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and formerly impervious surfaces like car parks. But built environments will still be ever-present in dense megacities.

Why wet dogs are a Mars rover's best frienda Golden Labrador shaking itself dry may sound like a mundane topic for a film.

He hopes that it could become the basis of self-cleaning robot oe a potentially useful design for Mars rovers

So, perhaps in the not too distant future, Mars rovers will shake their circuits in a similar way to a dog emerging from a pond.

Unhappy truckers and other algorithmic problems Tom Vanderbilt Nautilus 19 july 2013 On the"travelling salesman Â problem.

And keeping drivers happy. Faith and works at Apple Edward Mendelson New york Review Of Books 17 july 2013 Deeply strange.

The worst video game ever madedesert Bus Simon Parkin New yorker 9 july 2013 Magicians Penn and Teller set out in 1995 to create the worst video game ever.

making a Desert Bus high score perhaps the most costly in gaming. Â But it's found a semi-ironic second life as a fund-raising instrument for charities.

Government builds free cloud-based backup for ungrateful nation Totient Medium 8 july 2013"The cloud backup program, called Prism, safely stores all American's phone

Â Similarly, new clothing by Amsterdam couture designer Iris Van Herpen elevates beyond the surface of the body

six lions lay dead in the dim headlights of an old land cruiser. Just hours earlier, dozens of Maasai men had descended upon them with sharpened spears in a fit of anger and frustration."

and a motorcycle turning light indicator box. By rigging the LED bulbs to the motorcycle indicator box, powered by the battery and solar panel,

Richard was able to give the lights their distinctive flashing effect. According to Dr Charles Musyoki, a senior scientist in carnivore issues for Kenya Wildlife Service, the flickering lights is applied an ingenious design intervention that introduces a"serious risk consideration Â for the lions.

and, borrowing the wires and motorcycle indicator box, finally struck success."The first time it worked,

and get a"21st Century Limited Â oe a glamorous sleeping car express complete with cocktail bar, gourmet restaurant,

Sure, trains had a future, but steam? Yes. Announced last year, the Minneapolis-based Coalition for Sustainable Rail CSR Project 130 is an attempt by international railway locomotive engineers

too, might create if not a radically improved steam locomotive, then a better vacuum cleaner, mobile phone, electric plug or car.

irons, Instamatic cameras and the distinctive nose cone of the Intercity 125 High Speed Train for more than 50 years.

In the mid-90s, he was asked to design a new London taxi. Produced from 1997 to 2002,

because"cabbies Â and"fares Â alike expect a London taxi to be a very particular type of vehicle:

Carbodies, the company behind traditional black cabs, had ideas in mind for a great leap forward in taxi design,

Fascinating reworkingwhile it is easy to imagine radical designers like Flaminio Bertoni-the stylist behind the sensational 1950s Citroen DS oe or Philippe Starck with his famous Juicy Salif lemon

Like designs for a better toaster, lemon squeezer or London taxi, it seems safe to assume that a new iphone with a tweaked

It does this by sucking up the global emissions of carbon dioxide from things like cars,

In the United states, according to the Centers for Disease Control, one third of teenage deaths are associated with car crashes.

For instance, if your self-driving car faces a sudden choice between hitting an errant schoolbus carrying 40 children

I've seen a bicycle in Nairobi made from bits of car a colander and a leather belt;

000 (then falling as production takes over), just below the price of the average family car in the United states,

pointing out that 70 million cars are produced each year. And each would fit on a truck to be positioned at sites around the world.

The great thing about the atmosphere is it's a good mixer, so carbon dioxide produced in an American city can be removed in Oman,

Enriching the world's soilone of the biggest drivers of the Anthropocene-the age of man-is muck.

from gauging distances between cars in adaptive cruise control to mapping forest canopies and detecting the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere.

Trees, cars and people looked more alive and more vivid than ever. And, remarkably, he's seen the world in 3d ever since that day."

"Riding to work on my bike, I look into a forest beside the road and see a riot of depth,

Looking out the car window, you might see trees right near the road speeding by, jagged rocks a bit further in the distance moving more slowly,

You don't need a car to make it work; moving your head side-to-side achieves the same effect.

