Speaking of material sticking to packaging:
Tons of food stuck in bottles and jars could be a thing of the past, thanks to LiquiGlide, an “amazing new condiment lubricant that makes the inside of bottles so slippery, nothing is left inside. This means no more pounding on the bottom of your ketchup containers — and a lot less wasted food.”
The non-stick coating can work on different types of packaging, and can be applied as a spray onto glass or plastic surfaces.
MIT Ph.D. candidate Dave Smith, who worked with a team of mechanical engineers and nano-technologists to devise the product, says: “if all … bottles had our coating, we estimate that we could save about one million tons of food from being thrown out every year.”
One of the most significant challenges his team faced was making sure the coating was food safe, meaning his team could only work with materials the FDA had approved. “We had a limited amount of materials to pick from,” Smith says. “I can’t say what they are, but we’ve patented the hell out of it.”
For a product demonstration, watch the video above, or view it over on Fast Company’s Co.Exist post here.
This guy was told by his Homeowners Association that he couldn’t fly the American flag in his front yard.
Don’t like gruesome news? This week isn’t your week. Sorry. :(
Three stories that don’t pass the “breakfast test”: This week has been a bit of a roller coaster as far as downright sickening news goes. We feel that all this stuff has to be noted, but let’s be honest. This is not the kind of stuff that one expects to hear about back-to-back-to-back. Initially, we didn’t even mention the first story below because we felt it was too disturbing. But as the week has gone on and a trend of disturbing news has cropped up, we figured we had to get to get a mention in. For your sake, here’s what you need to know. Note: This story is tagged with “trigger warning” for folks who need that sort of thing.
- sunday In Miami, a guy was shot and killed after eating another man’s face in a brutal scene captured on camera. Some sites (Gawker) even posted photos of the victim. This story is weird even for hardened investigators.
- tuesday In Montreal, a manhunt began after body parts started getting mailed to various Canadian political parties. The murder was reportedly filmed; a porn star with an extremely bizarre online reputation is the lead suspect.
- thursday In Maryland, a Morgan State University student is accused of killing his housemate, then eating his heart and part of his brains The suspect had also been charged with assault in an incident less than two weeks ago.
(Photo by Luke Hayfield Photography; the original photoset has three parts)
Janine Lindemulder, the porn star that posed as the sexy nurse used in Blink 182’s Enema Of The State cover.
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-But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
-It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
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……. Thank you for this.
