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Science
World’s Biggest Water Pump Under Construction In New Orleans
8:20AM John Herrman | The Army Corps of Engineers has broken ground on a serious construction project: a 570,000-litre-per-second, $US500 million pumping station charged with keeping the city of New Orleans a little, uh, dryer than it has been in the last few years. More »
Gadgets
Playpumps Trick Kids Into Doing Manual Labour for Fun
1:40AM Adam Frucci | The Playpump looks like a piece of playground equipment, but it’s really a disguised pump for getting water out of the ground. As kids play on it, water is pumped to a nearby tank. More »
Gadgets
Gas Gripper Rests Your Forearm Muscles At the Pump
9:45AM Jason Chen | It’s rare to find a pump that doesn’t have a latch to lock into the “on” position, but if you find one, the Gas Gripper will keep you from overexerting your forearms while filling up. More »
Gadgets
Beer Chilling Exercise Bike Puts You On the Drunk Diet
6:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | Don’t be fooled. Pedalling around on a bike that chills your beers probably won’t result in much weight loss. In fact, you may actually pack on a few as you enjoy the beechwood aged fruits of your labour. The bike has a heat pump attached to the pedals so the more you pedal the cooler the beer set inside the copper coil will get. It is just the incentive the lazy couch potato needs to get up and start moving. Next up, tackling the fresh air of the great outdoors. [PEGE via Treehugger via DVICE] More »
Design
Pump-Up Laptop Cushion Keeps Burning Metal Away From Tender Flesh
4:50AM Jason Chen | The laptop stands we’ve used are great for keeping your supple thighs away from your burning laptop, but are usually fairly heavy and hard on your legs. This Airboard, however, has an inflatable base to gently sit on your lap, while at the same time providing ample distance so your leg hairs don’t char. It’s only a design, but is neat enough that if someone made a laptop stand like this, we’d have a hard time passing it up in stores. [Yanko Design] More »
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