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An MIT student put a coloured LED, an accelerometer, IR receivers and a battery into a jelly cube so that it can then alert people when they’ve had “too much” to drink by changing colours from green to yellow to red. The device estimates your intoxication based on how many … Read More
Part of us feels that a self-parking car is a bit of a cop-out; after all, what better feeling is there than perfectly nailing a tight parallel park on the first try? However, the more cynical part of us recalls a recent low-speed collision by a jerk who thought that … Read More
Poor Canada. Sure, we get a lovely visit from the Johnnie Walker ambassador every now and again, but we’re nowhere near as big a market as China. In fact, China’s Scotch market is so huge that the Wall Street Journal is reporting a bubble. Bubble or no, Beijing is now … Read More
Remember how everyone was giving Mayor Nenshi criticism about that bridge that was planned before his tenure? Well, now it’s attracting international praise, along with 10 Bow Building. Now if only our government could figure out how to turn kudos into cash… [2012 in Review: Top Ten Projects – Azure … Read More
For most people, business cards say, “I spent money to have my name printed on cardstock. Please place in drawer and forget I existed.” But they can be so much more. Steve Martin uses his to be funny. Andy Warhol used his as art. Edward Ruscha included a pronunciation guide, … Read More
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