Subjects: General

Industrial hemp is being grown for a hybrid material to be used in making car parts for Canada’s first bio-composite automobile.

Musician/composer Michael Peterman has brought together an ensemble of vintage kitchen appliances for a one-of-a-kind orchestra.

Cloned glow-in-the-dark dogs and cats are being used in research for tracking human diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

On a farm in Virginia, military doctors recreate sniper scenarios using simulated limbs as a means of training combat triage personnel.

Researchers in Switzerland are developing a wheelchair for severely motor-impaired persons that can be controlled using brain signals alone.

Vancouver Paranormal Society investigators spend the night in a “haunted” old mansion using cameras and microphones in the hope of recording any strange occurrences.

At the Save Brain Clinic neurologist Dr. Jaewon Lee treats Internet addiction by using biofeedback techniques to increase patients’ beta waves.

Scott Weaver has combined his love of San Francisco and his love of toothpicks to create the world’s largest interactive toothpick structure.

At Cotswold Airport in England, Air Salvage International strips and dismantles used airplanes for recycling.

Jay Ingram tries his skills at axe throwing to participate in the Backyard Axe Throwing League in Toronto.