Bubble O Seven – The Amphibious Car
Inspired by the James Bond Film “The Spy Who Loved Me”, the SQuba is an amphibious car designed by Frank Rinderknecht. The SQuba will operate like a boat if driven into the water, and is propelled along the surface by two propellers on either side of its license plate.
To submerge the vehicle, the driver opens a door to let water flood the passenger compartment. Once underwater, the SQuba uses a third engine to suck in water through the car’s front grille and pushes it out through two side jet vents. Read the rest of this entry »
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- Filed under: General
- Date: Sep 30,2008
Dell Laptops
Dell tops off our list because of it’s most recent green, laptop initiative.By 2009, the PC manufacturing giant has announced that 80 percent of the laptops it sells by 2009 will be equipped with energy-efficient LED displays.
On a 15-inch screen, LED’s use 43 percent less electricity than traditional cold cathode fluorescent lamps.
Not only will this give users an average 3 to 6 hour boost in battery life, but by 2011 it will save 220 million KWh. Read the rest of this entry »
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- Filed under: General
- Date: Jun 14,2007
An array of busted computers that control the International Space Station’s orientation and oxygen and water supplies could force the orbiting hotel’s three current residents to either extend their stay or make an emergency departure. The Russian-made computers are critical for sustaining life aboard the station, and while astronauts have a 56-day supply of oxygen remaining and the ability to manually fire the control thrusters, we’ve seen 2001 enough times to know that space and computer malfunctions don’t mix.
So far the cause of the failure is a real head-scratcher for Russian engineers tasked with troubleshooting the problem (where’s Cosmonaut Gates when you need him?), though current suspicions lie with power issues related to the new solar array delivered by Atlantis on this most recent shuttle mission. For real-time updates on this crisis, just grab a telescope and follow along for yourself…
[via engadget]
