Greenbird Breaks Record

Greenbird, the windpowered car, designed by Richard Jenkins reached 126.1 mph, breaking the previous record of 116 mph set by Bob Schumacher in 1999.

How it Works?
The Greenbird, like all other wind powered vehicles, works by harnessing the airflow. "It's part aeroplane, part sailboat, and part formula one car." It uses a solid wing instead of a sail, and it's wings work with the same concept as an airplane's wings.

Learn more at Greenbird and at BBC.

Cole Cleaner: The Coke Can Cleaner

Every wonder where your coke has been or what bacteria has been on it? Now there's no need to worry because of the Cole Cleaner.

The Cole Cleaner uses ultraviolet radiation to kill bacteria on the surface of any tin can.

The downside is that it will take 2-5 minutes to clean your soda can.

Learn more about the Cole Cleaner at Yanko Design

Which reminds me there is the Sonicare UV Head Sanitizer which cleans the brush head for your Sonicare toothbrush.

Learn more about the Sonicare UV Head Sanitizer at Philips

SwitchEasy ThumbTacks Microphone for iPods

Here's a small microphone for a small music player. This is the Switcheasy Thumbtack designed for the Apple iPod nano and iPod Touch.

The Thumbtacks have excellent quality and work with third part applications and look like thumbtacks!

This is a great product to record anything even when you're on the go.

They come in three colors: red, white, and black and for only $12.99 at SwitchEasy.

Read more at UberGizmo

The New iPod Shuffle

If you thought your iPod shuffle was small, wait until you see this: the new iPod Shuffle.

This new shuffles measures only 1.8" high and 0.3" wide. The controls were moved from the Shuffle to the earbud cord, making it drastically smaller.

But the newest - and coolest feature of this new iPod is the VoiceOver feature. It announces when your battery needs charging and also tells you the name and artist at the end of every song.

And of course the price - it's only $79 for such a useful little music player.
You can buy it now in silver or black at the Apple Store.

Read more about the new iPod Shuffle at: NewsOxy.com

Why Does Hair Turn Gray?

Remember that cute story that explains why hair turns gray?

One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?" Her mother replied, "Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white." The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, "Momma, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?"

Well, scientists have a new reason for the cause of graying. They say that it is caused by a buildup of hydrogen peroxide as it leaves your hair follicle.

Our cells naturally produce small amounts of hydrogen peroxide to kill bacteria. As people age, more hydrogen peroxide builds up, it bleaches the hair follicle.

Now there's good news and bad news. Here's the good news: Getting rid of the hydrogen peroxide will result in a return of your natural hair color.

The bad news? Scientists are nowhere near creating a product that will remove the hydrogen peroxide.

Listen to the Science Friday February 27th, 2009 Podcast to learn more.