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Ping Pong Door

Franzel’s ping pong door looks like a normal door from one side. Open it and... more

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Shiny Suds

This woman who uses chemical cleaners has no idea that the chemicals are still... more

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Non-Recyclable Disposable Single Cup Coffee Packaging. The K-Cup.

I'm starting to see these little empty non-recyclable, non-biodegradable... more

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Including a wooden penis for your breasts when you sleep and the 'Hawaii Chair':

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50 adverts featuring Hollywood stars

Movie stars and advertisements have always been an awkward mix...here are 50 of the... more

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Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Now A Real Thing

After ThinkGeek got our hopes up with a “harmless” April Fools Joke, only to bring... more

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Outspoken TV Shows in Chicago now on Ustream.tv on Health, Wellness, Beauty etc

Registered Nurse Host interviews interesting guests on Health, Wellness, Beauty,... more

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Sarah Haskins in Target Women How to Get Hot Chicks

Hey dudes. Ever wondered how to improve your dating life? Maybe it's time you watched... more

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infoMania: Best clips from the week of 10.01.09

This week on infoMania Conor looks at how TV salary is inversely related to IQ and at... more

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MaruBot Table Soccer -- table football using robots

Table football has evolved with MaruBot Table Soccer. Instead of spinning players... more

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Artistic Garbage Bags

Here’s a quirky design that won’t change your life, but will definitely brighten... more

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Vending machines, out of the ordinary

There are many strange vending machines out there, and here is just 17 of them. Can... more

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Super Pepsi Mario

A Northern Californian Safeway celebrates Labor Day in style with their thousand... more

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Product Life-Cycle Assessment: Calculating Products' Pollution

Concerns about greenhouse gases and other environmental hazards have spurred governments and companies to try to reduce the environmental impact of everything from auto fuels to water bottles. The first step in doing that is to assess the pollution those products impose on the Earth.
(Campoy, A., 2009, September 1, par.4)

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s most recent environmental effort -- a bid to tag all of its products with information about their environmental impact -- will force hundreds of its suppliers to inventory their pollution, which many expect will create a boom for the pollution-counting profession.
(Campoy, A., 2009, September 1, par.5)

[Computer models are used to] process information about the energy and resources consumed by making, using and disposing of a product. At each stage, a product's effects on the soil, water and air are tracked to come up with what is known as a life-cycle assessment.
(Campoy, A., 2009, September 1, par.6)

At New Balance, a Boston-based maker of sneakers and athletic clothing, a "green team" has begun calculating the environmental cost of the plastic soles used in the company's shoes as well as the impact of shipping from New Balance's Asian factories. What the team has found so far suggests that the materials that go into the shoes, rather than the trip from overseas, take the bigger toll on the environment.
(Campoy, A., 2009, September 1, par.8)

But the profession can be lucrative. Calculating the life-cycle impact of a single product can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and Mr. da Silva [who oversees the U.S. division of a German environmental consulting company, PE International] said that starting salaries in his field average about $60,000. The first step in doing a life-cycle assessment is collecting data on the environmental impact of the different processes involved, from extracting raw materials to transforming them in a factory. Sometimes that means measuring emissions from a smokestack or a tailpipe, but the statistical information often comes from databases compiled by companies like PE International.
(Campoy, A., 2009, September 1, par.10)

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