Monday, January 19, 2009

World’s first flying car prepares for take-off - Times Online
Is it a car? Is it a plane? Actually it’s both.

Bug Labs takes on the gadget giants - Jan. 10, 2008
Leave it to a small business to reinvent consumer electronics. Tiny New York City-based Bug Labs is about to come to market with a do-it-yourself modular hardware gadget that lets customers custom create their own electronics.

Revealed: the environmental impact of Google searches - Times Online
Click here for how to reduce the footprint of the Web | Google's response to

flying car journey
A group of British explorers is about to take off on a huge adventure, travelling four and a half kilometres in a flying car.

20 Worst Foods in America, 2009 on Yahoo! Health
More than 10 other items from 2008's lineup have been removed from menus (or mysteriously had their calorie counts lowered).

Our world may be a giant hologram - space - 15 January 2009 - New Scientist
Could our three dimensions be the ultimate cosmic illusion? A German detector is picking up a hint that we are all mere projections

Fantastic Voyage: Medical 'Mini-submarine' Invented To Blast Diseased Cells In The Body
Scientists developed a medical "mini-submarine" to blast diseased cells in the body. The blueprints for the submarine and a map of its proposed maiden voyage were developed earlier this year. Now the scientists will build and test-run the actual "machine" in human bodies.

Mars May Still Be A Living Planet, Methane In Atmosphere Reveals
Scientists has achieved the first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars. This discovery indicates the planet is either biologically or geologically active. If microscopic Martian life is producing the methane, it likely resides far below the surface where it is warm enough for liquid water to exist.