The £2,000 cab fare
This must be a cabbies dream come true, imagine being stopped by a fare who asks take me to Munich! However, this is true a true story even though the cabbie at first thought that the customer was playing a joke on him.
Portsmouth cabbie, Mike Hogan was sitting at the rank when his next [...]
Yachts with added security
How things have changed since the early days of the sailing dingy where the well-heeled people would take to the water in their wooden yachts and have a fun days messing about on the water.
However the influx of the super rich appear to be escaping the horrors of the credit crunch and are able to [...]
Georgia out of the Olympics
The military action that is taking place in Georgia has gone far enough for the country’s parliament to declare war.
However, with the Olympics in full swing this could have some devastating effects on the outcome of the games in Beijing.
The Georgia Olympic team is around twenty-five string, but before they have had a chance to [...]
Police want national DNA database
A national DNA database of every man, woman and child, would help solve more crimes, according to the Chief Constable of Strathclyde, Stephen House.
In Scotland, there is not a DNA database in Scotland as there is in the UK. The difference between to the two systems is that in England at the moment any DNA [...]
Plants could produce 30% of fuel
There is real belief that one-day plants will be able to replace around thirty per cent of the fuel used for motoring, this would normally sound brilliant but there are questions thrown up about the process that is needed to get to this stage.
In the US, planting of new crops is due to start next [...]
Lonely people means societies breakdown
There are lot of people who spend a lot of time on their own, this could be through choice or maybe because of circumstances, but one thing is for sure it may not be a good thing even if the person prefers it.
Loneliness can be the cause of increased risk of dying of heart disease, [...]
Finally a motorized suitcase
At last this is the travelling tool of the 21st century, a suitcase which is motorised! Naturally it is not going to be super powerful, in fact it is probably going to be seriously slow and will get on other travellers nerves as they try to push their way through the crowds as they move [...]
June 18, 2008Why the Segway fails
The personal transport system known as the Segway should have been taken up by all commuters but as with all of these machines it has failed in winning over the working person, anyone who remembers the Sinclair C5 would understand this. But why do these eco friendly machines fail? Here are few clues:
The Segway Encourages [...]
Get a garage for your plane
It would be something like a sci-fi film or book, but the day of the flying car may not be that far away. There is company named ICON who is building a small plane which has folding wings so that it can be easily parked in the garage.
The great thing about these planes is that [...]
Fire destroys famous film sets
The set from some very famous films have been destroyed in a massive fire at the Universal Studio complex in Los Angeles. The site is a huge 400 acres although the fire is to have been contained.
But the set where the “Back to the Future” series of films were made has been destroyed, [...]