Folding furniture

Thorough site in the UK with heaps of inventive furniture to help make use of space.

Furniture solutions capable of multiplying the value of space. We supply all types of wall beds " Murphy beds " vertical, horizontal and swivel folding beds, most beds can be integrated or fronted with sofas, desks "home office", bookcases, wardrobes, shelving or TV units. We specialise in space saving furniture and compact living solutions.

New forestry tools

This guy has been doing some good thinking in the woodlot forestry business.

There may be some good ideas for export or for manufacturing licensing.

The site is not very good. Click on the "Products" buttons.

http://www.futureforestry.com

Profit in the sewer

Imagine a technology that can cheaply make sewage and waste water clean enough to drink, as well as efficiently produce the next generation of super-bug busting antibiotics and food for aquaculture farms all at the same time.

Imagine a local sewage plant transformed from costing $5 million a year to run, to making $40 million profit.

Now that's tax reform!

This invention is called a nano-particulate membrane bioreactor (NMB) which is ideal and cost effective for recycling sewage and grey (washing machine) water.

In most current systems cells are grown in liquid, which means oxygen levels are low and aeration is expensive.

This is a simple cheap porous membrane.

The system is so versatile it can be built in a variety of sizes for use in individual houses, housing complexes or municipal sewage treatment plants.

Where kids run lean

Little is known about the patterning of neighborhood characteristics, beyond the basic urban, rural, suburban trichotomy, and its impact on physical activity and being overweight.

Example in recent study:
Adolescents living in older suburban areas were more likely to be physically active than residents of newer suburbs.

The neighborhood has important effects on health, but it's not as simple as classical urban – suburban – rural.

Next? Addicted to termites

Termites Could Eat into Oil's Bottom Line

In order to make the economic production of cellulosic ethanol viable and cost-effective, the discovery of new enzymes must be found in order to convert agricultural biomass to clean burning fuel. Surprisingly, one rich source of these enzymes has been found in the digestive tracts of termites.

Breakthrough wood-plastic composite

Wood science researchers in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University have developed new wood-plastic composites that are stronger and less expensive than any similar products now available – a major breakthrough for this growing industry.

Wood-plastic composites, often used for such things as outdoor decking, are one of the fastest growing components of the wood composites industry. Some projections have suggested that these products, which were used for less than 1 percent of decking in the mid-1990s, may capture 20 percent of that market by 2010.