Collaborate Disseminate
QR codes are used just about everywhere now, for checking into venues, ordering food, or just plain old advertising. But what about data storage? It’s hardly efficient, but if you …read more Continue reading Back Up Your Data On Paper With Lots Of QR Codes
We’re not completely sure why [Fraens] needs to label so many glass bottles at home. Perhaps he’s brewing his own beer, or making jams. Whatever the reason is, it was …read more Continue reading 3D Printing a Bottle Labeling Assembly Line
It didn’t take long for us to get an answer to the question nobody was asking: Can you use toilet paper as solder wick? And unsurprisingly, the answer is a …read more Continue reading Busted: Toilet Paper As Solder Wick
Cianan Brennan reports: The Data Protection Commission has opened an investigation into the HSE after the personal files of patients were “compromised”. Questions have been raised about “unsuitable locations” in which that data was stored. A spokespers… Continue reading Data protection commissioners ‘want to look wider’ into patient file breach
Although various uses for post-harvest rice husk waste are being explored, the stuff is still usually either incinerated, dumped in landfills, or at best composted. Soon, however, rice husks may be combined with discarded newspapers to form eco-friendl… Continue reading Eco-friendly insulation would put rice husks and newspapers in our walls
Among First World Problems, there can be few worse than running out of toilet paper. The horror! If you’re not able to do as we did yesterday and borrow a …read more Continue reading No TP? No problem!
Justin Kase and Rachel Murphy report: Hundreds of children’s private records were littered along the streets of Cape Coral. Police picked up most of the documents after they were reported Friday. Read more at WINK News. From the transcript and the vide… Continue reading Hundreds of children’s medical documents found along Cape Coral streets
Conventional breeding of trees takes time, but CRISPR gene editing should help speed things up. Now, scientists at North Carolina State University have used CRISPR to adjust the genomes of poplar trees to make them easier to turn into paper products.Co… Continue reading CRISPR tweaks tree genetics to make paper more suastainably
Early on, railways primarily used wheels made of wood or iron. The former were cheap and relatively easy to manufacture, while the latter had far superior wear qualities. It may …read more Continue reading Luxury Train Cars Used To Ride On Paper Wheels
Much to the chagrin of Eastman Kodak, the world has moved on from chemical photography into the realm of digital, thanks to the ease of use and high quality of …read more Continue reading Forgotten Chemical Photography