The Great Acceleration can be seen in the rise in everything from carbon dioxide release, to water use, to number of cars, to ozone depletion, to deforestation, to GDP, to consumption.

and creature comforts like cars, air conditioning, refrigerators, washing machines Â the list is endless. Tightening beltshowever, as global citizens sharing this planet,

and that Americans are copying their European counterparts in adopting more fuel-efficient cars. Some of this is down to people having smaller disposable incomes in the recession,

Barely a decade ago, streams of bicyclists pedaled down alleys in Beijing. Now Chinese buy more Lamborghinis and Rolls-royces than anybody else in the world.

Shanghai's per capita energy use is already higher than London's, and the city has become a shoppers paradise for China's nouveaux rich.

humans are the main driver of planetary change. We're pushing global temperatures, land and water use beyond anything our species has experienced before.

Deforestation is a major driver of soil loss. Once shrubs and grasses have been cleared from the land

as if a tsunamis coming, said Lee Sung-hee, the South korean Alzheimers Association president, who trains nursing home staff members,

bus drivers, tellers, hairstylists, postal workers. oesometimes I think I want to run away, she said. oebut even the highest mountain,

It has exercise machines out front and a van with pictures of smiling elderly people. Even people without symptoms come,

And one day, Mr. Cha, 74, a retired subway official, could not find his way home. oei was like,

oeoh, theres a word for that. oeairplane and train? oei feel embarrassed I dont know. oeyou have a lot of loss of memory,

17, was shaken to realize that dementia could explain why her grandfather recently grabbed a taxi

ultrafine particles emitted by cars and trucks may also be to blame. These particles are so small they are able to enter the organisms.

The study exposed 20 ash trees to various radiation sources for a period of three months.

and share them online this is like that for cyclists oeicase: That heartbeat sensor is just one example of the wild smart phone casings Apple is working on oeicharge:

#imove Apples Newest Venture, a Hybrid Car Apples imove concept car Apple is preparing to add yet another product

a hybrid car. Italian auto designer, Liviu Tudoran, has released his design for the Apple imove concept car for the year 2020.

Not forgetting the companys computer roots, the entire dashboard features a touchscreen interface and an exterior clearly reminiscent of Apples signature computer mouse.

Tudoran designed the car with a 3-seat configuration and innovative luggage storage space. What we presently refer to as a oetrunk will be a oeluggage storage space in the imove.

the imove allows drivers to stow items under an oeelastic textile material in the rear of the car

which will allow drivers to change the vehicles appearance using the various available presets. A wide array of unique, futuristic rims have also been designed for further customization. oeclean

Furthermore, drivers will be able to open the top of the car while driving to give a cabriolet feeling.

The imoves small city design offers a modern, high-tech vibe as well as a greener alternative to gas powered cars.

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and fallen off a truck during transport. Sagers agrees that feral populations could have become established after trucks carrying cultivated GM seeds spilled some of their load during transportation.

She notes that the frequency and population density of GM canola that they found may be biased as they only sampled along roadsides.

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from Gucci and LVMH to Mercedes-benz and BMW. oeconsumers are much more in demand for authenticity,

I am concerned about the availability of freight cars for grain shipments. In the U s.,wheat for September delivery rose by 60 cents per bushel Thursday on the Chicago Board of Exchange to close at $7. 86, a jump from $4. 50 a month ago when reports

Professor Arnold van Huis an entomologist at Wageningen University in The netherlands and the author of the UN paper, says eating insects has advantages. oethere is a meat crisis,

Van Huis is an enthusiast for eating insects but given his role as a consultant to the FAO,

Van Huiss latest research, conducted with colleague Dennis Oonincx, shows that farming insects produces far less greenhouse gas than livestock.

Van Huis says. In addition, he argues, the health risks are lower. He acknowledges that in the west eating insects is a hard sell:

Van Huis adds: oewere looking at ways of grinding the meat into some sort of patty,

In the original, Professor Arnold van Huis was described as an entomologist at Wageningen University in Belgium.

