Veteran actor Denzel Washington warns audiences to buckle up for a thrill filled ride at the premiere of his latest action thriller ‘Unstoppable.’ Joining him on the red carpet was Chris Pine, accompanied by his parents. (Oct. 27)
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BUCHAREST, Romania-Romania’s Parliament began debating a motion of no-confidence against the country’s government on Wednesday as about 30,000 people gathered to protest wage cuts and austerity measures. The opposition Social Democrats…
Continue reading …Not to Worry, Anne Geddes Reassures HuffPo Readers, ‘It Is OK to Photograph Newborns’
October 27, 2010 No Comment
Gee, I wasn't aware there was such anxiety about that. Photographer and author Anne Geddes wrote at Huffington Post on Oct. 22 of being inspired to publish a book with photographs of babies and mothers after seeing an art exhibit of birds' nests in Australia. read more
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Violent clashes have broken out between Palestinian-Israelis and Israeli police ahead of a planned demonstration by members of a
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New York City has it all, including a tree house. Melinda Hackett built the tree house in her Manhattan backyard for her daughters, and its now there to stay. (Oct. 27)
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By Mark Heisler If 24 percent of respondents ages 14-17 tell an Associated Press-MTV poll they’ve done naked sexting, you can imagine the implications for professional athletes. Related Entries October 11, 2010 Open Call: Obama’s Town Hall October 11, 2010 Retiresome
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A Calif. Laboratory is turning what appears to be ordinary pond scum into a new source of renewable energy. The idea has caught on so quickly that the US Military has ordered 150000 gallons of ship and jet fuel from the lab. (Oct. 27)
Continue reading …MacBook Air upgrade kit bumps capacity to 256GB, turns old module into USB 3.0 SSD
October 27, 2010 No Comment
Sure, the only remotely user-replaceable component on the 11.6-inch MacBook Air are those tiny Toshiba SSDs, but PhotoFast’s got what might be one of the most elegant upgrade solutions we’ve ever seen. The Air USB 3 Adapter gives you not only a brand-spanking-new 256GB module with a Sandforce SF-1200 controller, but a speedy USB 3.0 flash drive too — which smartly doubles as the mechanism by which you move your old files over, as you can just transfer everything through the USB port. Once you’re done swapping modules, the company says you’ll see a 30 percent speed boost over the original drive, with reported transfer rates of 250MB/s on both sequential reads and writes. Shame the Japanese company didn’t specify any sort of estimated release date or price. MacBook Air upgrade kit bumps capacity to 256GB, turns old module into USB 3.0 SSD originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A volcanic eruption of Mount Merapi on Tuesday killed at least 25 people, forced thousands to flee down its slopes and spewed burning ash and smoke high into the air on the island of Java. (Oct. 27)
Continue reading …DBM Energy’s electric Audi A2 completes record setting 372 mile drive on a single charge
October 27, 2010 No Comment
116 miles in an electric vehicle? No problem. But you’ll quite literally be pushing your new Nissan Leaf another 250 miles to achieve what’s being hailed as a world record in Germany. Little Lekker Mobil, a four-seat Audi A2 refitted with an experimental electric powerplant as part of a government sponsored project with Germany’s lekker Energie and DBM Energy, just completed a 372-mile (600-km) stretch of road between Munich and Berlin on a single charge , a journey that lasted around seven hours. Even with the heater running, the modified A2 with fully usable trunk arrived with spare electricity in the “tank.” The battery uses DBM Energy’s KOLIBRI AlphaPolymer Technology said to be 97 percent efficient and chargeable from virtually any socket — plug it into a high voltage DC source and it can be fully charged in just six minutes according to the car’s driver and battery inventor, Mirko Hannemann. While Hannemann wouldn’t be pinned down on pricing for the battery, the 27 year old did say that it would be more powerful and cheaper than conventional lithium ion batteries. He even went so far as to suggest that his company was ready to begin mass production of the batteries now — presumably aided by the large sacks of money he’ll be handed after pulling off the record breaking stunt. DBM Energy’s electric Audi A2 completes record setting 372 mile drive on a single charge originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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