Dispensary Corner 07 Nov 11
November 7, 2011
WEIRD science.
A final year university student,
Jake Tyler, in Birmingham UK has
made world headlines after his
final year project caught the
attention of international
technology company Vax.
The project saw the young
inventor create an eco-friendly
vacuum cleaner out of
sustainable resources including
cardboard and recycled junk
taken from landfill.
The vacuum, titled Vax ev, is due
to hit stores soon and is made
from flame-retarded and waterproofed
corrugated cardboard
panels which come as part of the
packaging, as well as recyclable
nylon plastic parts.
Proud Vax ev owners are also
encouraged to personalise their
vacuum by drawing a picture on
its cardboard body.
DISASTER averted.
Holidaymakers at the Porthkerry Leisure Park in South Wales had a very near brush with death after part of the park’s cliff collapsed leaving 15 caravans teetering about 30m above a beach. According to reports the caravans were about four metres from the edge before the landslip occurred. Fortunately holidaymakers had been unable to access the caravans for a few weeks due to safety alerts after the appearance of cracks on the cliff edge. Subsequent visits by seismologists predicted the collapse but did not give a timeframe in which it would occur. Most of the precariously perched vans have now been recovered, however many of those with a van close to the edge facing the ocean are now reconsidering their “top-spot” position.
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