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Submission + - Perpetual Motion machine hits "technical snag& (vnunet.com)

Submitted by whoever57 on Thursday July 05, 2007 @01:55PM

whoever57 writes: The demonstration of Steorn's perpetual motion machine ("Orba") appears to have hit "technical difficulties". Most people might call this "difficulty" the law of conservation of energy, but the Irish company claims that the problem may be related to the heat from the camera lighting on the display.

Submission + - Students Design and Build Hybrid-Electric SUVs (ieee.org)

Submitted by

aegisalpha

on Thursday July 05, 2007 @11:40AM

aegisalpha writes: "Students from 17 colleges have built and tested hybrid-electric SUVs as part of the government and GM sponsored Challenge X competition. And they will be touring the country with the vehicles next year to test the consumer acceptability of the vehicles. This could be good news for those beginning to feel the oil crunch, to quote the article: "...every team member has a future in auto engineering. And for a North American auto industry under siege, that makes Challenge X a bright beacon of hope for the future.""

Submission + - Laptop vs Car - Laptop wins!

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 05, 2007 @11:36AM

An anonymous reader writes: These guys are crazy, they actually drive a car over a $6000 laptop to test it. The amazing thing is, the laptop doesn't break, doesn't even shut down, doesn't have a scratch. Is this the laptop to beat all laptops? http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebooks/review/200 7/07/05/Panasonic-ToughBook-CF-30-Rugged-Notebook/ p1

Submission + - Bill Gates No Longer World's Richest Man (guardian.co.uk)

Submitted by

Armadni General

on Tuesday July 03, 2007 @01:14PM

Armadni General writes: "The Guardian (UK) is reporting that Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim, after a surge in profits of his America Movil mobile phone service, has overtaken Bill Gates as the world's richest man. From the article, "this is estimated to have boosted his fortune to an estimated $67.8bn (£33.6bn) — equivalent to 8% of Mexico's gross domestic product — compared with $59.2bn for the Microsoft mogul, putting him in the lead by a decisive $8.6bn.""

Submission + - NYC man Arrested for Reciting First Amendment

Submitted by CWRUisTakingMyMoney on Tuesday July 03, 2007 @11:49AM

CWRUisTakingMyMoney writes: 'Reverend Billy' — a cross between a street-corner preacher and an Elvis impersonator (but blond) — was arrested on harassment charges last week while reciting the First Amendment through a megaphone in Manhattan's Union Square. Have we reached the point where we can't even (rather uniquely) recite from our own Constitution without being arrested or shouted down?

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