Take Subway, which serves 2, 800 sandwiches and salads every 60 seconds in the U s. How many of its customers have heard ever of its founder, Fred Deluca,

Likewise, Enterprise Rent-a-car is the largest rental-car company in the U s, . but how many of its customers are familiar with Jack Crawford Taylor,

Jack Crawford Taylor Enterprise Rent-a-car Net Worth: $7 billion Jack Taylor founded Enterprise Rent-a-car, the largest rental-car company in the U s. He started the St louis, Mo.

-based company, originally named Executive Leasing Company, in 1957 with seven cars oeand a hunch that customers will embrace the novel concept of leasing automobiles.

In 2007 the Taylor family acquired National Car rental and Alamo Rent a car businesses. Through its subsidiaries, the company operates more than 1 million cars and trucks, the largest fleet of passenger vehicles in the world.

Today, Taylors son, Andrew C. oeandy Taylor, is the companys chairman and chief executive officer. Enterprises annual revenue was $12. 1 billion in 2009.

Clayton L. Mathileiams Net Worth: $1. 7 billion Clayton Mathile joined Iams in the 1970s and eventually become chief executive and chairman of the board.

oemeat sugar) and the 1894 diary of a woman traveling east from Oregon by wagon.

This shocking picture, with its piles of oven chips, mini rolls and tubs of ice cream, represents just how much junk food one child in the UK consumes in a year.

expensive jewelry and fancy cars. For some, it still does. But for many consumers, the new luxury is something seriously different.

Bargain in the bag Its no accident that Coach, whose handbags used to start at about $250 and

Beyond that, Coach has added more bags at lower price points and made them more function for women carrying devices from iphones to ipads,

president of Coachs North american retail division. oethe last thing I want you to get from this is that Coach got cheaper.

Coach sales are up 8%for first nine months of its fiscal 2010 Value, of course, is in the eye of the purchaser.

if its been added to your basket or to someone elses cart. In two years, Gilt Groupe has amassed more than two million members,

and train high school students who will run a grocery as a nonprofit. One quarter of the population is over 65 and half the school districts kids are on free or reduced lunch.

and everyone calls him Van. A few dispensary owners declined to be interviewed; many are still wrapping their heads around the idea that

as well as his habit of standing near the side of the road and waving a huge Dr. Reefer sign at passing cars while shouting oecome get your meds,

he says. oealcohol, tobacco, car dealerships. I just took the best practices from those businesses,

A 53-foot tractor-trailer rattles up to her farm on Lopez Island, the rear doors open

If only the shape of their trucks could make their beer taste better...After three days in the meth lab, Whiskers was well past the red zone on the gnarly meter...

No one knew exactly why he started pulling buses, they just instinctively knew that if they ever needed one moved,

Early in the morning, donkey-ridden cart full of harvest transporting to the town, while a few of the children walking toward the different direction to school...

and Amadou Kita is walking to the bus he takes to the academy. A thin boy, he is wearing a fleece jacket and pulling a blue trolley case.

The boarding school is on Avenue de lunion Africaine in a neighborhood of twisted streets lined with busy spare parts vendors.

He is sitting on a train headed west from Paris, looking out the window. He has broad shoulders and soft facial features.

He doesnt look very different from the other young men in the car, and yet he leads a completely different life.

The trainer works as a delivery driver. Karabou has shot already 15 goals this season, and the club stands a chance of advancing to the next division,

The silk could also have applications in bulletproof vests and improved car airbags. Normally getting enough spider silk for these applications requires large numbers of spiders.

But like so much else in American culture these days, Elijah Craig, Pappy Van Winkle, George T. Stagg and their brethren have a new generation of rivals,

when you add fluids to your car. 19. Use them as a spoon rest while cooking and clean up small counter spills 20.

was hit by a car or crushed in a cyclone. But thanks to a $14-a-month insurance policy, it would no longer be a financial disaster.

Insurance for cattle, chickens, tractors, trucks and lives is suddenly appearing in Indias vast rural areas

his eldest daughter rushed out of a taxi with her college applications in her arms. oemy daughter will be the first generation to go to college,

a high-paid engineer at a Mercedes-benz showroom in northern India. oenow if something happens, we have a backup plan.

