Tag: fire
VIDEO: Watch in horror as this iPhone catches fire INSIDE A MAN'S POCKET
Death by iPhone? That was very nearly the case for 17-year-old Finnish man Henri Helminen. His three-month old iPhone combusted in his back pocket, with the smoke rising from what's presumed to have been a faulty battery pack the only…
iPhone blows up during flight
An iPhone caused a few moments of iTerror during the flight of an Australian passenger aircraft after a malfunction caused the Apple smartphone to essentially blow up. The device began to glow red, causing plumes of "dense smoke" to fill…
Fire Service launches minigames
It seems that the boys in the Fire Brigade have been using their spare time to learn flash coding, because the government’s just put out a flash game that teaches people how to prepare for emergencies.
Aside from the slight insanity of kites blocking your safe path out of your house, it’s really well put-together and quite good fun. I got to about 6,000 points or so before feeling like I ought to get on with some work. How well do you manage? Give it a try right here:
VIDEO: Energy & Efficiency, episode 3
This week, I take a look at fires in the house. Not as dangerous as you may initially think, plus burning wood is a superb environmentally sound and low-cost solution to home heating.
It’s also great fun if you draw effigies of your enemies on the logs, then watch them BURN.
CONCLUSION: Everyone should buy fires for the home. Watching wood effigies…
Google Street View invades privacy of fire. Fire says it has right to smoke in its own home
Something tells me that the Google Street View pictures of Eagle Point Drive in Sherwood, Arkansas are going to be rendered out-of-date slightly quicker than Google might have hoped…
IPod nano safety fears hit Japan – battery "emits sparks" during charging
Uh-oh! Global safety panic alert!
Japan’s trade ministry has pressed the big, red EMERGENCY button in its offices, after receiving reports that an iPod nano’s battery started to give off “sparks” while it was being charged.
The incident took place in Japan during January, with Apple itself…
VIDEO: Reverse polarity battery test
Hey everyone. This week’s video is about batteries again, but I’ve decided to do something a little bit different this time. Something exciting. Something dangerous!
I though I’d see what happens when you put batteries in the WRONG WAY ROUND. Will there be a fire? An explosion? Some leaking chemicals? A matter/anti-matter detonation that rips a hole in the space/time continuum?
Shiny Video Preview: Picture House fireplace with rising television
Zara is in the picture and talking and everything but the poor girl is totally upstaged by the classic James Bond fireplace. These…
X-Wing fighter disintegrates as was foreseen
You know that home made X-Wing fighter we did something on last week? The one we said you’d be able to see crashing and burning on YouTube this week? Here’s a YouTube video of it crashing and burning right on schedule.
