Posts Tagged ‘public’

Under My Nubrella

Sunday, February 24, 2008 0:05 2 Comments

The Nubrella hopes to become the umbrella of the 21st century. You get total freedom in both hands, total protection and durability,. It costs only $59.99 and it has definitely made an impression. I am not sure thought who will be those daring pioneers that will go out in public with this thing on their [...]

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Finnish Toilets Unlock by Sending SMS

Wednesday, February 6, 2008 14:03 1 Comment

If you are traveling to Finland make sure you have enough credits in your mobile phone. A new pilot program has started, called “SMS Lock System” in which public toilets will have on them written a number. To access the toilet you need to send an SMS at this number writing “OPEN”. This is a [...]

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US Congress Archives on FlickR

Friday, January 18, 2008 7:00 No Comments

US congress vast photo archive is set to be available on FlickR in an attempt to get the public to comment on the pictures and perhaps provide further information. The archive has more than 14,000,000 photos and I am not sure when the uploading of them all gets completed. For the time being the [...]

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Changes in Spain’s monarchy?

Saturday, January 5, 2008 2:15 4 Comments

Juan Carlos, Kind of Spain, turns 70 this Saturday but he is not going to enjoy the celebrations. After 32 years in the throne and after managing to guide Spain to a democratic transition, he is faced with public dislike. From lefties to conservatives people are starting to ask not only for his abdication of [...]

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Is the toilet seat still warm?

Thursday, January 3, 2008 23:43 No Comments

 

Peter Krnokrak, from Canada, created a toilet seat that changes colour as temperature varies.
There are many that seek this patent to be applied to public toilets so that they can wait till the seat no longer has the heat from the previous user’s butt
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