четверг, 18 ноября 2010 г.

Stealing? No. Not from this backpack.


Designers are doing miracles these days. It was very nice of them to create a netbook backpack from which no one can get anything when it sits on your back. This particular model has a zipper on the backside, and it can be opened only when the owner takes it off his shoulders. Great for metro, buses, suburban trains, well, for any crazy city.

Update: After an extensive discussion with our readers we decided to add that while this backpack cannot protect your purse properly, it is still very good for keeping your laptop safe.

среда, 17 ноября 2010 г.

Holding hot stuff


We’ve seen that chemists use a really cool device to take hold of hot stuff. They take two small pieces of a rubber hose, cut them from one side, put them on the fingers and can hold any hot test tubes, flasks and glasses without getting burnt. This device protects the fingers and provides a firm grip at the same time. Katya’s mom even has this thing at home.

пятница, 12 ноября 2010 г.

Be small. Sit low.


In cities traffic lights are always well above cars, and that is why they are so difficult to see. Drivers have to stretch their necks real hard in order not to miss the right signal. To prevent accidents small traffic lights have been installed across the whole of Europe… at eye-level to drivers. Sometimes getting smaller means getting better.

четверг, 11 ноября 2010 г.

Mirror, mirror in the hall


Imagine yourself as a retired person visiting cathedral. Your neck is not as flexible as it used to be. In this case you would probably say thank God for the mirrors placed on the floor so that you could admire the reflection of marvelous arches without throwing back your head. It’s so thoughtful and so easy to do.

вторник, 9 ноября 2010 г.

Save the bread


What happens if you love bread? One day you buy too much, and it gets stale. Inevitably. And then you have to do something about it. In Portugal people have a number of recipes for yesterday’s bread. Their Acorda de Marisco is the best one. It is a kind of shellfish bread stew, both tasty and good for satisfying a coal miner’s appetite. And what do you do with stale bread?