At a breakfast meeting for Nashville business executives, Carlos Tavares, Chairman of Nissan America, said he fully expects the company to have 20,000 reservations for the Nissan LEAF by the time the car goes on sale late next year.
As far as Windows-allied computer companies go, it seems Dell is trying the hardest to answer Apple’s design-heavy approach tit-for-tat. The Adamo took on the Air, and now the Latitude Z600 is looking to be the laptop for business users thanks to what’s going on inside and out.
We’ll let the pictures speak for the design. As for the meat of the machine, Dell’s got a few tricks. The most impressive? No wires. You can buy a $200 inductive charging pad that’ll juice up the Z while it’s resting atop it. It’s also got built-in support for wireless connectivity, and, after spending another $200 on a wireless hub, the Z will be able to talk to USB, video and sound devices without having to plug them in. It’s got a couple of other bells and whistles, too, such as a quick boot environment where you can check your email without having to boot into Windows, and a FaceAware system that uses your webcam to know when you leave and locks your laptop.
It’s a high-end laptop that’s priced as such, starting at $2,000. For that, you get 16″ inches of screen and 4.5 pounds of laptop.
This tote bag is designed to look like a sweet retro boom box, which is great. But what elevates it to the next level is the fact that the speakers actually work, and it’s got a jack for your iPod or other MP3 player built right in. Just unzip the cassette compartment, pop in your player of choice, and you’ve got a boom box that can also hold your workout clothes. Amazing.
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The demise of retail giant Filene’s Basement may have a positive effect on proponents of vertical urban farming and algae biofuels alike. Since 2007, the developers of a Filene’s site in downtown Boston have been unable to find funding to move the project forward. But now Höweler + Yoon Architecture and their partner Squared have put forth a proposal to erect a temporary vertical, modular, algae bioreactor high-rise in its place.
A couple of months ago we told you about Japan’s plans to build a life-size version of Gigantor, the first giant robot featured in manga, in the ancient imperial capital of Kobe. Our friends at our sister site, Sci Fi Wire, have a new video of the massive sculpture being made. Follow the link below to watch the Kobe construction team in action.
This is one of those topics I’m just not sure what to think of…
When the average person hears the term fuel cell, typically what comes to mind is something that mysteriously makes electricity from hydrogen. In reality the process isn’t all that mysterious—basically the hydrogen is split into its component parts (electrons and protons) and the protons are allowed to flow through the cell, but the electrons are forced to travel another path, which creates the current (and charges the battery or runs the motors or turns on the lights).
Although the hydrogen fuel cell is the most common type of cell, you can make fuel cells that use many different things, including hydrocarbons and sugars. They all work on the same basic principal, but hydrogen fuel cells are considered superior because their only emission is water vapor and they produce lots of energy.
Carbon Cycling Processes Of Inland Waters are Important to Understanding Climate Change
This lovely lass will melt even the hardest heart. 8 year old Flo may look a little unusual but she’s the sweetest, most affectionate girl you could wish to meet. Will you welcome Flo into your heart and home?
Many of the advancements made through racing and hot rodding have been passed down to the passenger car segment. Nothing quite stimulates innovation like pushing a vehicle to its limits. AFVTech, an alternative-fuels conversion company, is building a compressed natural gas (CNG) hot rod based on the classic ‘33 Ford coupe.
Equipped with a hand built LS7 engine (the same motor found in the Z06 but massaged to run on higher-octane CNG), AFVTech expects their Green Rod to make 600 horsepower.
Good things come in small packages so come and meet Leo. This little JRT is only about 7 and is looking for a quiet, adult only home where he can be the only pet. He’ll make a fantastic companion for someone.
And we’re off! The documentary tour of hacker spaces in America starts off in Boston with an early breakfast:
At 3:30 on September 8 I began making the WOD’s [waffles of departure] and gathered my friends. This was it, I was having my goodbye breakfast. We sat around a giant LED display that was pl…
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Cleo is a fabulous girl, just brimming over with character. She adores people, adults and children alike, and gets on great with other dogs. She would be a wonderful companion to some very lucky people.
Blue is a gorgeous sweet natured boy who gets along with other dogs and loves to be with people. He has been a little sad lately since his brother was adopted, leaving him still waiting for his special family to come along. Could that be you?
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