REPORT: Toyota develops its own flower for cleaner air at Prius plant
Filed under: Hybrid, Etc., Plants/Manufacturing, Technology, Hatchback, Toyota
Automakers make cars and trucks, no surprises there. Some even make other interesting things, like Honda, which also builds motorcycles, lawn mowers, jets, robots and solar cells. But until now, we haven’t heard of any car...
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NIH program hoping to put teens on track for science careers
SciLife offers answers about medical professions for students from disadvantaged backgrounds
by Andrew Ujifusa | Staff Writer
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Kendall Smith attended the SciLife event at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda on Saturday. SciLife helps prospective scientists like Smith, a 17-year-old high school senior,...
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Rendered Speculation: JDM rumormill reports Subaru’s FT-86 will get turbo power, AWD
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Japan, Subaru, Rumormill
The crew from Japan’s BestCar magazine have apparently taken the initial pics of the Toyota FT-86 concept and grafted a unique nose, rear fascia and wheels onto ToMoCo’s new sports coupe, and while the result is less-than-fetching,...
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Netflix to introduce streaming-only service — but not in the US
Filed under: Video
Netflix have announced their intention to launch a streaming service beginning in the second half of 2010, rather than relying solely on their DVD-by-mail scheme. Initially, however, the service will only be available outside the US.
Why make a streaming service Netflix’ first...
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Hulu Says Goodbye to Free EntertainmentAlmost nothing will stay free on the Internet forever. In the beginning, it will be available to all — tantalizing you with its new ways, sucking you into addiction. And then the inevitable announcement will come: We must add ads! We must require payment! This stuff isn’t free, you...
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The Lexus LFA may cost $375k, but the paper one is free
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Etc., Japan, Lexus, Toys/Games
Many people are into model cars. And… origami. Tangrams, too – which are sort of a two-dimensional, reusable form of origami. What are we on about here, why are we discussing folding paper and models? Funny...
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Touchdown-Less Titans Cost Tennessee Natives Tons of Pizza Toppingsby Will Brinson
Filed under: NFL
Papa John’s is the kind of place that has pretty decent deals, although you usually end up getting screwed because they advertise ‘two large one-topping pizzas for $17.99′ (read straight from the coupon in the pile of mail on my coffee table,...
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Man Designs and Builds Machine To Fight His Own Cancer
For the last sixteen minutes and twenty-seven seconds I’ve been watching this video in absolute awe. It’s the story of John Kanzius who designed, built, and tested a machine (on himself), all in hopes of curing his leukemia.
Good God, I’m happy that this...
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VIDEO: Volkswagen wants you to have fun… taking the stairs
by Chris Shunk (RSS feed) on Oct 8th 2009 at 7:27PM
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Volkswagen produces passenger cars, trucks, crossovers and SUVs, but the German automaker also feels it has a civic responsibility to get our plumping society into shape. Proof...
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VIDEO: Fun Theory Part 2 – VW makes throwing stuff away fun
Filed under: Videos, Volkswagen, Humor
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Last week we showed you how Volkswagen and ad agency DBB teamed up to get more people walking up the stairs by making them into a Goliath-sized piano. VW calls this...
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