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Did you know Trivia - As U.S. gasoline prices hit records on almost a daily basis, an increasing number of motorists are following a radical driving technique designed to eke out every last mile from a tank of fuel.
Known as 'hypermiling,' the method can double gas mileage, even in gas-guzzling vehicles that would normally get less than 20 mpg.
Promoted on a growing number of Web sites, hypermiling includes pumping up tires to the maximum rating on their sidewalls, which may be higher than levels recommended in car manuals; using engine oil of a low viscosity, and the controversial practice of drafting behind other vehicles on the highway to reduce aerodynamic drag -- a practice begun a few years ago by truck drivers.
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Friday 2 May, 2008 04:33 PM |
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Did you know Trivia - Open letter to Congress from prominent Democrats who support the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreeement.
We, the undersigned, who have served in senior positions in the U.S. government, strongly urge Congress to take up and approve the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement this year. We believe this Agreement is in both our vital national security and economic interests. We feel that the treaty should be considered as soon as possible and that any obstacles be quickly and amicably resolved.
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Friday 2 May, 2008 02:48 PM |
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Did you know Trivia - Canon Inc has abandoned the development of rear-projection television sets due to shrinking demand. The company said Tuesday it will now aim to enter the TV market with TVs using the surface-conduction electron-emitter display, or SED, technology.
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Friday 2 May, 2008 12:43 PM |
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Did you know Trivia - BEIJING - Indian iron ore miners are risking losing their Chinese market because of sharp price rises, said Luo Bingsheng, deputy director of the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA).
Iron ore imports from India in 2007 rose 6.14 percent, or 4.59 million tonnes, to 79.37 million tonnes compared with the previous year, but the increase was 11.26 percentage points lower than the total import growth of 17.4 percent, or 56.79 million tonnes, Luo said at the China-India Iron Ore Summit on Monday.
China's iron and steel industry has taken action to import more iron ore from countries other than India. Imports from India rose 3.4 percent this February, much lower than the 10 percent and 8.3 percent growth of iron ore import from Brazil and Australia, respectively, CISA statistics show..
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Friday 2 May, 2008 08:41 AM |
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Did you know Trivia - DETROIT: General Motors said Wednesday that it lost $3.3 billion, or $5.74 a share, in the first quarter, as losses from vehicle sales in North America grew and the United States housing slump hurt its financing arm.
The loss included a $1.45 billion write-down in the value of GM's interest in the finance arm, General Motors Acceptance Corp.
The overall first-quarter loss compares with a loss of $42 million, or 7 cents a share, in the first quarter a year ago.
The results are likely to raise questions about the viability of GM's turnaround, particularly after its cross-town rival, Ford Motor, reported a profit last week. GM began its restructuring effort about a year ahead of Ford's.
Excluding special items like the charge related to GMAC and payments to help its former parts division, Delphi Corp., emerge from bankruptcy, GM said it lost $350 million, or 62 cents a share, down from $10 million, or 1 cent a share, in the period last year.
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Friday 2 May, 2008 04:32 AM |
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Did you know Trivia - BILLUND, Denmark - Millions of children pick up Lego bricks each year to spend hours -- 5 billion, in fact -- creating their own imaginary worlds.
Now the manufacturer of the little plastic playing blocks wants to take them online to "Lego Universe," a virtual world for fans of the ubiquitous toy.
Lego Universe joins an established trend where toys and video games are cross-promoted, such as Nintendo Co Ltd's Pokemon TV show, game card, toys and video game franchise, and Mattel Inc's Barbie online shopping and gaming portal at barbie.com.
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Friday 2 May, 2008 02:35 AM |
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Did you know Trivia - Smart ideas for tough times: The 50 companies that make up our annual ranking nurture cultures that value creative people in good times and bad
Suddenly, innovation has a bull's-eye on its back. As the recession debate shifts from "what if" to "how long," slashing research and development budgets just got a lot more tempting. That high-risk product in your pipeline? It's about to get much more scrutiny. And the "chief innovation officer" your CEO brought in last year to show his commitment to creativity? He'd better start proving his worth. Outside consultants are starting to pick up on the effects of such belt-tightening. "I'm seeing it in my business," says Jeneanne Rae, president of Alexandria (Va.)-based consulting firm Peer Insight. "There's this sense of which shoe's going to drop next."
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Friday 2 May, 2008 12:30 AM |
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Did you know Trivia - Marine snails, sea urchins, and other animals from the sea are teaching researchers in UC Riverside's Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering how to make the world a better place. Consider, for example, the possibilities of designing a lightweight armor that would protect U.S. soldiers in Iraq from Improvised Explosive Devices. Or, what flexible ceramics might offer industry. Or, how everyone could benefit from new ways of producing and storing energy.
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Thursday 1 May, 2008 08:27 PM |
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Did you know Trivia - Automotive technology and testing group MIRA has unveiled a "plugless plug-in hybrid" vehicle that it claims is a first. The H4V Hybrid 4-wheel-drive Vehicle is intended as a concept evaluation and is not intended for public sale.
The innovation that MIRA is claiming for the H4V is a battery pack that is arranged in three portable "cassettes" that can be removed singly or together from the vehicle. This means that they can be recharged outside the vehicle, so it isn't necessary to drive the car into a garage where a mains supply of electricity might be available.
