Entries from April 2010

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Elastic Water Could Help Produce Clean Plastic Materials | Inhabitat – Green Design Will Save the World

via inhabitat.com The material shown in the picture above is just ice, right? Look again. Elastic water, a new substance invented by researchers at Tokyo University, is a jelly-like substance made up of 95% water along with two grams of clay and a small amount of organic materials. As is, the all-natural substance is perfect [...]

Friday, April 30th, 2010

FTL Solar’s Lightweight and Flexible Solar Fabric | Inhabitat – Green Design Will Save the World

via inhabitat.com FTL has two main solar products – the Powermod 285 and the Powermod 1200, which are rated at 285 W and 1200 W, respectively. Each version of the solar fabric can be utilized in a number of situations — as a sun shade in your backyard, on top of a pop-up festival tent, [...]

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Viceland – ONE RAPE, PLEASE (to go) – I Paid a Male Whore to Rape Me Because I Wanted To

blame my recurring rape fantasy on the fact that I’m a feminist. I’ve never made any bones about getting boned in exactly the fashion that I want. But as a girl, my equipment can be trickier to manage, therefore I need to be a boss in the bedroom to ensure I get worked the right [...]

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

ArcheDream for Humankind

ArcheDream for HUMANKIND is an internationally touring blacklight mask and dance theatre company that communicates universal ideas and emotions to promote understanding and compassion. Merging ancient ritual and magical storytelling with modern technology, ADHK unites, uplifts and enchants audiences through riveting performances and workshops. via adhk.org This looks like a cool group. Apparently, they need [...]

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Lessons Learned: Video update on the Startup Visa Act

The Startup Visa Act continues to gain momentum on Capitol Hill, thanks to grassroots support of all of you. Without lobbyists or PACs, we’re getting the word out in DC and nationwide that we have an opportunity to act – this year – to create jobs right here in America by supporting entrepreneurship and innovation. [...]

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

MDMA as a treatment for PTSD in returning soldiers

Despite months of talk therapy, the nightmares continued, and Bledsoe grew desperate. Then “something almost miraculous” happened, he says. An online search brought him to a unique study of the banned drug MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), well known as the street drug ecstasy. The 21-patient study, sponsored by the nonprofit Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), launched [...]

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

1974 Volkswagen Beetle & Camper

via youtube.com Posted via web from crasch’s posterous

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Arc Attack – musical Tesla coils

via arcattack.com Via Ratha Grimes. Posted via web from crasch’s posterous

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

The bourbon Jim Beam: Rent a puppy

via youtube.com Posted via web from crasch’s posterous

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

A Real Cowboy

via youtube.com Posted via web from crasch’s posterous