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Gallery: Air cars get ready for takeoff

At the Geneva auto show, MDI is showing off a test model of its first car that will run on compressed air. Plus, here is MDI's vision for pollution-free and petroleum-free cars of the future. by Andy Smith

Tags: Car, MDI, compressed air, cars, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2009-03-04

Electric cars on the streets

Electric cars on the streetsDonkey Power?Do you realize the size of the nuclear powered shovels required to clean-up the mess that many donkeys will leave behind?How much does it cost to replace the battery?Since you state the battery only lasts 18 months...Forget electric. Compressed AIR is the future.Heres why:-No...

Tags: Engineering, compressor, battery, Electric Car, Compressed Air

Discussion threads 2008-10-30

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Netbook/notebook reliability study shows that technology breaks ...

Cheaply made partsWell, look at the parts they all are stampedwith 'Made in CHINA'...Quantity over Quality.People are now geared towards a Wal_Mart mentality they do not want to pay for quality and they do NOT care where it is made.Therefore, you will see a lower standard of living because the...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Policies and procedures, notebook, netbook, accident, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Cars: the next wave of Japanese electrics

RE: Cars: the next wave of Japanese electrics"there are still some cars coning from Detroit" - probably should read 'coming' - nice job reviewing.Mean while in France and India...Autos that run on compressed air!Not the best performing vehicles but these were prototypes just a few months ago...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2281011.stmandhttp://www.product-reviews.net/2009/06/11/india-air-powered-car-from-tata-motors/All based on http://www.mdi.lu/english/...

Tags: car

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

An electrical circuit that runs entirely off power in trees

You cannot store Voltage!If you're going to write about technical topics, please ensure that you understand what you're talking about. Voltage is electrical pressure. Just as you can't store pressure, you can't store voltage. You can store charge and you can convert a low voltage to a higher one. If...

Tags: Storage, Telecom & Utilities, water system, electrical circuit

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Free is not a business model

Free is not a business modelPutting mium in free-miumHi Phil,Excellent post. I share your shock about people's mis-characterization of the importance of "free," particularly in SaaS business models.One minor comment on freemium models. As I talk to "Web 3.0" as you call it entrepreneurs, I realize that the...

Tags: Strategy, Entrepreneurship, business model, advertisement, social networking

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

Hybrids to increase market share, but...

Hybrids to increase market share, but...Pretty glacial statements . . .Pretty cold language around here. Why the scare quotes around re-tool? Why the talk about hidden agendas again?Do you just hate them because they exist or something? Is there [b]any[/b] way they could earn your trust?Now that they're finally turning...

Tags: Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, battery, X-REV, hybrid, car, electric vehicle

Discussion threads 2009-05-31

Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9150

Many of the networked-media players we've looked at recently rely heavily on interfacing with Windows Media Center, the digital media hub software that's available on many--but not all--PCs running Windows XP and Vista. Some models, such as the HP MediaSmart Connect, can operate in "WMC Extender mode" or via their...

Tags: Home networking, Media Center PCs, Digital media, NetGear

Product reviews 2009-04-21

(Gallery: $2,000 Tata Nano to go on sale)

(Gallery: $2,000 Tata Nano to go on sale)Can't wait to see it on Top Gear. :) [nt][nt]RE: (Gallery: $2,000 Tata Nano to go on sale)I say get US automakers to produce similar cars and have a middle slow lane on all our highways so that people can drive...

Tags: Benefits, Tata, Nano, Gallery, car

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

Rethinking explosives to power tools, implode tumors, and clear arteries

For most, explosive detonations illicit visions of building demolition and Mythbusters-style car bombs. But in a keynote at ETech today, Dr. Christa Hockensmith from the Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center EMRTC, explained new creative applications that are, both, in research and "untried, untested, unrealized." "I'm not...

