Posts Tagged ‘California’

Renewable Petroleum: Bug Eats Wheat And Excretes Crude Oil

Sunday, June 15, 2008 16:20 19 Comments

Scientists in California have managed to stumble upon what seems to be the discovery of the century. The genetic alteration of bugs created a super species that can eat agricultural waste (woodchips, wheat straw etc) and excrete crude oil. This “renewable petroleum” promises to keep us addicted to the black gold and and (hopefully) drop [...]

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Lost: Season 5 (News & Updates)

Sunday, June 1, 2008 11:10 No Comments

Season 4 just ended and most of us will have to wait till January 2009 to see the new episodes. Till then the team behind Lost are planning to keep us busy and baffled with the islands mysteries with more hidden clues.

Starting from Season’s 4 last episode, during the commercial break a strange advert was [...]

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Appendix Removed Via Mouth

Monday, May 12, 2008 20:10 No Comments

Doctors in San Diego, California, have managed to perform a non-invasive appendectomy. This was accomplished by inserting a flexible tube inside a persons mouth and down its stomach. A cut was then made to access the appendix. The appendix is then cut off, bagged and extracted via the mouth. The only side effect is a [...]

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Mastodon Skeleton For Sale In Ebay

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 0:34 No Comments

An entire skeleton of a Mastodon can be found at an Ebay Auction.
In 1997 Eric Pedersen found a big tooth poking out of the ground in his back yard and after digging up he found an entire skeleton of a Mammoth relative.
Eric gives a chance through this option to buy your own piece of history. [...]

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Skytran In California?

Thursday, March 6, 2008 12:45 No Comments

Few days ago the transport council in Marin, California decided that a personal transport system is very interesting solution to public transports.
A company called Unimodal,has patented the Skytran that offers quick transport for each passenger and its is based on the magnetic levitation concept. The driving is taken cared by the onboard computer and the [...]

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A Robot For Your Kitchen

Wednesday, March 5, 2008 22:44 No Comments

The ReadyBot is the brainchild of engineers in Sillicon Valley that thought of creating a robot that could help in the routine kitchen work (cleaning, place the dishes in the dish washer etc).
Its creators say that ReadyBot can so far do 30-40% of the kitchen work and they aim within the year to reach 50%. [...]

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