Dahls son Theo was happily sitting in his baby carriage when it was hit by a taxi cab,

severely injuring the infant and causing water to pool on his brain. The current device that helped drain the fluid was unreliable;

the intruder smashed a plate glass window of a dessert shop in Lincoln, Neb. Inside, destruction.

New jersey Turnpike drivers were befuddled by wild turkeys hanging out at tollbooths. In Oshkosh Wis.,, police used a lampshade to shoo a turkey from a garage.

when their van swerved to avoid one. Vance says those are the only deaths he knows related to wild turkeys.

Truck driver J. C. Caldwell narrowly escaped. He was driving at 55 mph on a rural road in Washington County, Tenn.

When he tells other truckers, oethey think Im on drugs, that Im blowing smoke. Even Sheriffs Deputy Eric Stanton, who handled the case,

was surprised. oeive seen car versus bear, car versus deer, car versus cat, but this is the first time Ive seen car versus turkey,

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#Mysterious Desert Lines Found To Be Animal Traps Animal Traps in the desert? British RAF pilots in the early 20th century were the first to spot the strange kite-like lines on the deserts of Israel, Jordan and Egypt from the air and wonder about their origins.

Unilever, GE, Blackmont Capital, Lucent Technologies, First Data, Boeing, Ford motor Company, Qwest, Allied Signal, Hunter Douglas, Direct TV, Capital One

I was embarrassed forever at the checkout that our cart resembled a giant Othello board. I have a choice today.

It is also hard enough to accommodate bike, skating, other vehicle traffic and durable to withstand harsh weather.

and puts the car keys right next to them. That way, she says, she cant absentmindedly drive away without her groceries.

Amazon com and Google are both distributing their shopping cart technologies across the Internet, letting even the lowliest etailers process credit cards for less than the old price cutting out middlemen,

#Cars the Greatest Contributor to Atmospheric Warming Now and in the future: Study Cars greatest contributor to warming For decades, climatologists have studied the gases

and particles that have potential to alter Earths climate. They have discovered and described certain airborne chemicals that can trap incoming sunlight

Cars, buses, and trucks release pollutants and greenhouse gases that promote warming, while emitting few aerosols that counteract it.

The researchers found that the burning of household biofuels primarily wood and animal dung for home heating

it would be much less controversial than growing crops for fuel in cars. The process is much less energy intensive than current methods of producing plastic.

According to Gutierrez, another important market driver is sustainability. Shortages in basic commodities such as rice imported milk, butter

tests were conducted also on surfaces inside the truck of a heavy smoker, including the surface of a stainless steel glove compartment.

Auto manufacturers unsuccessfully sued to overturn rules to slash carbon dioxide emissions from tailpipes. Oil refiners and truckers filed suit this week against a measure to reduce the carbon content of gasoline and diesel.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has made climate change one of his signature issues, is reportedly asking major companies to remain on the sidelines.

Parker and Mcmahons paper focuses on the drivers of the accelerated tree growth. The chief culprit appears to be climate change, more specifically, the rising levels of atmospheric CO2, higher temperatures and longer growing seasons.

including the auto industry, interior design and clothing fashion. oethey meet a couple of times a year, Stewart said,

oea concrete mixer, 10 wheelbarrows, 20 shovels, and 10 picks. The Los angeles times reported, years later, that the company was a $3 million operation by 1933, the height of the Depression.

Mr. Siemon says that to fill spot gaps in production he has had to send trucks of milk from the Midwest to the East Coast or from California to the Midwest.

The shortage has compelled also a start-up yogurt company in New york to make plans to produce its yogurt in California and truck it across the country to a plant on Long island,

he is ferried around town by a car and driver; the snowy Swiss hamlet, which is too small and awkward for limos,

when he d take the crosstown bus each day to the United nations International School. That evening, Elerian was catching a flight to London.

and it won t be streetcars, monorails, Segway s, or electric vehicles. It will be self-driving cars,

and the adoption of this technology will change virtually everything in the field of transportation planning.

Google s self-driving car project has racked already up over 150 000 driverless miles on highways.

