Why the iPad Will Never Replace the Newspaper
September 23, 2010
| Keg wine and wine vending machines just got supersized: 500 and one-thousand liter tanks have landed in French supermarkets. Bring your own resealable bottles, Poland Spring containers, jerrycans, whatever. Or you can get one at the store. Select your grade (red, white, or rosé). Pump. Print receipt.
Tight-fitting T-shirts and hipster jeans would get even snugger if you could just spray them on. That idea just got a little less far-fetched. A liquid mixture developed by Imperial College London and a company called Fabrican lets you spray clothes directly onto your body, using aerosol technology.
After the spray dries, it creates a thin layer of fabric that can be peeled off, washed and reworn.
Definition: The act of mentally undressing someone.
Pronunciation: A-po-de-op-sis.
The balloon flew for about 100 km, the complete flight lasted about 2h 40m and collected 2.6 Gbyte of data, namely 1144 photos and 15 minutes of videos.