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Dilemma

admin — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:40:53 +0000

Mohamed Iqbal Pallipurath Dr. Chinnaramaswamy Iyengar was bewildered. Never in his 25 years tenure as professor of IIT Delhi (Mechanical Engineering Department, Thermal Science Stream, Applied Quantum Chromodynamics Section, Hyperspace Heat Transfer Subsection, and Specialisation Picard-Iyengar Tesseracts) had he ever been confronted with such a dilemma, “But we cannot accept an incomplete application form. “Mr…., [...]

The first Hybrid Vehicle was a Porsche !!!

admin — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:02:05 +0000

The first Hybrid Vehicle by Dr. Ferdinand Porsche Jacob Lohner & Co in Vienna, Austria produced electric cars from 1898 to 1906. Ferdinand Porsche, one of Lohner´s employees developed a drive system based on fitting an electric motor to each front wheel without transmissions (hub mounted). Vehicles of this type were known as Lohner-Porsches. Here [...]

Tata showcases extended electric vehicle (REEV) “MegaPixel”

admin — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:18:44 +0000

Geneva: Tata Motors today presented at the 82nd Geneva Motor Show the Tata Megapixel, a new four-seater, city-smart global range extended electric vehicle (REEV) concept for the performance-seeking and environment-conscious motorist anywhere in the world. Combining a lithium ion phosphate battery and an on-board petrol engine generator for recharging on the move, the Tata Megapixel [...]

Low-Orbit Servers for The Pirate Bay !!!

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:45:39 +0000

Did April Fools’ Day come early for The Pirate Bay? The controversial BitTorrent site posted an odd announcement last night stating that it had decided to “build something extraordinary” with its server infrastructure. “We’re going to experiment with sending out some small drones that will float some kilometers up in the air,” wrote “MrSpock” on [...]

Low-Orbit Servers for The Pirate Bay !!!

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:14:45 +0000

A trend of misinformation about electric vehicles?

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:09:36 +0000

A blog posting recently made the rounds regarding a fatal design flaw in the Tesla Roadster. The blogger claims that some Roadsters have become “bricks”, with non-functioning batteries requiring a $40,000 fix. The blog is dead wrong about most of the technical facts it claims to be reporting. Don’t blame the blogger, however: he’s only [...]

Inventor of e-mail honored by Smithsonian

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:09:22 +0000

V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai: Inventor of e-mail honored by Smithsonian By Emi Kolawole, Published: February 18 Clarification: A number of readers have accurately pointed out that electronic messaging predates V. A. Shiva Ayyadurai’s work in 1978. However, Ayyadurai holds the copyright to the computer program called“email,” establishing him as the creator of the “computer program for [...]

Boycott Elsevier

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:04:54 +0000

Academic research is behind bars and an online boycott by 8,209 researchers (and counting) is seeking to set it free…well, more free than it has been. The boycott targets Elsevier, the publisher of popular journals like Cell and The Lancet, for its aggressive business practices, but opposition was electrified by Elsevier’s backing of a Congressional bill titled the Research Works Act [...]

And They were All Mechanical Engineers !!!

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:15:58 +0000

Scott Adams – cartoonist and creator of “Dilbert” – read an interview with him in Prism Magazine Yasser Arafat – Palestinian leader and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. Graduated as a civil engineer from the University of Cairo. Neil Alden Armstrong – became the first man to walk on the moon on July 20, [...]

Red Meat Consumption Increases Risk of Early Death

admin — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:06:57 +0000

By Katherine Harmon | March 12, 2012 | 23 Share Email Print Steak image courtesy of iStockphoto/Kativ Over the years, eating too many burgers, steaks pork chops or other red meat products has been linked to heart disease, diabetes and some cancers. In particular, processed red meat, such as bacon, hot dogs or bologna, has especially strong [...]

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