DETROIT — Detroit is so broke that firefighters get emergency alerts through pop cans, coins, door hinges, pipes and doorbells. And they make these gizmos themselves — one involving a pop can ...

Imagine you’re standing at a bottle depot with an empty pop can. You can get a dime back, or you can take a chance at winning ...

Celebrity pop-punk drummer Travis Barker has revealed that he owns a bizarre piece of Rock & Roll history — an empty can ...

Detroit is so broke that firefighters get emergency alerts through pop cans, coins, door hinges, pipes and doorbells. And they make these gizmos themselves — one involving a pop can that gets ...

MAKE has a link to a metacafe video where a lady demonstrates how to use a soda can or two to boost your WiFi signal. The instructions are simple, and all you need is a marker, an empty pop can or ...

Last year we had the pleasure of meeting Terry Wuchter in South Whitehall Township, a mild-mannered guy with a profound knack for reusing things. We shared his tip for filtering used motor oil so t… ...

After decades of efforts, Iowans are about to see a major change in how and where they can turn in their empty pop cans and beer bottles to get back the nickel deposit they paid when they bought ...

Charges are being sought for two men who executed a low-risk heist late Tuesday night, stealing several large bags of returnable pop cans from a storage shed.

An empty pop can is placed on its side in the middle of the table. A PVC pipe is negatively charged by rubbing fur on it. When pipe is held near the pop can, the can is attracted toward the pipe. Make ...

For more than 10 years, Carol Stream residents and those in nearby communities have sold empty pop cans and scrap aluminum to Reynolds Aluminum at the drop-off site on Schmale Road. That may ...

Meanwhile, use of a cardboard box for empty pop cans had dwindled to the point where the box was no longer provided. Four 6th-grade girls noticed the contrast.

Firefighters put an empty pop can beneath a printer and listen for the sound of it being knocked over as an alert mechanism for emergencies, he said.