It’s not just a place to throw your rubbish. New trash cans being installed for the London Olympics can’t be blown up, separate recycling, and also display helpful tourist info. That’s service.READ»
PaveGen, a British company that makes sidewalk tiles that create small amounts of electricity, is ramping up to take advantage of the foot traffic during the Olympics. Will pedestrian power pay off?READ»
What if your bike ride to work meant you got free stuff at stores? Recyclebank is going beyond just offering rewards for recycling, giving London commuters fresh incentives to walk or ride.READ»
The winning bid for the design of the Olympic village in Rio is based on the shape of tropical flowers, and is designed to be replaced with more needed buildings once the games are over.READ»
On the Team USA Web site, you’ll find this explanation of our uninspired Olympic logo: “[It] is made up of the letters ‘USA,’ the common abbreviation for the United States of America, and the Olympic Rings logo.” (If that ...READ»
Earlier this month, FIFA authorities dealt the Iranian women’s soccer team a terrible blow when they dismissed players from an Olympic pre-qualifier for wearing Islamic headscarves. Officials claimed that the garments, which veiled ...READ»
Due to a flood of terrible fake news stories online for April Fool's Day, we've canceled iFive this morning. Meanwhile, click through for a selection of easy listening...READ»
Brazil, which has seen the number of foreign patients rise from 48,000 in 2005 to 180,000 last year--and is growing at a 30% clip year-over-year--is poised to draw still more from its neighbors and the U.S. thanks to shorter flights and a bump from futebol.READ»
The World Cup, which takes place June 11 to July 11, may be the be-all-end-all for football -- ahem, soccer -- fans. Compared with other popular sports, it wins in financial terms as well.READ»
The Vancouver Winter Olympics has been crowned by many media outlets as the greenest Olympics ever--a title earned because of the city's commitment to CO2 offsets, energy efficiency, and recycling. And while some people gripe that ...READ»
How about asking a native artist from the host nation to design your uniforms? That's what the Dutch did, and they deserve the gold medal in design.READ»
We've put in our time lauding the slick and well-designed Olympic uniforms. These are the other ones. Amid the pageantry of competition, a surprising number of athletes trotted, slid, or squatted into the ready position in garb that ...READ»
Is it better to roll out half-baked green technology or wait until it's perfected? If the technology is going to be seen at an international event, it's probably best to wait. That's the lesson learned this week by Resurfice, the ...READ»
The Vancouver Olympics is especially exciting because it combines all of our favorite things: Twitter, Facebook, Google Street View, recycled computer guts, iPhone apps, and mind-controlled light shows. Oh, right, and sports, I ...READ»
