Pepper and Teddy have been friends for many years, so they’re looking for a new home where they can stay together. They’ve had quite a sheltered life so will need someone who can give them a gentle introduction to their new doggie world.
In a breakthrough that might change a few minds about the battery-swap concept, Nissan says that they have succeeded in tests that would extend the range of the LEAF and other electric cars up to 186 miles on each charge, almost double today’s range with an improved battery.
Nissan has developed a new battery combination by adding small amounts of cobalt and nickel to the manganese in their current batteries. Now it’s a real mouthful: a lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide cathode battery, or NMC.
I have many a fond memory of my friend’s old supercharged Toyota MR2. The peppy two-seater was a rarity for its day; an affordable, fun, mid-engine sports car from the generally conservative Toyota. We used to whip around parking lots, burning rubber, and raise a ruckus… until the car wound up on its roof due to, uh, mysterious circumstances.
So the news that Toyota might be considering bringing back the MR2, as a hybrid, fills me with mixed emotions, but mostly hope that the ‘yota might be making a comeback to old-fashioned fun [Ed. Note: Toyota could do for a good dose of that these days, what with all the recalls, lawsuits, and generally bad karma].
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Let’s face it: if there’s a sci-fi geek in your life that means a lot to you, then you know how this time of year can be a real headache when it comes to finding unique geeky gifts. Sure, there are plenty of sci-fi pop culture goodies out there in stores, but our beloved nerds deserve better than yet another light saber, even if it is a different color.
We at DVICE know your pain so we’ve assembled a list of classic sci-fi geek gadgets that are sure to knock some nerd socks off, let alone inspire that singular nostalgia us nerdy folk crave. Click Continue to get this party started.
Jezzabel is a senior cat – 17 years old and she is hoping someone out there will offer her a quiet, peaceful place to call her own. All she asks is a cosy place to sleep and someone to love her. She could live with another cat but not a dog.
Pansy is a 13 year old DSH who needs a cosy retirement home. She would be happy to live with another cat and would love her new domain to have a cat flap so she can go outside as the mood takes her.
Pepsi is an 8 year old GSD cross who would love a new home where there is someone there for most of the day. She’d happily live in a family with teenagers but would like to be the only dog so she can get all the attention for herself. She loves people and will make a loving companion.
Blade is a beautiful 8 year old GSD who loves cuddles and walks. Her ideal home would be one where she is the only dog. She could be part of a family with older children and can be left for a reasonable amount of time.
Meet Prince, a 10 year old Golden Retriever and cuddle monster. Prince is looking a home where he can get all the loving care he deserves. He loves people, takes little notice of other animals except for a possible interest in chasing rabbits.
Cute little concept begets cute little name shock. The Aimat, a creation of Franziska Dierschke, is a pinhole camera stuffed in the body of a pistol — and a lime-green one at that. What is it about the current craze of styling everyday objects to look like guns? Still, I guess it’s safer than having guns styled to look like every day objects, not to mention a damn sight cooler than this one.
Equipped with a somewhat menacing set of arms and a circuit-filled face only a programmer could love, the Care-O-bot has a deceptively cuddly name. Developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA) in Stuttgart, the robot is designed to assist humans with their daily routine tasks.
Revealed at last week’s International Robot Exhibition, the automaton could use a bit of softening before installation in the homes of humans around the globe. You can see video of the Care-O-bot in action here.
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Sitting majestically atop a utility poll at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a bald eagle is king of all he surveys. Kennedy co-exits with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which provides a habitat for 330 species of birds including bald eagles. A variety of other wildlife–117 kinds of fish, 65 types of amphibians and reptiles, 31 different mammals, and 1,045 species of plants–also inhabit the refuge. For information on the refuge, visit http://www.fws.gov/merrittisland/Index.html. Image Credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller
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