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  • "Toilet Bike" Runs on Human Waste AS YOU RIDE

    10/03/2011 7:10:38 PM PDT · by posterchild · 58 replies · 3+ views
    minyanville ^ | Oct 3, 2011 | Justin Rohrlich
    Okay, someone's finally done it. Question is, what took so long? Never dreamed poop could get you blazing down the asphalt? Well, now it all comes true as Japan's biggest toilet maker, TOTO, takes the toilet on the road with its launch of the Toilet Bike Neo, a bike that's powered entirely by human waste. The bike runs on biogas converted from feces that is harvested directly from the driver -- who sits on the bike's toilet-styled seat.
  • GM Cancels Buick SUV One Week After Announcing It

    08/19/2009 1:47:13 PM PDT · by Zakeet · 16 replies · 2,415+ views
    Bloomberg and Associated Press | August 19, 2009
    Can't post an excerpt due to copyright restrictions from Bloomberg, but the gist of the story is that Government Motors announced a new Buick SUV and then pulled it off the market within the week because, to quote a similar article from AP: "The Buick crossover we showed received consistent feedback from large parts of all the audiences that it didn't fit the premium characteristics that customers have come to expect from Buick," Stephens wrote. "We were all struck by the consistency of the criticism of the compact crossover." In other words, it was a dog. You can read...