Technology
Sun’s energy can be turned to fuel
The sun’s energy can be turned into fuel with a prototype solar device that mimics plant life ,has just been disclosed. The sunlight ray’s heats a ceria cylinder which breaks down water or carbon dioxide into fuels which can be stored and transported. Researchers in the US and Switzerland devised the prototype that uses a…
Read MoreFCC adopts new Regulations to protect Web traffic
Federal regulators adopted new rules today to keep the companies that control the Internet’s pipelines from blocking competing services, including online calling applications and Web video and restricting what their customers do online. The vote by the Federal Communications Commission was 3-2 and quickly came under fire by the commission’s two Republicans, who said the…
Read MoreGeneral Motors Faces More Seat Belt Recalls
General Motors Company said on Friday it is recalling about 111,000 GMC Terrain,Chevy Equinox, and Cadillac SRX 2011 small SUV models because the anchor to the seat belt buckle may fail, which could lead to injury in a crash. Dealers will start notifying owners of the vehicles involved in January, GM said. GM will pay…
Read MoreAre The Bone Fragments Amelia Earhart’s Or A Sea Turtle?
The three bone fragments showed up on a deserted South Pacific island that lay along the course Amelia Earhart was following when she vanished. Nearby were several artifacts, some glass bottles, old makeup and shells that had been cut open. Now scientists at the University of Oklahoma hope to draw DNA from the tiny bone…
Read MoreJulian Assange bail granted paid in cash
The Wilileaks founder Julian Assange who spent the last eight nights in prison was released from jail and paid his bail in cash , Mr Justice Quseley freed Me. Assange after the bail was paid and on the condition he resides at an address in East Anglia.A wikileaks supporter ,Vaughan Smith and owner of the…
Read More27 year old Facebook millionaire named Time’s person of 2010
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg was picked by Time magazine as its annual person of the year ,he is one of the richest people in the US and Time chose him for having the most influence on events in 2010. A movie called The Social Network was modeled after him charting the the manner Facebook took…
Read MoreFlawed $100 bills printed with a blank patch on Benjamin Franklin’s face
A portion of $100 bills creased during the printing, leaving 30 % 0f the notes with a blank patch on Benjamin Franklin’s face. The newly redesigned bill, printed on high quality cotton and linen stock, was the latest in a series of redesigned US currency intended to fight counterfeiting. President Barack Obama’s Treasury secretary, Timothy…
Read MoreGoogle e-books to begin on December 6th
The launching of Google e-books, formerly known as Google Editions, will allow users to utilize a range of devices to download three million e-books including classic literature . . More people are reading digitally and Google expects the e-reading market to double in size in 2011 plus they plan to provide the European market with…
Read MoreRussian Satellites crash into the Pacific
The waters near Hawaii is where the Russian aerospace experts suspect the satellites and the upper stage rocket carrying them crashed into the Pacific Ocean after the carrier rocket veered off course after the launch , the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reports . The satellites were sent to complete Russia’s GLONASS navigation system .After…
Read MoreEntrepreneur invented robotic pants to allow paralyzed patients to walk
Amit Goffer , a Israeli entrepreneur that was left a quadriplegic in a car crash in 1997, went on a mission to help other victims walk again.He started speculating why the wheelchair was the only way for the paralyzed to get around, short of being carried.So he invented robotic pants , The rewalk that use…
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