• Cars

    Green Supercar Smackdown: Tesla Suing Fisker, Claiming Sabotage

    By Posted on 4.15.2008 2 Comments

    High drama in the electric car world: According to the New York Times, electric sports-car manufacturer Tesla is suing Henrik Fisker and Bernhard Koehler of Fisker Coachbuild, charging that Fisker fraudulently signed on to design Teslas White Star sedan, sabotaged the sedan project by doing substandard work, then stole confidential information and went on to build a competing car—the Fisker Karma.

    4.20.2008 at 07:43pm - Comment by dingo3319

    You could buy a smartfortwo for 11,500 and still get great milleage if you don't mind gas. They also forget to meation that the batteries are highly toixc and weare out in about five years most electricety comes from gas or other polluting substince.

  • Gadgets

    The End of Exploding Laptops

    By Posted on 4.16.2008 6 Comments

    Hoping to bring a final end to the era of the exploding notebook, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC in Germany are developing batteries without flammable materials. The liquid electrolytes at the heart of traditional lithium-ion batteries can catch fire, but the Fraunhofer scientists say they've figured out a way to make them with a new, solid polymer that's inflammable, and, since it's solid, won't leak.

    4.20.2008 at 07:31pm - Comment by dingo3319

    How often do laptops burst into flames? I mean coom on i never heard of a laptop burnig because of it's battery. It would take some crazy amount of heat to do that. Is it even worth it.

  • Technology

    The Human Luck of the Draw

    By Posted on 4.18.2008 13 Comments

    We've talked in this space in the past few months about detecting the existence of Earth-like planets in other solar systems, and on the educated guesswork which goes into putting a number on the probability of intelligent life existing out there as well. You may remember that the discovery of terrestrial planets is well on its way as technology improves; and that the Drake equation—with all its assumptions—has proved to be remarkably accurate.

    4.20.2008 at 07:25pm - Comment by dingo3319

    In my view there is a possible flaw in this because they don't take into acount the way that basic life forms adapt to their needs. Example if there was an alien from a plant that's atmosphere was composed of co2 that would be toxic to us might not be for them. But i still feel that it is highly unlikley that there could be intelegent life. The only reason we are intelligent is because of a sereis of seemingly dull events such as man discovering fire

  • Entertainment & Gaming

    Twitter to the Rescue

    By Posted on 4.17.2008 1 Comments

    Twitter has had its share of bad press lately, namely that it was all but unusable for weeks last year due to an overwhelming server load. This week, however, things are looking up for the messaging service. Not only have their tubes been clog-free, but something happened to one of its members that illuminated just what it is Twitter may be good for (something more than a few people have been trying to figure out): letting people know when youre headed to jail.

    4.18.2008 at 04:59pm - Comment by dingo3319

    Even if he didn't have twitter i feel that a land bassed phone line would have worked just as well even though he only could call one person if that person was a good friend he could easily get as much attion as fast. As far as i'm concerend this is just a small stunt set by the companey to get attion.

  • The Environment

    Breeding the Oil Bug

    By Posted on 4.30.2008 23 Comments

    It could be an aerial photo of an oil spill: liquid spheres pooling, oozing, dwarfing a bedraggled landscape. I half expect to zoom in on poisoned seal pups or waterbirds dragging their oil-soaked feathers. But the scene is microscopic. The landscape is made of E. coli. And whats happening is exactly the opposite of what it seems. The little bugs arent drowning in fuel. Theyre making it.

    4.18.2008 at 03:12pm - Comment by dingo3319

    I think it is dangours due to the fact it is a quick breading bacteria and it can adapt qucikly. They never stated the procces in which it got food from.. It might sound like a theorey made by a 1960 horror move producer or an oil tycon.

  • The Environment

    New Plastic Bags Biodegrade in Four Months

    By Posted on 4.18.2008 10 Comments

    On the heels of our reporting about Canada's probable move to ban BPA plastics comes a story about researchers working at Missouri University of Science and Technology to develop hybrid plastics that would biodegrade in landfills within four months. As our editor Nicole Dyer pointed out in a comment to the BPA post, the larger and more important issue facing plastics is their propensity to stick around forever.

    4.18.2008 at 02:59pm - Comment by dingo3319

    it could use farm crops such as corn or wheat and raise the price of food and sugar supplements .



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