Comment Marooned Off Vesta (Score 1) 163
This exact scenario was the subject of Isaac Azimov's first published story, Marooned Off Vesta, published in 1938.
Comment Re:Check out the patent (Score 1) 603
Presumably, a charging station would have a bunch of their own EEStor units on premises, and wouldn't need to charge cars directly from the grid.
McCain Campaign Sells Info-Loaded Blackberry PDAs 165
An anonymous reader writes "A news station in Washington D.C. has reported that the McCain Campaign has allegedly sold to reporters Blackberry handhelds with campaign-related information such as e-mail messages and phone numbers: 'We traced the Blackberry back to a staffer who worked for "Citizens for McCain" ... The emails contain an insider's look at how grassroots operations work, full of scheduling questions and rallying cries for support ... But most of the numbers were private cell phones for campaign leaders, politicians, lobbyists and journalists. "Somebody made a mistake," one owner told us. "People's numbers and addresses were supposed to be erased."'"
Comment Re:steam engines and automatic plays (Score 5, Informative) 141
"The Greeks were also the first to create a primitive steam engines"
It was, in fact, the very same Hero of Alexandria who invented the steam engine.
It was, in fact, the very same Hero of Alexandria who invented the steam engine.
