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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Hydrogen car to be 'open source'
"The manufacturer of a hydrogen car unveiled in London on Tuesday will make its designs available online so the cars can be built and improved locally."

Features the use of ultracapacitors.
bbc  news  transport  cars  opensource  design  mechanics  uk  travel  interesting  predction  hydrogen 
june 2009 by milkmiruku
New York’s High Line Park in the Sky Opens Today!
"An elevated park in the sky built on top of the skeleton of an old rail system? It may have sounded impossible only five years ago, but today, the eagerly awaited High Line elevated urban park officially opens for thousands of New Yorkers looking to escape the hubbub of the city below! "
usa  urbanism  design  architecture  travel  environment  newyork  interesting  images 
june 2009 by milkmiruku
Thousand Yard Stares: Ruins and Ghosts of the Battle of Peleliu, 1944
"When you arrive on Peleliu, it doesn’t take long to start spotting the remains of the war."
blog  history  photography  photos  travel  war  usa  japan  island  interesting 
april 2009 by milkmiruku
Light Lane - Concept from Altitude’s Alex Tee and Evan Gant « Dustbowl
"Our system projects a crisply defined virtual bike lane onto pavement, using a laser, providing the driver with a familiar boundary to avoid."
bicycle  cycling  light  safety  design  laser  hardware  electronics  blog  cool  travel 
january 2009 by milkmiruku
Reaction Engines Limited :: Projects - Skylon
"Skylon is an unpiloted, reuseable spaceplane intended to provide inexpensive and reliable access to space. Currently in proof-of-concept phase, the vehicle will take approximately 10 years to develop and will be capable of transporting 12 tonnes of cargo into space."
space  engineering  technology  travel  images  robots 
january 2009 by milkmiruku
ESA Multimedia Gallery - ESA’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle
"In 2012, Vega will carry ESA’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle into space. The vehicle will then return to Earth to test a range of enabling systems and technologies for atmospheric re-entry. The video shows computer-generated animations of the vehicle and its mission."
space  video  technology  travel  eu  science  engineering  cool  esa 
november 2008 by milkmiruku
NASA's New Lunar Rover
"The Chariot lunar rover would serve as a mobile home away from home for astronauts venturing from a lunar base to explore the lunar surface."
news  space  nasa  technology  travel  transport  science  moon 
october 2008 by milkmiruku
kanYe West : Blog - ANIME INSPIRED GADGETS
"Kaneda's Bike from the Anime Classic Akira is currently being replicated by Neo Fukuoka, and is a fully-functional vehicle."
blog  motorcycle  anime  technology  travel  images  transport  cool 
august 2008 by milkmiruku
The Buzzball, A Motorized Hampster Ball For Humans | Laughing Squid
"At the heart of the Buzzball is a dual motor configuration, enabling the pilot to control the motion and direction of travel via left and right control triggers, which provides power to the driving wheels."
blog  travel  technology  hardware  sport  ball  interesting  cool  iwant  hamster  cars  transport 
july 2008 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | UK | New guide to 'irritating' England
the guide ... kindly describ[es Engllish] as "animal-loving, tea-drinking, charity donors" whose "warmth is in the humour". But ... "The English have become obedient consumers rather than active citizens, with brand loyalty the nearest thing to religious/
uk  england  news  bbc  travel  guide  culture  society  tea  sociology  interesting  humour 
may 2008 by milkmiruku
Polish teen derails tram after hacking train network | The Register
""He studied the trams and the tracks for a long time and then built a device that looked like a TV remote control and used it to manoeuvre the trams and the tracks," said Miroslaw Micor, a spokesman for Lodz police."
poland  news  hardhack  hack  humour  prank  security  technology  transport  weird  travel  trams 
january 2008 by milkmiruku
Printable world map
"Printable world map in this page is free of charge. You can use free map for Web site, Publication, TV, Education, Work, and as you like."
mapping  education  resource  free  tools  visualization  earth  graphics  interesting  travel 
october 2007 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | England | Wear | Inventor wins speed camera battle
"Sunderland University lecturer Phillip Tann, 45, was told mobile speed officers recorded him speeding in a 30mph zone in the city last November. But Dr Tann, from South Shields, had data from a satellite tracking device, showing him travelling at 29.18mp
bbc  news  surveillance  travel  cars  technology  law  gps  camera 
october 2007 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | Politics | 'Hello, that's me,' says Lembit
"I am not appalled by photographs of this kind. What is appalling about two young people who are obviously very affectionate towards each other?"
bbc  news  uk  politics  libdems  conference  media  photography  travel 
september 2007 by milkmiruku
Last words
A collection of blackbox recordings.
blog  audio  flight  death  recording  samples  speech  travel  weird 
august 2007 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | Magazine | Is sex on a plane legal?
"Getting frisky in the plane toilet could be a criminal offence, says travel lawyer Philip Banks, from the firm Irwin Mitchell. A person has committed an offence if they have sex in a lavatory to which the public has access, under section 71 of the Sexual
bbc  article  humour  sex  travel  aeroplane  law 
february 2007 by milkmiruku
The Gapminder World 2006, beta
A very interesting flash visualisation tool that creates animated graphs for certain statistics on international development.
google  statistics  visualization  economics  politics  flash  charts  business  education  internet  interesting  health  mapping  research  history  technology  tools  travel  interactive  science  sociology  animation 
january 2007 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Mastering French manners, the hard way
"Constance patiently explained that a lady never, ever grabs the bottle of wine to pour her own drink. She must wait for her host or another man to pour it for her." Fuck France.
bbc  article  op-ed  travel  france  culture  hate  sociology 
december 2006 by milkmiruku
Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | I'm all for putting more vehicles on our roads. As long as they're coaches
"A better organised, more attractive network could get people around faster, save tonnes of carbon - and cost almost nothing."
politics  travel  uk  transport  busses 
december 2006 by milkmiruku
Guédelon
"For the next 20 years, thirty five craftsmen and women will be building before your very eyes a medieval castle. They will do so following XIIIth century techniques."
medieval  history  travel  technology  education  france  construction 
november 2006 by milkmiruku
souvenirs - a photoset on Flickr
Photos of tourist spots plus souvenirs.
photography  travel  gallery  art  cool  culture  images 
november 2006 by milkmiruku
The Zompist Phrasebook
"The author and translators disclaim all responsibility for the results of use of these expressions under field conditions. Use in a well-ventilated area. Do not expose to open flame. No user-serviceable parts inside. If swallowed, do not induce vomiting.
translation  language  humour  france  germany  spain  travel  reference 
november 2006 by milkmiruku
English Russia » Photos made in Moscow subway
Some interesting pics from the Moscow subway.
russia  photos  humour  travel  culture  cool  images  weird 
august 2006 by milkmiruku

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