With the oven ablaze melting shattered glass in the workshop and the nearby store abuzz with curious customers, it is hard to imagine that just a few months ago Lebanon’s last glass blower was about to close shop for good. On a ...
Tags: Recycled Bottles, Glass Blower
Bosch Packaging Technology plans to showcase its range of filling and packaging equipment for liquid and viscous food at Interpack 2014 in Dusseldorf of Germany, which will be held between 8 to 14 May, 2014. The company will showcase fill ...
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A dream, with a little nudge can go a long way. Of course, the first step, the foundation has to be laid down right and MIFF is proud to be the ones laying it. And rightly so, MIFF has paved the way for humble dreamers and aided them in ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
A fiber optic cable consists of a bundle of glass threads, each of which is capable of transmitting messages that modulates into light waves. A fiber optic is made out of glass. The glass used in making optic cable is in its purest form. ...
The words "Made in China" are synonymous with inexpensive electronics and housewares purchased in the United States. But a consequence of Americans' buying habits is air pollution that's also made in China, researchers say. Much of the ...
Some grain may have gone into storage last fall at higher than recommended moisture contents. Now is the time to check stored grain thoroughly and take steps to maintain the grain quality. “Search for small changes that are ...
Tags: Grain, Ken Hellevang, Aeration, storage problems
If you've caught a cold, a few precautions can help you recover and avoid spreading it to others. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests: When you're sick, stay home from work or school. Avoid close contact ...
Tags: health tip, common cold, U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
So long, Hot Wheels. You just got lapped by toy race-car company Anki, which showcased its iPhone-controlled car game at Apple's developers conference in June. At the International CES gadget show in Las Vegas this week, Anki gave onlookers ...
Tags: Anki, iPhone-controlled car game, Anki Drive, toy race-car
Researchers from North Carolina State University and Johns Hopkins University have found that an increase in the use of wind power generation can make the power grid more fragile and susceptible to disruptions. But the researchers didn't ...
Tags: wind power generation, power grid, power disruption, energy storage
Professionals from the cannabis and artistic glass industries are set to gather in the City of Lights next month for one of the most recognizable trade shows the market has to offer. Since it’s inception in 2009, the American Glass ...
As the cold of winter settles in across the United States, associations that represent the interests of wheat farmers met in many states to review the last year's activities and set plans for the next year. USW officers and staff look ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Your voice might help listeners determine your approximate height without seeing you, according to a new study. Researchers had men and women listen to recordings of identical sentences read by men and women of different heights. The ...
Tags: voice, ear witness, subglottal resonance
The executive director of Winter Cereals Canada says abundant snow cover in much of Saskatchewan and Manitoba should provide the protection necessary to allow cereal crops planted last fall to survive the winter. Figures released by ...
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Nothing, it seems, makes the hand of Vernon Brejcha quiver. Not the heat from a furnace that burns a few thousand degrees, not the weight of a five-foot pole with a ball of fire attached to its end, and not even the frailty of a very, ...
Tags: Magic of Glass, Lawhorn's Lawrence
A New Zealander become the first person in the world to officially own an Xbox One Friday, saying he was immediately retreating to his lounge for five days to play the console. International time zones meant New Zealand was the first ...
Tags: xBox, Consumer Electronics