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- The Environment
India's Cycle-Rickshaws Get a "Solar" Upgrade
Cycle-rickshaws in New Delhi are getting a green makeover. This month, the state-run Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research unveiled what they call a "soleckshaw" (short for solar electric rickshaw). The soleckshaw, which like traditional cycle-rickshaws can still be pedaled, is a motorized cycle-rickshaw that runs on a 36-volt solar battery for up to 9.3 miles per hour, and carries a load of up to approximately 440 lbs. The battery has enough juice to get the rickshaw going for 30 to 42 miles.
10.18.2008 at 12:44am - Comment by beldinMore than rickshaws its the autorickshaws that need to be changed to CNG or such stuff. I am writing this from India and in some cities the autos as they are called spew out smoke like from an old type steam engine.
- Technology
Is the Web the Newest Front Line?
As the actual ground combat between Russia and the former Soviet Republic of Georgia grinds to a halt, security and Web experts have begun to focus on what might have been a secret third front in the conflict: the Internet. With numerous Georgian government Web sites defaced or shut down, the virtual attacks that preceded the actual invasion may go down in history as the first war in cyberspace.
10.18.2008 at 12:27am - Comment by beldinschiz is right. I have lived in Russia for a number of years and its the people link that usually gives the right news and in any govt the govt sites are just a presence a facade. Anyway one should belong to the sheeple genus to swallow all the govt crap.
- Entertainment & Gaming
The Physics of Batman
10.18.2008 at 12:01am - Comment by beldinI agree with kite, guy, 12gage et al. also it isn't that difficult to have expertise in a couple of disciplines unrelated. Myself am a qualified M.D physician, physicist and a computer tech. It isn't really that difficult considering how interrelated all fields are becoming nowadays and keeping up is easy with web and google to help you out.
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