August 19, 2008

Roads could be a source of power

Anyone will know that when they were children and played outside, the roads during the summer got really hot. This has finally been realised by the science community who believe that this could be a brilliant source of power.
The idea is to lay conductive copper piping before a new asphalt (Black Top) is laid. They [...]

August 12, 2008

China set to lead manufacturing

Next year will be the year that China overtakes the USA as the biggest manufacturer of goods, this was always going to happen, but the experts had initially predicted that this would actually be taking place in four years time.
The main reason for this jump is being put down to the economy in the US [...]

July 4, 2008

Segway sales up

The famous Segway personal transport system, have been around since 2001 when the inventor Dean Kamen launched it onto the unsuspecting world to the same sort of public response as the personal transport that Sir Clive Sinclair invented, the Sinclair C5!
But it seems that the tide is changing and the Segway is making a big [...]

January 16, 2008

Accidental but successful products

Imagine discovering something completely by accident and knowing that it would go on to be one of the biggest things in its industry and stay there for years to come? Wouldn’t that be great?
Here are just ten products that were found by accident:
Potato Chips - Discovered: Saratoga Springs, New York
Viagra - Discovered: Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
LSD [...]