Passenger who prays is removed from plane
For most people who are not regular flyers, praying before the plane takes off may be a good way of settling down your nerves. However one man who boarded a plane bound for San Francisco from New York and began to pray.
The flight crew ordered him to his seat, but he asked for a couple [...]
Underground art in Paris
With the Paris Metro currently undergoing an extensive renovation process, but unlike any other renovation project the workers have been discovering some lost works of art. Well not art exactly but what they have finding underneath the many coats of paint are some lost treasures.
As the walls were stripped underneath some of the walls have [...]
Into space and beyond
Sir Richard Branson has been outlining the future of commercial space travel as he see it with Virgin Galactic, which could be the first commercial space touring company when they test fly their ship later in the year.
It seems that just orbiting the earth is not going to be good enough, once this has been [...]
Car security codes cracked
When we lock our cars with the remote key fob we feel safe and secure knowing that it is virtually impossible for anyone else to come along and have the same device, until now that is. For researchers at the Ruhr University in Germany have found way around this system and can gain access to [...]
April 7, 2008Olympic Torch relay attracts protests
It should been a time for celebration, and yet when the symbol of the Olympics came to London it resulted in what could only be described as chaos. As the route of the Olympic Torch relay has several flash points and at one time a protester even had his hand on the torch, but was [...]
April 1, 2008Eco Holidays
The very term eco holiday would appear to be a contradiction, as you would have thought that the only real eco holiday would involve walking or cycling. But it seems for some eco friendly people that would just not do and so they are looking to travel further a field.
So where are these exotic locations [...]
Wave powered boats
With the world running out of fossil fuels this has left many leisure activities ok for now, but with a future that is less predictable. One such activity is travelling by sea, ships and boats use up huge amounts of fuel and apart from sails there is not really any other viable power source for [...]
March 27, 2008Organise your life and the kids too
Life is complicated enough with careers and busy lifestyles, but when you add kids to the equation all you plans and routines need to be totally revised. It’s easy to just sit back and let the whole thing blow over your head, but that is not really the way that it should be going, having [...]
March 21, 2008Eiffel Tower to be redesigned
To celebrate the creation of Gustave Eiffel’s design that is a classic landmark in Paris, the Eiffel Tower there has been a competition in process which was open to architects who thought that they had a great way of redesigning the famous tower to celebrate the towers 120th anniversary.
With all of the plans and designs [...]
Plans for the end of the world
Planning for the end of the world is not the sort of thing that fills people with confidence about the future of mankind and life on this planet. But never the less this plan is still going ahead and unlike any other idea before, as this ark will be on the moon. Plans for this [...]