Category: Spark

Sunday 14 November 2004 | Spark : The World | Comments (0)

We keep hearing about workers being exploited in foreign lands for the production of not so cheap clothing, well along comes a company that actually looks after their workers and claims an after training wage of $15 an hour....

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Sunday 14 November 2004 | Spark : Technology | Comments (0)

This is truly amazing. Another story from the Guardian Spark which shows how man is thinking of new ways to use technology, and frankly this one is on that border between totally bizarre and strangely compelling. The UN have some astonishing figures of landmines, and they are clearly a problem...

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Sunday 10 October 2004 | Spark : The World | Comments (3)

I am so jealous of those living in England and Wales right now as they have access to the energy supplier Ecotricity. This is a supplier that can supply your electricity, and match the costs of your current supplier, from 100% renewable sources. So without additional costs to the customer,...

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Sunday 10 October 2004 | Spark : The World | Comments (0)

Apparently the 1.8 million known species only represent 10% of those actually on our planet, that's a lot unknown and yet to discover, classify and investigate. Well now you can help out by donating an amount to an organisation called Biopat. A relatively small donation can allow for the correct...

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Sunday 10 October 2004 | Spark : Technology | Comments (0)

Dyson is creating a prototype motor for their vacuums that will record how it has been used and the internal diagnostics relating to the motor itself....

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Sunday 10 October 2004 | Spark : Technology | Comments (0)

Boeing are building a new commercial airliner called the 7E7. It's smaller, slower and carries less passengers than existing airliners, yet it looks to be a huge leap in aviation....

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Saturday 9 October 2004 | Spark : Technology | Comments (0)

I bought a Guardian newspaper this weekend . I tend to buy it every weekend, but I've been missing the odd few here and there. Well, in this one is the last of a three part magazine called Spark which is all about friendly innovations and new technologies around the...

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