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5 Reasons Why Speed Cameras Are Inaccurate
By stormy at 23 December, 2008, 10:09 am
In most cases, speed camera results are correct and dependable, but there are quite many situations in which the camera can get an inaccurate reading. Here are some of them.
Read More >>High-Speed Rail: The High-Speed Future Of Mass Transportation
By Leo at 20 December, 2008, 10:56 pm
In 1964, a very unusual rail service for the time started in Japan: the first Shinkansen. The builders of the line had no idea of the revolution that they had started, even less of the evolution that high-speed rail (HSR) would go through during the following decades.
Today’s Shinkansen trainsets take over 1,500 passengers (3x a jumbo jet) and travel at speeds up to 200 mph. What’s more, the technology has spread to the rest of Asia and much of Europe, particularly to France.
Read More >>The Navy’s New Toy - X-47B UCAS
By Alexander at 19 December, 2008, 12:00 pm
In December 16, 2008, Northrop Grumman introduced the new version of X47-X47B UCAS(Unmanned Combat Air System), which is part of DARPA’s JUCAS program, and is now part of the United States Navy’s UCAS-D program for building unmanned aircraft.
The new air vehicle, which will be launched in 2011, is long ranged, survivable and capable for [...]
Read More >>World’s Cheapest Hybrid Car - Honda Insight
By Alexander at 11 December, 2008, 5:24 pm
Japanese car giant, Honda, introduced their new hybrid car, Insight. As Honda says, it’s going to be world’s cheapest hybrid car. The official demo of the car will be in January 2009, at the Detroit Car Show.
Insight has a 1.4 liter HondaJazz engine with an electric aggregate. The batteries are hidden under the car trunk. [...]
