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Connecting Families, Creating Memories: Hallmark Recordable Storybooks

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:02:13 PDT

Share your own touching story at http://www.facebook.com/HALLMARK.

Three families share touching stories of how they connected with loved ones - near and far - using Hallmark's Recordable Storybook.

Hallmark's Recordable Storybooks allow anyone to "read" a story, even when they cannot be present. Recordable Storybooks feature voice-capture technology that records the reader's voice directly into the book. When a page is turned, the book automatically plays the text on that page in the reader's voice.

Learn more about Hallmark’s Recordable Storybooks by visiting hallmark.com/recordablestorybooks.

The Universal Nut Sheller, The Rocking Water Pump, and Jock Brandis

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:57:34 PDT

Meet Jock Brandis, Founder of The Full Belly Project, Inventor of the Universal Nut Sheller and The Rocking Water Pump. Jock is a 2008 Purpose Prize Winner, Author of the book “The Ship’s Cat”, featured as a CNN Hero, written about in “The Wall Street Journal”, “The New York Times”, “The Atlantic”, and “Popular Mechanics” Magazines. Jock is a movie industry gaffer, a former Canadian Naval Officer, a McMaster University alumni, and a visiting speaker at the MIT D-Lab, Edgerton Center.

Jock has also worked with Oxfam and has traveled the world helping individuals and communities. He has seen, first hand, the physical and economic results of hunger and poverty worldwide. Two of his inventions are changing lives worldwide. The Universal Nut Sheller, just 1 machine can serve a village of 5,600 People or 731 Homes! The Rocking Water Pump, which is in Guyana, South America right now, they are using it to irrigate peanut crops.

The Full Belly Project
Designs and distributes agricultural devices that generate income for people in over 17 developing countries, including Guyana, Haiti, Mali, and Malawi.

Two of the Featured Inventions at the 8th Annual Feast Against Famine Fundraiser:

(1) The Universal Nut Sheller (UNS):
A hand-powered device made of concrete and simple metal parts, Jock designed the machine so anyone, anywhere, can make it. The UNS shells peanuts, plus it shells other crops: coffee beans, jatropha, neem, shea, and walnuts. The Full Belly Project produces the UNS machine mold kit, at a cost of about $700 dollars per kit, based on the price of materials at the time of production. Each kit includes 1 set of fiberglass molds and necessary metal parts for 3 machines. Reproduction in a developing country can range from $28-70 dollars per machine, based on the price of metals and concrete in their community. Kits are shipped in 2 boxes, each weighing less than 50 lbs and can easily travel on flights overseas as luggage. There is also a pedal powered version that is available; this requires some additional parts to be sent overseas. An unlimited number of the machines can be made from just 1 set of fiberglass molds! We encourage reproduction of these machines to give these communities unlimited potential for self-sustainability and the chance of financial freedom for the future. Former President Jimmy Carter Autographed one of our Shellers to show his support of our project.

(2) Rocking Water Pump:
Delivers water at a rate of 5 gallons per minute from Aquifers or Surface. Can also pump Muddy, Rocky, and Sandy water sources. Made of Concrete, Rubber, and Hose this cost only $70 to make in most countries!

Teaching Financial Self-Sustainability. Saving Lives! Make Our Mission, YOUR MISSION!

Become Our Fan on Facebook and visit Us at www.TheFullBellyProject.org

Music by William “Paco” Strickland visit www.PacoStrickland.com

Update: Jock Brandis and The Fully Belly Project

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:10:47 PST

Jock Brandis Founder of The Full Belly Project at the 8th Annual Feast Against Famine Fundraiser. The Full Belly Project: Designing and Distributing Agricultural Devices That Generate Income for People in Over 17 Developing Countries, a Few Are: Guyana, Haiti, Mali, Malawi +.

Two Featured Inventions:
(1) The Universal Nut Sheller: Shells Nuts and Coffee Beans, Hand and Pedal Powered, One Sheller Can Serve 5,600 People or 731 Homes. Jimmy Carter Signed One of Our Shellers to Show His Support.
(2) Rocking Water Pump: Delivers 5 Gallons of Water Per Minute, From Aquifers or Surface, Muddy, Rocky, and Sandy Water Sources, Using Concrete, Rubber, and Hose Plus It Costs Only $70! Become Our Fan on Facebook, The Full Belly Project.org

Black Eyed Peas “Youth Voices”

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:00:05 PDT

Learn more about Adobe Youth Voices by visiting http://www.plantandinspire.org. Adobe and Black Eyed Peas’ non-profit, Adobe Youth Voices (AYV), is aimed at empowering youth in underserved communities around the globe with real-world experiences and 21st century tools to communicate their ideas, exhibit their potential, and take action in their communities.

Graduates Start New Life Via Second Life

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:05:07 PDT

widows moible on a iPhone!?

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:02:12 PST

15 year old noregion programer develops windows moible on an iPhone. he says"this will be a open sourse and free".

Microrobots

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:56:08 PDT

Microscopic robots crafted to maneuver separately without any obvious guidance are now assembling into self-organized structures after years of continuing research led by a Duke University computer scientist. Each microrobot is shaped something like a spatula but with dimensions measuring just microns, or millionths of a meter. (TL)