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Rotating house follows the sun

An Australian couple, the Evringhams, have built a house that rotates to follow the sun. The whole house is turned by a motor not much bigger than that in a washing machine and enables the house to make the...

Electric cars are absolutely gorgeous, want to plug them in?

We, as humans, are lazy - that, I believe is the father of invention as necessity is its mother. And that isn't misanthropic either!Men like their remotes - and with more buttons the better! BAM, Ugh!"WiTricity's version of wireless electricity -- which converts power into a...

Perseid Meteor Shower 2009: Photos & Perseids Viewing Information

The annual Perseid meteor shower 2009 is back to light up our night sky. The Perseid meteor shower occurs when the earth passes through fragments left behind by the comet Swift-Tuttle. The small comet particles...

Luminous - Lighting the Sydney Opera House Sails

Luminous is part of Vivid Sydney, a festival of music, light & ideas, developed by Events NSW in partnership with the City of Sydney, that will be the biggest international music and light festival in the...

Solar Power Bringing Light and Opportunity to the Poor

Meeting the South’s energy needs will be crucial to achieving radical improvements in quality of life and human development. It is estimated that 1.7 billion people around the world lack electricity (World...

Cyber Or-13 Light Fantastic and other interesting insights

Enjoy this new installment by Dr. Moshe Dror, Phd.  from our israelseen web site. All the news about spirit that is fit to print from Tel Aviv. " By Moshe Dror I would like to add some thoughts about the significance of light in our cyber culture. We will see why...

Lyon, France. City of Light. Beautiful Light....

This is what Lyon looks like every year during its annual Light Festival. It's an amazing and unforgettable spectacle, believe me. These nine photos are breathtaking, and you’d have a hard time believing that...

Bill Clinton praises LA for changing to LED lights

Former President Bill Clinton yesterday praised the City of Los Angeles and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for what called the largest effort by a US city to reduce street light pollution by converting to LEDs or...

Lantern Festival kicks off: fireworks cause fire at Beijing hotel

The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first month on the Chinese lunar calendar, which happens to be today, February 9th. The festival is truly a beautiful celebration of light, marking the end of...

CyberOr-7 Cathedrals of Light

" One of the most significant writes on these transformations of our culture—our “boundary crossings” is George Gilder, the editor of the Forbes ASAP materials and is also called the “electronic prophet”...

CyberOr-5 The Age of Light

" And the journey continues once again . Dr. Rabbi Moshe Dror continues to unpack the secrets in the Biblical texts. Light-rather than matter, or energy, or time – is foundational to the universe. It is the...

CyberOr Sand and Light

" And the journey continues. Dr. Rabbi Moshe Dror continues to unpack the secrets in the Biblical texts. The correlation of Abraham’s journey with our cyber journey goes much further and deeper. In the narrative...

Two killed in Staffordshire plane crash

 Two people have been killed as result of plane crashed into a railway line in Staffordshire. the incident has caused delay train servers.  " Two people have been killed after the light aircraft they...

Low-Efficiency Light Bulbs Banned in the EU

 The EU took initial steps towards banning incandescent light bulbs and low-efficiency halogen bulbs. In a measure that would make even Edison proud, restrictions against the bulbs are set to take place...

The Oldest Light In The Universe

Scientists believe cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation is the oldest light in the Universe. NASA's satellite - the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) - was sent up to measure the light that they believe was...

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