• Technology

    Flying Car Takes Off

    By Holly Otterbein Posted on 1.15.2009 4 Comments

    Popular Science has been daydreaming about the flying car for decades. (Seriously, I’ve been to the office. You think an editor is working diligently, and then you glance over his shoulder – and there’s the proof. Dozens of doodles of flying cars.)

    1.19.2009 at 03:08am - Comment by ishanbansal

    So many attempts have been made at creating flying cars, but none has reached a stage that these can be commercially viable. I hope our big car and aircraft manufacturers get together. They can share their technologies, and come up with a viable solution. And of course, both would still get to make money. --------------------------------- http://SaveFewBucks.Blogspot.com ---------------------------------

  • The Environment

    S.O.S. Via SMS

    By Corey Binns Posted on 1.16.2009 2 Comments

    If the Kenya Wildlife Service starts running up its text-messaging charges, it has 44 elephants to blame. Rangers in Kenya have outfitted elephants with cellphone- and GPS-equipped collars that send warning messages when the pachyderms are about to raid farms.

    1.19.2009 at 03:04am - Comment by ishanbansal

    This is a good example of simple technology being put to novel use. Countries like Kenya can't implement high tech technologies that cost a ton, but this simple technology serves the purpose, and would not cost a ton. http://SaveFewBucks.Blogspot.com

  • The Environment

    Pond Scum for a Cleaner Tomorrow

    By Posted on 7.11.2008 10 Comments

    Biologists at the Waksman Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University have a strange fascination with pond scum. But the fascination may prove more useful than anyone could have imagined.

    7.12.2008 at 01:04am - Comment by ishanbansal

    This sounds like a very interesting concept. But not sure how practical is this. This article does not mentions how much pond scum is required for a few gallons of bio fuel. That has been the problem with the most of the bio fuels, actually. They are technically possible, and financially not very viable. Ishan www.dealguide.blogspot.com

  • Science

    Nuking Stowaways

    By Posted on 7.11.2008 5 Comments

    Transoceanic freighters haul 80 percent of the world’s commercial goods. But those boats inadvertently carry destructive cargo as well. An empty ship can suck up more than 10 million gallons of water to stay balanced as it crosses the open ocean. Upon its arrival into another port, the crew pumps the ballast water and any small animals or plants living in that water—sometimes thousands of organisms per gallon—into foreign harbors, where they invade and damage local ecosystems.

    7.12.2008 at 01:01am - Comment by ishanbansal

    This sounds like a good concept. Ishan www.dealguide.blogspot.com



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