Humans can make electricity - Pedalling your bike can make loads of electricity for household use. This seems like a great way to get in shape and reduce GHGs.

• Creates 75 to 200 watts at 12 to 25 volts DC depending on rider's strength
• Bicycle easily disengages from stand for immediate road use
• Stand folds easily for transport
• Power small, household appliances such as a desktop PC, laptop, or stereo

Video games and marijuana have long been linked (many an hour has been spent stoned playing Nintendo!). What happens when a game sets out to provide info/discourage recreational drugs use. The game Puker (link after the fold) is part of a wider drug awareness/prevention project called Talk to Frank:

FRANK aims to ensure that:

• Young people understand the risks and dangers of drugs and their use
• Young people know where to go for advice or help
• Parents have the confidence and knowledge to talk to their children about drugs
• Professionals who work with young people, especially vulnerable groups, are supported

Game play: The game is a side scroller, where you maneuver your marijuana impaired self through various environments in an attempt to avoid passersby, furniture and other obstacles. Water bottles along the way slow your mounting nausea. At the end of the level you attempt to direct your puke into a target to progress further in the game. The simple premise is both elegant and off-putting with its mixture of slang from different decades:

 You've smoked yourself ill with a spliff. Find somewhere safe to chuck up before everyone sees what a great big puker you are...

Game Comments: 

•  Unlike Grand Theft Auto (I-IV), this game doesn't allow you to buy or sell drugs. But does it glorify drug use, by being so fun?