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The First Photograph of a Human 138

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 27, 2010 @07:58PM from the fist-cheese dept.

wiredog writes "The Atlantic has a brief piece on what is likely to be the first photograph (a daguerreotype) showing a human. From the article: 'In September, Krulwich posted a set of daguerreotypes taken by Charles Fontayne and William Porter in Cincinnati 162 years ago, on September 24, 1848. Krulwich was celebrating the work of the George Eastman House in association with the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Using visible-light microscopy, the George Eastman House scanned several plates depicting the Cincinnati Waterfront so that scholars could zoom in and study the never-before-seen details.'"

Optimus Prime Made of Junk Cars In China 43

Posted by samzenpus on Monday July 19, 2010 @10:48AM from the roll-out dept.

rmaureira writes "An awesome 33-foot-tall, 6 ton Optimus Prime replica is being shown at Beijing's Olympic Park. Made from junked car parts and scrap metal parts, it is impressive."

Comment Re:Car Must Be 100 MPG+ (Score 1) 371

by phaustus on Thursday March 20, 2008 @06:19PM (#22812704) Attached to: New X-Prize for Fuel Efficient Cars Announced

Johnathon Goodwin has been doing very exciting work with converting cars and trucks to use bio-diesel (from processed to straight from the fryer) and hydrogen providing a significant increase in power and gas mileage and a significant decrease in emissions of the stock gas version, all with 90% existing technology.

It seems that there is a belief that high power, high gas mileage, and low emissions are all mutually exclusive. He is proving this to be wrong.

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/120/motorhead-messiah.html

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