Tags: Chemicals, Explosion, Diamond, Tool, Research Center, Productivity, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-03-11

Microsoft now making notebook coolers

Microsoft now making notebook coolersWhat? It's a notebook cooler. For desk or lap. You know some companies do call them laptops anyway, right? Such as Toshiba, go visit their site. You've never heard of anyone using one on their lap? Seriously? You must be a $teve Job$ follower...

Tags: Notebooks, notebook, notebook cooler, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-03-10

(Gallery: Air cars get ready for takeoff)

(Gallery: Air cars get ready for takeoff)Looks like a cross between...Looks like a cross between a Playmobile toy car and the taxi from Total Recall.The heat loss means brutal inefficiencyThe heat loss from the compressed tanks mean brutal inefficiency.

Tags: car, Gallery, Looks Like

Discussion threads 2009-03-04

2009 Audi S8

Photo gallery: 2009 Audi S8The A8 is Audi's flagship sedan, the top of the pile, the king of the mountain, but the company does itself one better with the 2009 Audi S8, an amped up version of its big luxury car designed to throw a little thrill toward those well-heeled...

Tags: V-10 engine, Audi S8, Audi AG, car

Product reviews 2009-02-06

Will Genachowski fight the phone monopoly?

Will Genachowski fight the phone monopoly?Well if the only two satellite companies can merge and not be a monopolyverizon, att, cable compies and satellite tv companies are no longer monopolies.We need to get rid of the 1812 tax and the other pletra of useless "rurual" access taxes because neither work...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, Genachowski, tax, phone monopoly, phone

Discussion threads 2009-01-13

VW model gets "Green Car of the Year" in Los Angeles

VW model gets "Green Car of the Year" in Los AngelesThe US needs to take a lesson from the Europeans and switch over to diesel.ntRE: VW model getsOur family loves our 2006 Jetta TDI. Most of the time we get between 42 - 46 mpg, and on long trips we...

Tags: VW

Discussion threads 2008-11-20

Travel Services (Mobile)

Travel ServicesTravel Services: (Air Hotel & Car Reservations) Travel Service is available for Symbian Series 60 mobile devices and serves as your own Virtual Travel Assistant anytime anywhere!Travel Service has three components:Air TicketsCar RentalHotel BookingTravel Service is connected to a database of thousands of Hotels Car rental companies and hundreds...

Tags: Reservation, Car, Mobile, Pricing Strategy, MobiMonster, Pricing, Taxes, E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing Research, Marketing, Financial Planning, Finance, Online Communications

Software downloads 2008-11-01

Video: Vinod Khosla: 'It's about main tech, not clean tech'

Video: Vinod Khosla: 'It's about main tech, not clean tech'The weapon of choice on the war on coalKhosla accurately points out coal is base load power, and the replacement of coal is not simple. Coal represents about 60% of U.S. power generation, all of it base load.Nuclear is the...

Tags: Corporate communications, video, Vinod Khosla, coal, clean technology

Discussion threads 2008-09-18

Toshiba soups up traditional DVDs

Toshiba soups up traditional DVDsactually, you are wrong...HD dvd has the higher capacity, and better technology, like BetaMax in the past was superior to VHS but still lost the war. I would love to be able to use HD DVD rather than blue ray for data backupsThis is a first...

Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, toshiba, wat, Broadcast TV, Toshiba Corp., DVD, HD-DVD

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

(Photos: MiniCat car runs on compressed air)

(Photos: MiniCat car runs on compressed air)Excellent technologyI am happy to read that India is also a part in some way to this MINICAT Car. Do let me know in detail, as to how is India involved, and when do we get to see this car on Indian roads...!!

Tags: MINICAT Car, MiniCat, car, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-08-03

The next generation will deal with global warming, we promise

The next generation will deal with global warming, we promiseEmission cuts promised unfeasible without clean coalWithout clean coal, the emission cuts promised by the G8 puny though they are are unfeasible: "The vast majority of new power stations in China and India will be coal-fired; not "may be coal-fired"; will...

Tags: global warming, emission cut

Discussion threads 2008-07-08