I often ponder on why some of these outdated technologies are still on the scene at all. It is amazing that some are still alive and kicking.
Some technologies serve their purpose for a while, then either evolve into cheaper, faster, better forms or simply disappear. Yet others,such as fax machines, landline phones and instant cameras, just refuse to die, despite better digital alternatives.
The land speed world record for a production car has been smashed by a Bugatti sports car.
In a flash of orange and black, the Veyron 16.4 Super Sport achieved an incredible average top speed of 267.8mph 429.68kph – far exceeding the expectations of Bugatti’s engineering team.
An experimental solar-powered plane landed safely Thursday after completing its first 24-hour test flight, proving that the aircraft can collect enough energy from the sun during the day to stay aloft all night.
If you’re lucky, one day you may have a near-death experience that will make you appreciate the joy of life in the most powerful way imaginable. If you are a Red Bull Air Race pilot, those experiences look like this.
This is Matt Hall at the qualifying day—June 5th—of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2010 race in Windsor, Ontario. Matt touched the water after turning on one of the pylons. It looked like it was going to be a fatal crash, but he used his amazing skills to miraculously recover from the accident. It really doesn’t get more scary than this.
It was only a matter of time before this happened. Frankly, after the company won over $600M from RIM, I’m surprised this lawsuit didn’t come sooner.
NTP alleges taht the companies are infringing eight of NTP’s patents related to the delivery of e-mail over a wireless network. Each of the defendants in the case either makes cell phones or software used for delivering wireless e-mail. The tiny company, which battled RIM in court for five years over patent infringement, has been derided as a patent troll, trying to hold the wireless industry hostage.
Authorities have charged a 29-year-old man with aggravated assault and false imprisonment after they allege he held his mother hostage for failing to iron his clothes. Carroll County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Marc Griffith said the man remained in jail Wednesday without bond. The unidentified woman was not harmed in the June 30 incident.
Griffith said the man, who lives with his parents, wanted his mother to do some ironing because it was “woman’s work.” When she refused, authorities allege he pulled out a gun, and took his 51-year-old mother’s keys and cellphones and refused to let her leave for at least six hours.
