{"id":223,"date":"2006-08-11T02:41:39","date_gmt":"2006-08-11T07:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=223"},"modified":"2006-08-11T02:41:39","modified_gmt":"2006-08-11T07:41:39","slug":"mentos-geyser-contest-secrets-of-invisibility-and-triphub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2006\/08\/11\/mentos-geyser-contest-secrets-of-invisibility-and-triphub\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentos Geyser Contest, Secrets of Invisibility, and TripHub"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mentos Embraces Coke Geysers By Launching Video Contest<\/a> via Digg<\/p>\n

Video contest sponsored by Mentos. Win 1,000 iTunes song downloads & a year’s supply of Mentos.<\/p>\n

Make a Wireless LCD in 5 minutes!<\/a> via Digg<\/p>\n


\neBay: Kid Auctions Off 2% of His Income for the Rest of His Working Life<\/a> via Digg<\/p>\n

New twist on financing college. From the Ebay listing:<\/p>\n

After I complete my education I plan on making at least 30 million dollars in my lifetime. When I meet my goal, you will make six times your original investment. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Starting bid: $100k. Any takers?<\/p>\n


\nCSIRO unveils fire-proof plastic<\/a> via Digg<\/p>\n

The polymer becomes a tough ceramic structure when exposed to temperatures as high as 700 degrees.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Science reveals secrets of invisibility<\/a> via Digg<\/p>\n

“There are many examples of ways a transparent material like water glass or air can bend light,” said Leonhardt. “The reason that is possible is because light will always take the shortest route, which is not always a straight line. All you need is a transparent material that bends light around an object like water moving around a stone.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

TripHub<\/a> via Download Squad<\/p>\n

Organize and plan a group trip for free. Anyone want to put something together for the Podcast Expo?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mentos is sponsoring a video contest, invisibility technology getting some serious effort, and a Web 2.0 travel planning site for groups. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-3B","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}