Stevie Wonder will be honoured with the Gershwin Prize by the White House for his lifetime contribution to music. The once child-prodigy and multi Grammy winner will receive the award from US President Barack Obama. He is the second winner of the award, the first being Paul Simon in 2007.

Stevie Wonder had officially endorsed Obama during his campaign period. His famous track Sealed, Delivered I’m Your’s was the theme song of the campaign. He had also performed during President’s Inaugural ceremony at White House. Wonder again performed at the Library of Congress on this Monday.

Stevie Wonder came into music world when he was signed by Motown records at the age of 11. The gifted child prodigy who was blind since birth has come a very long way indeed. He is an all rounder composer, song writer and performer who can also play piano, keyboard, drums, harmonica and range of other instruments.

Stevie Wonder was also first African American to have won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “I Just Called to Say I Love You” in 1984. Steve Wonder is truly inspirational.

Via BBC

Finally here comes a solution for those who have been squabbling over Toilet Seat-up verses seat-down. A group of four talented students from the West-Jutland College have invented an intelligent toilet that puts down the seat for you after it’s flushed. This is done automatically, which means you do not have to manually do it anymore.

Interestingly, these four students; Michael Kaastrup Kjær, Mike Skovbjerg Vad, Morten Baltzer Kristensen and René Nygaard Christensen have received an award at the Young Enterprise Enterprenurial awards in November for their intelli-Toilet Design as best product. The students received their awards from trade and economy Minister Lene Espersen, who apparently showed a lot of interest in their invention.

The concept is really cool but who really cares about the gender bias in toilet? Those who do care, I in my opinion feel strongly that they should concentrate on better things in life rather than involving themselves on gender biases. It’s about time we obliterated the gender biases, which make no sense. They only hamper the growth of the individuals and the society at large.

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If any of you thought that a small and simple home would never look and feel stylish, this contemporary home proves you wrong. Grabbing an award as the Best Residential Architecture Less Than 4,000 Square feet at the latest St. Louis Magazine AT HOME’s Architect and Design Awards, Ivan and Jennifer Garcia’s green home does have a point.

The Killeen Studio built this house in an area of a meager 2,550 square feet which most of us would consider small. The house displays various eco-friendly features like bamboo flooring, Energy Star appliances, recyclable metal panels and proficient windows which give natural light. The interiors are minimal and modish creating a pleasant mood around. The studio has tried to correct its only flaw in the house which happens to be its four car garage by building it in a lush green locality. Probably they thought the trees would take up the extra carbon dioxide emitted from the vehicles!

Garcia’s green home might be different from others in the neighborhood but its wonderful exterior and lovely interior will please the occupants and the environment. Anyone with a modern taste and a simple style would want one for sure.

Source: JetsOnGreen