Posts Tagged ‘Virginia Tech’

iPhone-Triggered Beer Cannon

The question is, can the new Verizon iPhone do this? A grad student at Virginia Tech and some of his pals, tired of getting up to retrieve beer from their mini-fridge, have turned their iPhones into triggering devices–just select the kind of beer you want, press "Fire," and watch it soar across the room to [...]

One Way to Cut Back on Food Waste? No Trays.

Given that an estimated 30 percent of food in America goes to waste, it's no surprise that restaurants, airports, hotels, and even colleges are devising new ways to deal with the wastage problem. Virginia Tech, according to a recent Associated Press story, has developed one low-cost way to cut down on edible garbage: take away [...]