Alex Reid

Commuters who pass through Stockholm’s Central Station may not know that they are heating a building across the street.

This BBC video shows that Jernhusen, a real estate company in Stockholm, has found a way to channel body heat from people to heat another building. This is done by using heating exchangers to convert the Station’s trapped body heat into hot water and then pump that water to an office building next door, providing an environmentally-friendly and cost effective heating.

The engineers say that this process can reduce a building’s energy costs by up to 25 percent.

The City of Toronto has released a string of very amusing ads on YouTube featuring two guys Chuck and Vince promoting Toronto’s free pick-up and recycling of unwanted electronics.

This hilarious video is a spoof of the hard sell ‘bring us your gold jewellery’ ads. Two very enthusiastic collectors, Chuck and Vince mug for the camera exclaiming “We want your unwanted electronics!!! It’s easy, just put them out on garbage day.”

Following the recent protests in Egypt, the government has forced the closure of its four ISPs, effectively shutting down the Internet in that country – a first in Internet history.

It is reported that the Internet blackout came minutes after the Associated Press published a video of an Egyptian protester being shot.

My man Dave Twigg (and associates) released another gem of a video here.