UK based inventor Austin Houldsworth is in the process of perfecting ‘The fastest tea equipment on earth‘. “The ‘Thermite Kettle’ is a single use kettle. The heating elements within the kettle contain thermite, which is a combination of iron oxide and aluminium powder in a ratio of 8:3. It burns at 2500 degrees. Once lit […]
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See how much tea’s in the tea
Graph Jam produced this visual representation of how much of what is in a bottle of one particular brand (Snapple) of commercially produced, heartily hawked ice tea:
Teabagging in the Name of Science
Political teabagging and sexual teabagging have attracted lots of controversy recently, but a lesser-known variety — research teabagging — has much to recommend it. In case you have not encountered the word “teabagging”, here’s some linguistic background. Political teabagging takes its name from a twisted, angry dip into American/British history: the “Boston Tea Party” anti-tax […]
“Please stop, I’m bored” mug
We proudly introduce this coffee mug — the first technology spin-off from the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. The ceremony always proceeds briskly, thanks to Miss Sweetie Poo, a very cute eight-year-old girl. Whenever Miss Sweetie Poo feels that a speaker has talked long enough, she walks up to that person and says, “Please stop. I’m […]