We've also been keeping an eye on self-driving cars this week, like Ford's new Traffic Jam Assist technology, which could help ease congestion and improve the flow of traffic.
Colchester Borough Council has given outline planning permission both for the new factory and for new housing which the jam maker wants to help pay for the new building.
So by all means go ahead and purchase the "Nevermind" reissue or catch a showing of Cameron Crowe's new "Pearl Jam Twenty" documentary, and relive the glories of grunge's most commercial era.