Pic of the Day Feb. 28th

Reminds of "The Shining" doesn't it?

Quote of the Day

"If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas. Most of them will be wrong, and what you have to learn is which ones to throw away." - Linus Pauling

Tidbit to Ponder: World Languages Disappearing

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organzation (UNESCO) said that more than half of the world's 6,000 languages are in danger of disappearing. UNESCO said one language disappears on average every two weeks. In addition, only 10 percent of the world's language are represented on the Internet. (China Daily Feb.23 2006)

Super Amazing Plastic!

GE researchers have come up with a way to process a common
polymer so that it repels fluid. This means that even
drops of honey roll right off. The resulting property is
called "superhydrophobicity," or extreme repelling of
water-based fluids, beyond even that of a freshly waxed
car. Think - no more ketchup stuck at the end of a near
empty bottle. No more leftovers stuck on your tupperware!

GE's accomplishment is noteworthy because it was done with
an inexpensive plastic, GE's Lexan, which is normally
"hydrophilic" which means that water spreads out on
contact. Check out the attached picture. Look for this

technology to hit the consumer markets about five years
from now, once the manufacturing issues are ironed out.

-J.C. Editor of The Constant Skeptic

read more at http://www.geplastics.com/gep/en/Home/Home/home.html

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