@grubish1: Not to mention the savings from not needing to provide in flight entertainment as every loud noise has the potential for starting a hail of bullets from all sides!

The skewers are cheap, and could be put into any kind of container for much less$.

I am very picky about my pasta texture and have found that very little water is necessary, although you have to be careful to stir a lot to stop the pasta from sticking to itself.

@TheMonkeyKing: If you are referring the the tip of heating a pan very hot before adding oil and the food to avoid sticking, I can only say that it works for me.

@Laura Kelley: Amazon has some nice flat 14" skillets for about $19. Mine lives on my stovetop because I use it at least once a day.

It seems a waste to pre heat up the whole oven just to heat up a skillet.

The Planet Mechanics show built a compressed air motorbike and it seemed pretty anemic and short range even though they had 2 beefy (bigger than scuba) carbon fiber tanks compressed to some ludicrous pressure like 7500psi.

I have come up with a variation on this method that works very well for those of you who have gas stoves with a broiler tray below the oven.

If they could just do something to fix the hiccuping and pausing on every flash video on my Mac I would be happy. I have tried everything.

@kagekiri: Some people might be thinking "Grilled Chicken Cookies, Yum". #foodhacks

@TheFu: Every Goodwill or thrift store has at least 4 waffle irons, usually for less than $5. #foodhacks

@valkilmerisawful: The weight of the elevator car itself is insignificant compared to the huge mass of the cable itself, so I suspect the problems you anticipate will not occur. #spaceelevator

Wow the first four minutes of that were spellbinding. I'm sure glad they did not edit all that exciting stuff out. #spaceelevator

Doesn't this sound an awful lot like Google Wave? #raindrop

From what I have heard a longer dart (than a 4' dowel) works even better. #outdoors

It looks like the cousin of Monsanto's plastic House of the Future:

This is a quirky one, but if you have a huge amount of dishes (15 seat dinner party, 3 courses) pile the dishes up in your shower and run it for a little while on hot. Then scrub them and put them in piles and repeat the shower, pulling them out one by one and stacking them outside the shower. I did about 60 dishes in…

@ridgecity: Try rubbing with toothpaste (paste not gel). It is a very mild abrasive that is good for cleaning fine surfaces. #cleaning

I am an inventor and designer and I am constantly sending out video and photo updates of projects I am working on and seeking feedback on them from my clients and investors and other designers.

Isn't using steam to cook called poaching? Scrambling is something you do in a pan.