Author Archives: Stan Flouride

When I first started using lithium carbonate (LiCO3) I described it as comparable to ‘insulin’ that is, a substance that the body needed but was not capable of producing in effective quantities itself. This study seems to confirm that or at … Continue reading →

The world’s largest vehicle maker said it will allow royalty-free use of about 5,680 patent licences, including 1,970 related to fuel-cell stacks and 3,350 concerning fuel-cell system control technology. The firm also said the free patent licences will include about … Continue reading →

This lucky encounter was posted online in mid December. The videographer sounds a bit nervous but got some great footage:

Written by Tommy Ramone in 1974: And here’s a couple of nice Ramones fixes to go with it. First, their appearance on 15 Sep 74 at CBGB’s in NYC: And this the entire raw demo recording of their first album:

Never have so many different people from so many different parts of Earth with access to high quality telescopic and photographic equipment had the ability to post them as widely as the internet now makes possible. These are just a few … Continue reading →

From multi-ton computer driven public pieces to hand-cranked pieces weighing a few centigrams, kinetic sculptures have reached new levels of wonder. These were collected from Cracked.com:

This is a wonderful and quite heart-warming idea

Long before there were Swiss Army Knives, Leatherman multi-tools, or Boy Scout mess kit pocket knives, the Romans were fashioning them out of silver and iron: This one is in the Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge, UK. Here … Continue reading →