Sy Perlis broke the bench press world record for individuals ages 90 and above. At 91 years old, he lifted 187.2 pounds shattering the previous record of 135 pounds! He broke the record at National Push-Pull Bench Press and Dead Lift Championships in Phoenix on June 8th. He only startedContinue Reading
Tree-houses bring out the kid in everyone. One company, “Invisible Works“, has revealed plans to build beautiful semi-transparent tree-house structures in a London park. They hope that these structures will encourage people to spend more time outside. And that’s what’s good, Jon Reference: http://inhabitat.com/the-invisible-city-londons-parks-transformed-with-temporary-high-tech-treehouse-venues/Continue Reading
“Food is the Problem, and food is the solution” says Ron Finley, a local man that lives in South Central Los Angeles. He says in his city, more people are dying from the “drive thru’s” then the “drive bye’s”. Ron wanted to solve a problem that he saw in hisContinue Reading
“Mikey’s Run” is a charity started by Harris Stolzenberg and his brother Michael, a 13 year old quadruple-amputee. They started the charity with an ambitious goal in mind – to raise $1 million! Their mother laughed when they mentioned their goal. ‘If you can get $1,000, you should be happy.’,Continue Reading
Major Tim Peake (what a fitting name!), Britain’s first astronaut, said he will tweet from space when he goes in 2015. “I certainly will be tweeting from space, a large part of what I want to achieve on this mission is to try to inspire a generation and encourage themContinue Reading
It’s called “Project Loon”, as in balloon. This involves launching solar and wind powered balloons into the stratosphere. These special balloons communicate with control devices and Internet providers on the ground to deliver Internet to remote areas that are not “connected”. In the stratosphere, winds carry these balloons over aContinue Reading
Father’s day was extra special this year for Terrell Starr. Terrell grew up under his grandmother’s wing not knowing his father. Chris Truesdale, Terrell’s father, spent 29 years not knowing that he had a son! This all changed in 2009 when Terrell started searching Facebook for “Chris Truesdale” in orderContinue Reading
It’s called the “Little Free Library” and the idea has spread rapidly over the last few years. These are little boxes shaped like small houses that contain books that anyone can use. How does it work? Anyone can walk up to these libraries and look through the books. If youContinue Reading
The Cloutiers thought “Diamonds are forever” until Eric Cloutier accidentally sold his wife’s $23,000 wedding ring in a garage sale for $5!! Eric’s wife Racquel placed the ring in an old watch box before going to the hospital to give birth to the couple’s fourth child. “I hid the ringContinue Reading
Can one individual perform 1,000,000 acts of kindness in their lifetime? Bob thinks so! He’s dedicated his life to ensuring that individuals can reach this goal. On day he bought a bus, painted it with his family, and began a 10 year journey across the country to convince people toContinue Reading