via NY Times

After seeing the devastating impacts of torrents of water on New York City subways and highway tunnels during Hurricane sandy, one would be curious to know – how do you stop rushing waters from entering your highway and transit/subway tunnels? Researchers from my alma mater, West Virginia University, have been at it for a while and they have come up with this brilliant solution – an inflatable plug.

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Learn more about it here.

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(Source: Mashable)

Those fun-loving & fun making folks at Improv Everywhere are at it again — this time they invaded a New York City subway car, treating passengers to a reenactment of the first Princess Leia/Darth Vader scene from Star Wars. Check this out:

It’s priceless to watch the reaction of fellow riders in the train.  Good people of NYC seem to enjoy the fun ride! Why does this not happen in DC.. Argh!  OUr boring (at times menacing) commutes could do a makeover like this once in a while!

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