Month: March 2010

Backpack hydroelectric plant

Backpack hydroelectric plant

Bourne Energy‘s “militarized” luggable hydroelectric plant measures 3 feet in length and weights around 25 pounds. It can be transported to a water source by one person, then set up either on the surface of the river or, ninjalike, completely submerged. [I]t is self-contained with its own integrated power, control, cooling and sensor systems. The […]

More Kitchen Organizing

Nikol of The Thrifty Knitter shares her tips and lots of photos of how she organized her large kitchen. I love her idea of putting a weekly menu/grocery list on the freezer door. What a great idea to make sure you eat what you’ve bought. You can also see more ideas on reorganizing your kitchen […]

Rube Goldberg music video

Check out this excellently-executed Rube Goldberg machine, featured in this OK Go music video. When the rock band OK Go, famous for their viral videos including the spectacular and award winning “treadmills video”, wanted to feature a 4-minute long Rube Goldberg Machine in an upcoming video, they tapped Syyn Labs to build it. The requirements […]