The Colosseum in Rome is being cleansed of car exhaust that has built up over decades, ever since Mussolini’s ill-advised decision to build a major road nearby.
Diesel exhaust is pretty nasty stuff. Pass an overloaded 18-wheeler clouding up the highway, and that acrid plume of hydrocarbons will overpower even your best little tree air freshener. As new research lays out, that exhaust doesn’t just smell bad, it messes with the scent of flowers. And that’s big trouble for our already struggling bee friends
I love it when people come up with designs and gadgets that make it easier and convenient to do stuff that would normally take a while, like grill a burger. But the Exhaust Burger – I don’t love.
From the name and its shape, you can probably guess that this thing is supposed to be attached on your car’s exhaust pipe. So as you drive to your office and back, you can stop by the roadside and grab the burger that’s cooked to perfection from the heat of your car’s exhaust.
It is supposed to isolate the smoke from the cooking surface, but it still doesn’t sound very appetizing, does it? Thank goodness it’s just a concept for now.
The Exhaust Burger was designed by Roohollah Merrikhpour, Mina Mirzahossein, Narges Alam, Hani Saghaiyan, Elmira Manafnejad, Sanaz Ghaem Maghami, and Navvab Bahreyni.
[via designboom via Incredible Things]