Rock Fans In The Soviet Union Turned Old X-Ray Plates Into Bootleg LPs
In the 1940s and 50s, some people in the Soviet Union broke the law and produced makeshift records on old X-ray plates just to hear Western music that the government censored.
Here’s A Bacterium That Can “Eat” Metal
With a little help from a Chilean scientist, Leptospirillum ferriphilum can dissolve old iron nails in just a few days, a process that previously took months. That could help deal with the water pollution that comes from metal left over from old mines.
A Little Dryer That Vacuums All The Water Out of Clothes
If one of your new year’s resolutions is to see if you can cut down on your energy use, this might be a way to do it: a tabletop laundry dryer that can finish a cycle in just 15 minutes.
Turn Those Old Straws Into New Albums
The Straw Vinyl project has lined up some high-profile bands to release limited-edition vinyl records that are made out of plastic harvested from old straws. Then your hipster friends can say they were into keeping straws out of landfills before it was cool.
A Vinyl Question
What was the first 45rpm record you bought?