Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
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Erstwhile mule-skinner Rusty Ketchum leads the
Afternoon Congressional out of Washington, D.C.’s Union Station
and accelerates the train to 180 m.p.h. on the first long
straight section of roadbed. The electric-diesel livestock are imports from the 4-H Club of Wister, Oklahoma and require almost daily
maintenance by a hand-picked crew of six technicians.
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The actual story is here.
Images: (train) […]
Posted in Nature, USA, Technology, Trains |
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Indian military to weaponize world’s hottest chili
By WASBIR HUSSAIN, Associated Press Writer
GAUHATI, India – The Indian military has a new weapon against terrorism: the world’s hottest chili.
After conducting tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized “bhut jolokia,” or “ghost chili,” to make tear gas-like hand grenades to immobilize suspects, defense officials said Tuesday.
The […]
Posted in Military, India, World War II, Cuisine, Weapons, Korean War, Technology, World War I |
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
I sent the following item from GADGET LAB
to Vincenzo Kolchak:
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Blu-ray Maker Re-Boxes $500 Player, Charges $3,500
* By Charlie Sorrel Email Author
* January 22, 2010
* 7:14 am
* Categories: Media Players
“Above you see two Blu-ray players. On the bottom is the Oppo BDP-83, a $500 machine. On top is the Lexicon BD-30, which will set you […]
Posted in Business, Movies, Advertising, Health, Automobiles, Music, Drugs, 1950s, Technology |
Friday, August 7th, 2009
And the Pentagon hopes to deploy it next year
By Dan Smith Posted 08.03.2009 at 2:42 pm
Popular Science
The Pentagon is trying to speed up the deployment of an ultra-large bunker-busting bomb, which would constitute the largest non-nuclear bomb the U.S. has ever used. The Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or MOP, is a 30,000-pound bomb that would dive […]
Posted in Military, Terrorism, Weapons, 1930s, Technology |
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Ocean currents can power the world, say scientists
A revolutionary device that can harness energy from slow-moving rivers and ocean currents could provide enough power for the entire world, scientists claim.
By Jasper Copping
Last Updated: 2:39PM GMT 29 Nov 2008
Ocean currents can power the world, say scientists. Existing technologies require an average current of five or six […]
Posted in Environment, Energy, Comics, Science, Technology, Water |
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
The 65 mpg Ford the U.S. Can’t Have
by David Kiley
Friday, September 19, 2008
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If ever there was a car made for the times, this would seem to be it: a sporty subcompact that seats five, offers a navigation system, and gets a whopping 65 miles to the gallon. Oh yes, and the car is made by […]
Posted in Business, Environment, Automobiles, Europe, Technology |
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
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Satellite images show ethnic cleanout in Iraq
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor Fri Sep 19, 4:19 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Satellite images taken at night show heavily Sunni Arab neighborhoods of Baghdad began emptying before a U.S. troop surge in 2007, graphic evidence of ethnic cleansing that preceded a drop in violence, according to […]
Posted in Iraq, Lieberman, Technology |
Monday, September 8th, 2008
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Maximilien Brice / CERN
Super-smasher targets a massive mysteryThe world’s largest science experiment will re-create big-bang energies on the smallest scale, as part of a multibillion-dollar effort to solve the biggest puzzle in physics.(MSNBC.com)
Image: (Man with sledgehammer) entertheiphone.com
Posted in Society, Science, Switzerland, Technology |
Monday, August 25th, 2008
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AP story is here.
Image: (cows) via grannybuttons.com; (compass) bisontrail.com
Posted in Nature, Technology |
Sunday, August 24th, 2008
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August 23, 2008
New York Times
Op-Ed Columnist
Digging Ourselves a Black Hole
By GAIL COLLINS
Exciting times coming up, people. Democratic convention! Republican convention! And then, on Sept. 10, the start-up of the Large Hadron Collider!
The Large Hadron, you may remember, is the 17-mile-long particle accelerator being built near Geneva. Once it’s up and running, its designers believe it […]
Posted in Society, Automobiles, Science, World, Switzerland, Technology, Daredevils |
