquor Business

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Toyota Recalling 8,000 Tacoma Trucks: What Now?

Toyota Motor Corp. said it is recalling about 8,000 Tacoma pick-up trucks over a cracked part built by one of the company's... more

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Happy Pills! Sweet Happiness in Sugar-Pill Supplements

Feeling depressed? Try a sugar pill! No, not the placebo kind – the real deal street drug of choice for children and... more

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Home Depot Takes Advantage of Wasted Space: Add businesses to its Parking Lots

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Private Label Takeover [Jim Cramer: Mad Money]

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Valentine's Teddy Bears PULLED Over Lead Concerns at Target

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Man Smashes 29 TVs at Walmart

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Toyota announces massive recall

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The Snowpocalypse Empties Supermarket Shelves In Washington D.C. - So What Would A Real Crisis Do?

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Volcano Vaporizer Smokeless Bong: How Rich People Smoke Pot

With its sleek, brushed-aluminum chassis and digital temperature gauge, it could be mistaken for a device that steams milk. And, perhaps not incidentally, the $700 Volcano is growing in popularity with the cappuccino crowd—highly educated strivers who demand nothing but the best. “If you’re buying this, you are either an aficionado, or you are well-read in the best ways to deliver cannabis to your body as science currently tells us,” says Pierre. “Otherwise you’d have to have a lot of vanity to drop this much money.”

“After I understood what it was, I immediately ordered one,” says a criminal lawyer in his 60s who heard about the Volcano from a colleague. “I have friends who are musicians. They get together at each other’s houses. These are businesspeople and professionals. They don’t smoke cigarettes. We filled up the bag with their pot and passed it around. None of them had seen it before. They were amazed.” He believes the Volcano—affectionately known as the “Mercedes Benz” of toking up—should be a standard offering for high-end travelers. “Someone should start a hotel chain with a Volcano in every room. I think there are a lot of people who would pick a hotel just for this.”

What might be most remarkable about the Volcano is its engineering. It works by pushing hot air through the cannabis, delivering all the chemicals that get you high without combustion or carcinogens. Using it is about as easy as operating a rice cooker. After waiting for the vaporizer to heat up, you place about half a gram of ground pot in a small chamber and press a button that releases the “vapor” (a misnomer since there’s no actual water) into a large bag with a mouthpiece on it. The vapor dissipates quickly, making the pot smell disappear. The user then smokes from the bag. “For me, it was the satisfaction that there was no smoke,” the lawyer says. “I wasn’t getting any carbon monoxide into my blood. I wasn’t doing anything that might hurt me. It made the experience better.”
(Schrodt, P., 2010, February 7, para. 4-6)

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