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Thursday 1 May, 2008 04:29 PM |
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Did you know Trivia -Washington, Apr 28 : Researchers at the Southern New Hampshire University are working on a system of grid-tied electric vehicles (Vehicle to Grid or V2G) combined with a solar photovoltaic charging system and smart computer control that they hope will replace traditional fossil fuel cars on campus and become an economic source of power.
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Thursday 1 May, 2008 12:07 PM |
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Did you know Trivia -Brussels April 29, 2008; Speaking today at an executive round-table session of the Cleantech Forum XVII in Brussels, Giles Hundleby, Ricardo UK Ltd project director for clean energy, set out the case that the automotive industry is uniquely placed to deliver the cross-industry technologies and skills in design, engineering, development and testing, which could enable the rapid adoption of clean-tech solutions across all industries and sectors.
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Thursday 1 May, 2008 08:06 AM |
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Did you know Trivia -Seven years old master Aniket Ramesh Chandak of Belgaum breaks his own record by skating under 82 Tata Sumo vehicles on a track of 700 feet within 57 seconds as his last record is 57 same vehicles, during an event held at Adharsh Nagar in Belgaum on Sunday. click this link to read more
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Thursday 1 May, 2008 04:09 AM |
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Did you know Trivia -Microsoft and India's HCL Infosystems said they would work together to develop a Windows-based laptop PC that will be the cheapest available in any market worldwide.
The system, called the MiLeap H Series, will run Windows XP Home and will sell for 17,000 Indian rupees, or about $425 (U.S.). The MiLeap H features a 30-GB hard drive and is "broadband ready," the companies said in a statement Friday.
Microsoft chief operating officer Kevin Turner, at a launch event in Mumbai, said the offering is meant to "empower Indian consumers and businesses with the latest and best that technology has to offer."
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Thursday 1 May, 2008 12:03 AM |
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Did you know Trivia - The most daunting challenge of automating assembly of very small products, such as hearing aids, is how to feed and manipulate tiny screws and other parts. These parts are so small that gravity becomes less dominant than other forces, such as van der Waals forces, surface tension and electrostatic energy. These forces cause tiny parts to stick to the gripper, creating problems with centering and alignment.
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Wednesday 30 April, 2008 04:40 PM |
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Did you know Trivia - Sriharikota: India’s satellite launch vehicle PSLV-C blasted off to space where it launched 10 satellites simultaneously on Monday, officials said.
The PSLV rocket ejected all the satellites within minutes of each other after liftoff at 9.20am (0350 GMT) in clear weather from the Sriharikota space station in southern India, the Indian Space Research Organisation said.
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Wednesday 30 April, 2008 01:18 PM |
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Did you know Trivia - When I first saw the announcement of 3D image sensor chips cross the newswire, I must admit my first reaction was a bit dismissive. Mistakenly, I assumed this was some kind of gimmick that paired two conventional image sensors a few inches apart to create stereoscopic images, something that has been readily doable with two separate, independent image sensors for years. "A more convenient package," I thought to myself. I couldn't have been more wrong. click this link to read more
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Wednesday 30 April, 2008 12:05 PM |
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Did you know Trivia - Believe it or not, scientists do not always take themselves too seriously. We can laugh at ourselves and the sometimes rigid conventions of our profession. Take, for example, this guide to translating the formal language of scientific articles into plain English.
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Wednesday 30 April, 2008 11:12 AM |
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Did you know Trivia - A competition is being launched for schools to get pupils involved in the Virgin Galactic space tourism project.
Designed to complement the national curriculum, the Mission Virgin Galactic, which also involves the RAF and the Royal Aeronautical Society, is open to 11 to 14-year-olds.
They will work in teams of four to design a marketable product that demonstrates one or more of the science, technology or engineering principles used in the Virgin Galactic programme.
The winning team and its teacher will then travel to western USA to see the project and witness a flight of SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic's commercial spaceship.
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Wednesday 30 April, 2008 08:05 AM |
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Did you know Trivia - New Haven, Conn. — Yale seniors will demonstrate two engineering projects on energy harvesting — a sidewalk that generates storable electrical energy as you walk on it and a human-powered iPod charger — from noon to 1, Friday April 25, in front of Becton Engineering Center at 15 Prospect Street. The public and the media are invited.
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Wednesday 30 April, 2008 04:04 AM |
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Did you know Trivia - (COOKEVILLE, Tenn.)One proud father won’t have to worry about finding a seat to watch his son graduate in Hooper Eblen Center at Tennessee Tech University this Saturday, Jerry Thompson will be right beside his son, Jeffery, when both receive bachelor¹s degrees in engineering.
The timing gives Jerry a lot of satisfaction, after putting his education on hold while he got married and worked at a small engine shop for about 20 years.
Jeffery watched his dad work all those years at Macon Small Engines, even working there himself on Saturdays.
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Wednesday 30 April, 2008 12:03 AM |
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Did you know Trivia - Mr Leon J Dias-e-Kollan (21) and Mr Ishraq Ahmed Jamadar (20), both final year students of mechanical engineering of the Institute of Ship Building Technology, have made a reality show called ‘Goa Fast Kart’.
Go Fast Kart is basically a conversion of a rickshaw having single cylinder engine (145.55cc), rear wheel drive, single-seater, a chassis and also having front independent suspension and rear independent suspension.
Speaking to The Navhind Times, Mr Kollan and Mr Jamadar informed that the project involved identification of a suitable rickshaw at low cost to suit the requirements of conversion to a fast sports kart.
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