Hybrid and Electric car at a glance

The move from cars powered by gas or diesel engines to those that run on electricity will start to hit its stride this year with the introduction of the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt. Three types of vehicles are emerging as automakers look for ways to get better gas mileage or avoid gasoline completely: Full Story »

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Europe risks 'second league' of world economies: IMF

BUCHAREST (AFP) - Europe is in danger of being relegated to the second division of world economic powers, while the United States and Asia bounce out of the global downturn, the head of the IMF warned on Tuesday. Full Story »
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Obama to allow oil drilling off Virginia coast

WASHINGTON - In a reversal of a long-standing ban on most offshore drilling, President Barack Obama is allowing oil drilling 50 miles off Virginia's shorelines. At the same time, he is rejecting some new drilling sites that had been planned in Alaska. Full Story »

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Summary Box: Nissan sets electric car price

THE DEAL: Nissan Motor Co. says it will sell its Leaf electric car for just over $25,000 in the U.S., including a government tax credit. The base sticker price is $32,780. The Leaf can travel 100 miles on a charge from a home outlet. Full Story »
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Fairy girls and city grit at Tokyo Fashion Week

TOKYO (AFP) - Layered chiffon tops and silky hemlines met shiny leather boots on the catwalk of the Tokyo Fashion Show this week in a blend of old-world femininity and edgy city themes. Full Story »

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India Fashion Week opens after fire permit delay

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Organisers of India's leading fashion week said the event would finally open on Thursday after a missing fire permit forced the cancellation of all shows on the first day. Full Story »

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New Jewelry Collection by Molly Sims Adds Some Spring Sparkle

New York - Spring is finally here, and that can only mean one thing: It's time to shed the heavy layers and pile on the glittery baubles. Full Story »

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Madonna designs Dolce & Gabbana sunglasses

MILAN (Reuters Life!) - Madonna has teamed up with Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana to design a collection of sunglasses.

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Twiggy: `It could have gone terribly wrong'

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NEW YORK - Back in the Mod '60s, when Twiggy conquered London and fashion changed forever, the waif of a teen with huge eyes, a boyish bob and long legs craved the glamour and curves of a different icon. Full Story »
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Madonna teams with daughter Lola on fashion line

NEW YORK - When Madonna needed inspiration for her latest fashion collection, she didn't have to look far. The pop icon teamed up with her 13-year-old daughter Lourdes to create Material Girl, an affordable juniors' clothing line that debuts at Macy's this fall. Full Story »
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Madonna and daughter launch joint fashion collection

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Madonna has initiated her 13-year-old daughter Lourdes into life as a Material Girl, with the pair collaborating on a fashion line for juniors to be launched in July. Full Story »

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How To Make A Radio Controlled Toy Plane

We discussed about  How to make a paper airplane and Rubber band powerd toy plane projects that you can try on and get an idea about how to flying an airplane. But those projects are very simple and used only very basics of flying machines. You can go further and build advance flying machines or toy airplanes. From here onward I will discuss on those topics. As a begining we will look at how to make a radio controller toy plane. When you build your own plane it is very important to think about how you are going to control that plane while its moving. Not like automobiles; planes or flying machines should have better controlling when it take off, landing and flying. When any machine moving through or on air, its movement is totally depend on how the air behave and how it changes. So, to maintain stability of your airplane, you should control it properly. We can remotely control your airplane and radio frequency can be easily used to transfer your control signal from your remote controller to your airplane. Those planes we called as "Radio Controlled Air Planes".

http://howtomakeatoyplane.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-to-make-radio-controlled-toy-plane.html

Hanger 9 - Cessna 40 ARF, Value Series

In this article will look at further details about Hanger 9 - Cessna 40 ARF, Value Series radio controlled airplane and how each of these components are fixed and controlled. In previous article I mentioned that we need few components to make a airplane. First we need to have structure of the plane, wings and tail. Then we need to have a propeller for your airplane and engine/motor to give power to the propeller. Finally you need to have a mechanisum to control your airplane.