In this competition, 4 driverless electric vans successfully drove from Italy to China, arriving at the Shanghai Expo on October 28, 2010.

General motors has stated that they will have a driverless model ready for final testing by 2015, going on sale officially in 2018.

Even though car companies are making plans for the transition planning departments are not. Most local and regional transportation departments are working with models that assume 20 years from now transportation systems will be basically the same, with only slight variations around the edges.

Along with fewer accidents will come the eventual elimination of traffic cops, traffic courts, stoplights, and parking lots. Look for rapid advancement in this area

In October 2011, Ford demonstrated three SYNC apps offering in-car health monitoring for drivers to track chronic conditions such as diabetes, asthma and hay fever.

Beyond food trucks, burgers and beer, here are some of the hot food trends for 2012.

Operating at less than 2%of the cost of today s car, truck, jet, ship, and train systems, this emerging tube transport system will be a massive undertaking that demands talented new-age thinkers for decades to come.

More details here. The Dismantlers Over the coming years will see a number of industries dismantled requiring a skilled workforce of talented people who can perform this task in the least disruptive way.

Robotic Earthworm Drivers The most valuable land on the planet will soon be the landfills

Brands, including VW, Lego, and Nintendo are nearly a century or more old. Even Apple and Camaro have been consumer products for decades.

To date the Wii has sold more than 86 million units. 6. Volkswagen Volkswagen was relatively unknown in the U s. during the 1960s,

It was also the first foreign automobile company to open an assembly plant in the country since the 1920s.

According to a Wall street journal article, By 1992, U s. annual sales had hit a low of 49,000 cars,

and VW contemplated pulling out of the U s. altogether.##Just six years later, following the launch of the new Beetle,

In 2010, Volkswagen sold more than 250,000 cars in the U s.#its best year since 2003.

which transfers the string s vibration to its own sound cell. 3d nylon printed bicycle designed by Andy Hawkins

this bike is constructed from a manufacturing process known as additive layer manufacturing (ALM), which is used also in the manufacturing of satellites.

The world s first fully 3d printed car called, The Urbee The Urbee is a hybrid vehicle that has its entire body

But the use of a big-wheeled unicycle does add character...Nothing say the fall season is here#quite like a frisky Bulldog running through a pumpkin patch...

After Yellow cab implemented their no pets#policy, some people were forced to get rather creative...Whenever I see floating whales,

Iowa, sells Kinze carts and planters. Remote-controlled tractors are removed far from the welding shop Kinzenbaw opened in Ladora, Iowa, in 1965,

On the back end, software programming tools and Internet-based services make it easy to launch new global software-powered start-ups in many industries#ithout the need to invest in new infrastructure and train

In todays cars, software runs the engines, controls safety features, entertains passengers, guides drivers to destinations and connects each car to mobile, satellite and GPS networks.

The days when a car aficionado could repair his or her own car are long past, due primarily to the high software content.

The trend toward hybrid and electric vehicles will only accelerate the software shift#lectric cars are controlled completely computer.

And the creation of software-powered driverless cars is already under way at Google and the major car companies.

Todays leading real-world retailer, Wal-mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities, which it has used to crush its competition.

which is thought best of as a software network that happens to have trucks, planes and distribution hubs attached.

and a further 28 billon tonnes is generated by cars, factories and other sources of fossil fuels.

Her bees live in three hives in a community garden in a once-vacant lot near a fire station and elevated train tracks.

A train without a track is like hope without a wallet...All things truly wicked start with an innocent lab experiment involving leftover genetic material...

Jennifer Telfer Pillow Pets The idea for Pillow Pets dawned on Jennifer Telfer after watching her young sons smash down their stuffed animals in order to sleep on them like a pillow.

So she set about creating stuffed animals that unfolded into plush pillows. Telfer and her husband, Clint, decided to wholesale the products themselves in 2003 through their company, CJ Products.

She began by hawking them at a mall kiosk during the holiday season, and then at a home show two weeks after Christmas.

Telfer realized she was onto something. The cuddly toy has exploded since into the marketplace, bringing in $300 million in sales in 2010.