Google’s Aptera Schedules October 2009 Release Date – “The fuel efficiency of 300mpg (0.78L/100km), when plugged in every 120 miles (190km), would make it one of the most fuel-efficient cars in the world. This means you can drive the three-wheeled vehicle 100 miles on a single charge and then fully recharge the vehicle through a standard outlet (110v) in less than 8 hours. In regard to speed, the Aptera 2e can go from zero to 60 in under 10 seconds, and has a top speed of 90 mph…”

250 DVDs in a Quarter-Sized Device — Coming Soon? – “A new technique developed by scientists at UC Berkeley and University of Massachusetts Amherst may drastically increase the ability of devices to store things…”

Major cache of fossils unearthed in L.A. – “A nearly intact mammoth, dubbed Zed, is among the remarkable discoveries near the La Brea tar pits. It’s the largest known repository of Pleistocene ice age fossils…”

JavaScript port of Box2D Physics Engine

Intel Wants Court to Ban Nvidia from Making Chipsets for Latest Processors. – “Intel Corp. on Monday reportedly filed a case in Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware in a bid to ban Nvidia from making core-logic sets compatible with Intel’s Core i7 processors and its derivatives with integrated memory controller…”

Directions to Hawaii

Go Wireless or Fall Behind – “Going wireless used to be the luxury of those who were ahead of the technology curve and had access to a healthy budget. Fortunately, wireless technology has matured to a point where pricing is comparable to wired alternatives. Here we examine the evolution of two technologies that highlight some of the many advantages of going wireless…”

8 Awesome Cars They Won’t Let You Buy – “Every year automakers build concept cars: radically designed automobiles meant mostly to look cool at car shows. Most of them are ridiculous and impractical, and make you wonder why they even bothered….”

The New Book Banning – “It’s hard to believe, but true: under a law Congress passed last year aimed at regulating hazards in children’s products, the federal government has now advised that children’s books published before 1985 should not be considered safe and may in many cases be unlawful to sell or distribute…”

6 Top-Secret Aircraft that are Mistaken for UFOs – “The CIA estimates that more than half of the UFOs reported in the 1950s and 1960s were really American spy planes. Here are six (no longer) secret aircraft that people have mistaken for extraterrestrial flying saucers…”

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