Britain goes slow as trains, planes and ships cut fuel costs

Even jet planes are slowing down to save fuel - well really to save 'fuel costs' which is perhaps slightly different - an economic rather than environmental decision. If that's what it takes to save the planet...

Amazing Design Of A bottle Computer

"Janos Marton, a hardware moding enthusiast god the idea for this wacky computer, when he decided to make a quiet, low-power home server. But being so passionate about tuning hardware he wanted something unique...

Invisible Ink on Ballots?

"Some votes were apparently lost, however, when about 20 folks at a Chicago precinct were given styluses designed for touch-screen machines instead of ink pens. When voters complained the devices made no marks on their paper ballots, a ballot judge told them the markers were...

Surgery for Girl with Eight Limbs a Success

Doctors in Bangalore, India have successfully operated on a 2-year-old girl born with four arms and four legs. It took a team of 36 surgeons, 27 hours to remove Lakshmi Tatma's  parasitic twin. Parasitic...

North Korea Dismantling Nuclear Facilities, U.S. Confirms

Well if this is true it's better than nothing. I still don't trust that everything is on the up and up."The disablement of North Korea's nuclear weapons-making facilities has started smoothly and the communist nation should be able to complete the process by the end of the...

Virtual Laser Keyboard

"The Virtual Laser Keyboard (VKB) is the ULTIMATE new gudget for Blackberry, Smartphone and PDA owners or MAC & PC users! the VKB comes with an elegant leather jacket, making it the perfect addition to your collection (and just what you want to take out of your inner suit...

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