Posted on 26 May 2010
If love is defined as dropping a bunch of cash on a ultra cool Tesla Roadster for the wife you’ve cheated on multiple times, then Tiger Woods really loves Elin Nordegren. Amid speculation that a divorce is in the works, Tiger and Elin were trying to hang out on the DL over at a dealership in [...]
Posted on 19 April 2010
NASA has put a stop to the landing of Space Shuttle Discovery, which will stay in orbit for another day, due to cloudy weather. The Space Shuttle Discovery was slated to land at Kennedy Space Center, but mission managers in Houston canceled the landing just an hour and a half before the scheduled landing. Discovery has [...]
Posted on 16 March 2010
Starting this month (just in time for Spring), Google has started providing bicycle directions as part of its Google Maps service. The new feature comes with directions for cyclists in 150 cities in the United States. Google already incorporates public-transit and walking directions in addition to automobile driving directions, and the cycling community has been [...]
Posted on 29 January 2010
In 2009, Obama pledged $10.5 billion towards high-speed rail development. It looks like the first state to receive some of that money will be Florida. Obama has designated $2.5 billion to the state to begin the first phase of their train system that will run from Orlando to Tampa. Phase 1 will run along the [...]
Posted on 15 November 2009
Dutch airline company KLM is planning the first biofuel flight on one of its passenger carrying 747′s. On November 23, a Boeing 747 will take a flight powered by a combination of 50% biofuel and 50% jet fuel. The biofuel being used in this KLM flight will be made from camelina, a feedstock that produces [...]
Posted on 19 August 2009
Boston as announced plans to implement a new urban bike sharing system as early as summer 2010. The program when complete, will be the largest in America. The new bike-sharing system will be along the same idea as the programs already being used in cities like Montreal and Paris. Riders can pick up bikes at [...]
Posted on 01 August 2009
NASA has recently announced a competition for eco-minded aircraft designers, one in which low-carbon flying machines will compete for a $1.5m prize at a contest to be held in California in 2011. The competition will be run and organized by NASA’s light-aircraft collaborator organization, the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency Foundation. It will be known as [...]
Posted on 30 July 2009
Congressional officials announced today that the government plans to suspend the “cash for clunkers” program since concerns were raised that it could rapidly run out the $1 billion in rebates for new car purchases. The Transportation Department called lawmakers’ offices to alert them to the decision to suspend the program at midnight Thursday. The program [...]
Posted on 28 July 2009
The federal government’s cash-for-clunkers program has renewed the car-buying excitement into auto dealers’ showrooms during the weekend and Monday even while concerns surfaced about the complications surrounding the program and how long it will last. The program provides vouchers ranging from $3,500 to $4,500 as an incentive for consumers to turn in older vehicles to [...]
Posted on 08 July 2009
A large cargo ship equipped with 328 solar panels is now docked at the Port of Long Beach, California as a demonstration project by the port, Toyota and shipping company NYK Line. The ship is the first cargo ship to use solar power for more than just small electrical applications. The ship, the M/V Auriga [...]