The Tate have recently paid £30,000 for a till receipt from a little known artist. The receipt is supposedly a piece of conceptual art. Entitles Monochrome Till Receipt (white) it is simply a receipt for £70.32 worth of grocery items all of which happen to be white. It contains 36 items all of which are…
Month: June 2009
Woolworths Lives Again Online
For those who thought they had seen the end of Woolworths the good news is that is back but in an online form. The new website has recently been launched and is proving to be popular according to this article which says nearly 100,000 people logged on in the first few hours. Much loved brands…
Laser Guided Cars That Do the Driving For You
This is interesting its an idea for laser guided cars that do all the driving for you. The cars would allow the driver to do something else whilst still being behind the wheel meaning you could sleep, read or perhaps catch up on some work. They would work using sensors and wireless technology which would…
Stoned Wallabies Making Crop Circles
This is one of the more bizarre stories I have come across recently. It suggests that stoned wallabies are responsible for making crop circles in parts of Tasmania. Apparently the wallabies have been getting into fields of poppies which are being grown for medicine. The problem is that they quickly become intoxicated by the legally…
Sainsbury’s to Scrap Cereal Boxes on Their Own Brands
Sainsbury’s will be the first of the major supermarkets to scrap cereal boxes on its own brands. The supermarket will stop using cereal boxes and will instead use recyclable plastic bags. Sainsbury’s have already started selling milk in polythene bags in an attempt to cut down on packaging. Scrapping cereal boxes should mean that they…
Baby Fennec Foxes
This cute little guy is one of three baby Fennec fox cubs that have been born at a zoo in Tokyo. They are only a few months old and are being raised in human care as their parents were unable to raise them. The cubs will grow up to 75cm long when they mature. Unfortunately…
Increase in English Vineyards
According to this article the English wine industry is increasing significantly with an increase of 45 per cent over the last four years. There are now 416 vineyards in England, a total of 2,732 acres on vines under cultivation. Most English grapes are currently used to make sparkling wine and it is estimated that around…
One Dress for 365 Days
This is interesting its one woman’s project to wear the same dress for a year. Its a year long fundraising project devised by Akanksha Foundation to raise money for uniforms and other expenses for slum children in India. For a year Akanksha will wear the same dress but will reinvent it every day by adding…
2,500 Year Old Bird’s Nest
According to this article a 2,500 bird’s nest has been found on a cliff in Greenland. The nesting site is used by gyrfalcons and includes three other nests all of which are more than 1,000 years old. Ornithologists discovered how old the nests were when they were trying to find out long the birds return…
Gold Vending Machines
Shoppers in Germany will soon be able to buy something a little more high end from vending machines as machines selling precious metals are introduced across the country. The machines are being introduced by TG Gold Super Mart at 500 locations across Germany including train stations and airports. The aim is to tap into increasing…