sâmbătă, 24 noiembrie 2007

Blue Jeans


Blue Jeans, invented in 1850
Working as a canvas salesman in San Francisco during the California Gold rush of the 1850s, Levi Strauss made a keen observation. He noticed that pants of prospectors and miners could not withstand the wear and tear of their profession. Strauss decided to stitch some canvas together and sell them as pants. What they lacked in comfort, Strauss's pants made up in durability. When he discovered that using denim -- canvas dyed blue to better conceal stains -- produced even more popular and comfortable apparel, an American fashion mainstay had been established. Once the workwear of cowboys, miners, and ranchers, blue jeans are today worn by people of all walks of life, at work and play.

sâmbătă, 10 noiembrie 2007

The return of steam


The future of automotive technology may lie in the past. Bruce Crower, 77, an auto-racing designer with a thriving business in San Diego, has invented a hybrid steam engine in which water is sprayed into a traditional gasoline-powered cylinder, turning waste heat into usable energy. How much energy? Enough to travel 40% farther on a gallon of gas.

vineri, 2 noiembrie 2007

Amazing, True Inventions

Never underestimate the power of the human mind to invent new and creative things. In this three part series, we’ll review some incredible inventions and discuss how one might best describe them in English.

company called Flavor Spray Diet has an Internet Web site called (naturally) www.flavorspraydiet.com.

What makes this company "different," is that they specialize in making sprays which actually smell and taste just like your favorite very fattening foods, only these sprays have no calories! This also means no cholesterol, and no chances of making you obese.

For example, if you prefer "bacon and eggs" with your glass of water while dieting, just reach for that bottle and spray it on whatever you like.

If you’re British, you can literally spray your entire English breakfast on you, fooling your colleagues into thinking that you actually know how to cook!

Flavor Sprays are available in many different, well, flavors: Parmesean cheese, peanut butter, pesto sauce, banana split, peanut brittle, smoked bacon and even birthday cake! How about some chocolate fudge spray? Yes, we’re not joking folks, this is all very real.

World famous gourmet chef David Burke invented these wonders, yes, America really does have some excellent world class cooks.

Anti-Teenager Repellent
For those of you who find teenagers to be "annoying," or just don’t want them "hanging around" like they’re prone to do, there’s actually a company in Wales, yes, WALES, which actually makes an anti-teenager repellent device!

Shown here above, this machine actually emits a special ultrasonic frequency which people only under the age of 25 can hear!

Next, this same inventor promises to market anti-teenager ring tones for cell phones.

Imagine being able to actually annoy your favorite teenager with whining noises using their favorite toy (their precious little cell phone) that only THEY can hear!

Isn’t technology wonderful, folks?

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