http://howtomakeatoyplane.blogspot.com/2010/03/hanger-9-cessna-40-arf-value-series.html

Chinese boy plucked from pipe

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Magnetism Can Sway Man's Moral Compass

"Discovery News reports that scientists have identified a region of the brain which appears to control morality and discovered that a powerful magnetic field can scramble the moral center of the brain, impairing volunteers' notion of right and wrong. 'You think of morality as being a really high-level behavior,' says Liane Young, a scientist at MIT and co-author of the article. 'To be able to apply (a magnetic field) to a specific brain region and change people's moral judgments is really astonishing.' Young and her colleagues used functional magnetic resonance imaging to locate an area of the brain just above and behind the right ear known as the right temporo-parietal junction (RTPJ), which other studies had previously related to moral judgments. Volunteers were exposed to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for 25 minutes before reading stories involving morally questionable characters, and being asked to judge their actions. The researchers found that when the RTPJ was disrupted volunteers were more likely to judge actions solely on the basis of whether they caused harm — not whether they were morally wrong in themselves. The scientists didn't permanently remove the subjects' moral sensibilities and on the scientists' seven point scale, the difference was about one point, averaging out to about a 15 percent change, 'but it's still striking to see such a change in such high level behavior as moral decision-making.' Young points out that the study was correlation; their work only links the RTJP, morality and magnetic fields, but doesn't definitively prove that one causes another."

http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/03/30/1741224/Magnetism-Can-Sway-Mans-Moral-Compass

EA Editor Criticizes Command & Conquer 4 DRM

Command & Conquer 4's DRM hasn't garnered Electronic Arts as much bad press and fan outrage as Ubisoft's scheme, despite being very similar. Nevertheless, it's been causing problems and frustrations for some users, including EA.com's own editor-in-chief, Jeff Green. An anonymous reader points this out:

http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/03/26/0653202/EA-Editor-Criticizes-Command-amp-Conquer-4-DRM

Haptic Gaming Vest Simulates Punches, Shots, Stabbing

"IEEE Spectrum reports that University of Pennsylvania researchers have developed a Tactile Gaming Vest that smacks and vibrates as players get shot in a game based on Half-Life 2. Four solenoid actuators in the chest and shoulders in front and two solenoids in the back give you the feeling of a simulated gunshot. In addition, vibrating eccentric-mass motors clustered against the shoulder blades make you feel a slashing effect as you get stabbed from behind. If this kind of vest could be linked to a movie while you watch it, the experience would be that much more exciting. Or as one of the creators put it, 'every time Bruce Willis gets shot, you feel it.'"

http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/03/30/074233/Haptic-Gaming-Vest-Simulates-Punches-Shots-Stabbing

Hacker Will Try To Restore Linux Support On PS3

Many readers have been sending in news of the impending PS3 firmware update that will remove the ability to install other operating systems on the console. (We discussed it here on Sunday.) Over the past few days, legions of PS3 owners have been voicing their anger at Sony's decision, upset that they'll be forced to either lose their custom install or forgo use of the PlayStation Network and be unable to play certain games and movies. Now, hacker George Hotz, known for his iPhone jailbreaks and his PS3 hack earlier this year, has vowed to fight back and restore Linux support on the PS3. He said, "The PlayStation 3 is the only product I know that loses features throughout its lifecycle. Software PS2 emulation, SACD playback, and OtherOS support are all just software switches you can flip. It's unbelievable you would go and flip one, not just on new boxes you are shipping, but on tens of millions already in the field."

http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/03/30/2151257/Hacker-Will-Try-To-Restore-Linux-Support-On-PS3

James Lovelock Suggests Suspending Democracy To Save the World

"Climate scientist James Lovelock claims it may be necessary to put democracy on hold to prevent a global climate catastrophe. He goes on to say that the best remedies may be adaptation techniques such as building sea defenses."

http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/03/30/238233/James-Lovelock-Suggests-Suspending-Democracy-To-Save-the-World