Kopiokau: The Double Espresso Blog

From Japan, the land of vending machines, with machines everywhere dispensing condoms, porn magazines, T-shirts, tobacco and beer, comes a new product: canned bread.  At 340yen - 350yen for a can (about USD3), it seems rather expensive, but what the heck - think convenience (portable, compact), think freshness (definitely keeps fresh a lot longer), think [...]

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A life-sized cardboard cut-out of a real-life cop, designed to deter shoplifters at a co-op supermarket in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, has itself been stolen.
This 2-dimensional cut-out of PC Bob Molloy had been very successful in reducing thefts from 36 a month just two years ago when it was first introduced, to 1 a month.  Apparently [...]

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Pennsylvania cancer researcher John Kanzius has accidentally discovered that if you aim high energy radio waves from a generator at a container of seawater, you can break down the bonds of water and release hydrogen.
He demonstrated this recently to Channel 3 News in his laboratory in Erie, Pennsylvania.  Reporters watched as Kanzius poured saltwater into [...]

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