| The legend of Soaphenge
SOAP LAKE -- Brent Blake towers over the ancient and mysterious structure, looking for the Neanderthal throwing a rock. It's the only plastic figure performing the action. When Blake finds it, he places it atop one of the soap bars which comprise the mysterious Soaphenge, a tourist attraction whose origins are shrouded in mystery and lost to the history books ...Actually, the concept is one Blake came up with several years ago, shortly after the idea to locate a giant lava lamp in Soap Lake first occurred to him.Blake built a model using Lava soap to correspond with the lava flows of the region and including the Neanderthal figurines to simulate ancient peoples fighting over territorial issues.
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THE GARDENER WITHIN: There's a lot to recommend raised beds
I'm often asked about gardening in raised beds. Here's my answer: It's one of the best ways to grow productive and healthy plants and, given the option, I'd choose raised beds every time. I attribute much of the success experienced on the set of my TV program, "Fresh from the Garden," to growing just about everything in raised beds. They allow for better control of drainage, the opportunity to create custom soil, a defined planting area and a more user-friendly work area, just to name a few of the benefits. Although raised beds can be as simple as mounding up soil into a deep wide planting area, I'll address those with physical borders for this discussion. Here are some things to consider when building your own: Materials: Anything to retain the soil works, from scrap concrete to lumber to railroad ties, etc.
Want to control global warming? Say no to the bulb
Pune, April 16: If you thought aerosols and deforestation are the only factors that cause global warming, you may want to re-think on that. The ordinary light bulb in your home is also a contributor, points out environmental organisation Greenpeace that has launched a nationwide campaign to Ban the Bulb as part of their larger initiative for energy efficiency. The aim is to encourage consumers to switch to energy efficient Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL) instead of ordinary incandescent light bulbs. .
Small army of sensors invades city
Rosario's got the ball, she passes it to Josh Bers . Then Racing has the ball and passes it to Bers. In this field, the ball is actually data, and Rosario and Racing -- named for two Argentine soccer teams -- are wireless sensors on the roof of BBN Technologies in Cambridge. The sensors are part of the world's first high-powered, fixed, outdoor, wireless sensor network, called CitySense. Right now the network senses only weather data, but researchers expect that to change once the entire 100-node network is in place throughout Cambridge. Bers, a senior engineer at BBN Technologies, heads the project with Matt Welsh, an assistant professor of computer science at Harvard University. Via the Internet, they can log on to the CitySense site and check the information being detected and transmitted by the two nodes atop BBN: wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure.
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