• Technology

    A Silent Electric Plane

    By Amanda Schupak Posted on 12.4.2008 26 Comments

    In August, at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Randall Fishman’s ElectraFlyer-C made a virtually silent pass over the audience at a mere 200 feet. What they were seeing (but not hearing) might be the world’s first fully electric-powered airplane—representing, said one EAA official, “a groundbreaking technology that would be aviation’s first true alternative to a fossil-fuel engine.”

    12.10.2008 at 01:14am - Comment by chiku_6

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  • Entertainment & Gaming

    The Future Then: "Homemade Kicks"

    By Posted on 4.2.2009 1 Comments

    In December 1920, feeling the agony of Prohibition, the Popular Science editors -- as resourceful then as now -- put together this handy list of alternate ways to get sauced. None of them seem wholly pleasant, but with alcohol off the table, necessity is the mother of invention. See if you don't get a shock

    12.10.2008 at 01:11am - Comment by chiku_6

    wow.. this is a damn good article -------------- Find great deals at: dealguide.blogspot.com

  • Gadgets

    Top 100 Innovations of 2008

    By PopSci Staff Posted on 12.9.2008 13 Comments

    For decades, we've fantasized about watching paper-thin TVs, soaring hundreds of feet with personal jetpacks, riding in cars that drive themselves, and re-growing organs. The 21st annual Best of What's New celebrates all of those dreams coming true. Now we've collected them all into one single slideshow. Launch it here to learn about these achievements and 96 other breakthroughs that, whether long awaited or completely unexpected, are equally amazing.

    12.10.2008 at 01:10am - Comment by chiku_6

    wow.. this is a damn good compilation.. hadn't heard about many of these things earlier.. a few things could have been added, like green fuels (such as the ones from algae).. -------------- Find great deals at: dealguide.blogspot.com



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