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, [...]
One plane passenger to get a shock
A passenger who arrived at the Narita Airport in Japan will be getting a surprise when they open up their bag, as they will find that they have unwittingly become part of a customs training exercise.
In order to test the sniffer dogs, a customs official placed a small packet of cannabis weighing about 142 grams [...]
Be careful what you say
From now on people are going to have to be very careful on what they say out loud, especially if you are in ear shot of the Church of Scientology as one fifteen year old boy recently found out.
The boy who is unnamed for legal purposes is facing possible prosecution for calling the church a [...]
Ireland to clean up sea of nets
Occasionally there are tales of boats of all sizes being caught up in rogue fishing nets, this can be an inconvenience to larger boats, but for small more fragile craft, this hazard can be seriously dangerous.
These rogue nets are called “Ghost Nets” and not only are they a danger to craft they are also a [...]
Earth waits for alien reply in 2015
It was back in 1983 when the Japanese astronomers Hisashi Hirabayashi and Masaki Morimoto sent a message to the Altair solar system, this would have reached the target location in 1999 and so if there was any life there and they did actually hit the reply button the message should reach earth by 2015!
Of course [...]
Living the island life
It is strange that being stranded on an island can be a total nightmare you only have to watch Lost or Robinson Crusoe to see why, but funnily enough it seems that holidaying on a tropical island is one of the most desirable holidays.
However as with many of these type of holidays the matter of [...]
The hidden underground
For anyone who uses the London Underground whether it is for work or maybe this could be a day trip to the capital, whatever the reason there must have been time when you have seen station that the train passes by, where no passengers ever get on or off, these are the Ghost Stations of [...]