New Mars Samples ‘Unlike Any Seen Before’
Published By Terry On Friday, September 2nd 2011. Under General Tags: American Martian orbiters, bromine, clay minerals, Mars, Mars rover Opportunity, new rock samples, Ray Arvidson, Red Planet, sedimentary rock, soil samples, Steve Squyres, Tisdale 2, volcanic rocks, zinc
The Mars rover Opportunity is exploring a new site and has yielded soil samples that are unlike any examined before on the red planet, that appear more favorable for life, according to scientists.
Opportunity, the diligent little robot that has been exploring Mars for seven and a half years, arrived three ... Read More
UrbanTile Window Blind Concept Fuses Solar Panel With an OLED Screen
Published By Terry On Friday, September 2nd 2011. Under Technology Tags: Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, brilliant color reproduction, harnass solar energy, light and entertainment display, light emitting screen, low power consumption, OLED screen, photovoltaic panel, small solar panel, UrbanTile, window blind
Everyday the sun showers our cities in bright light and solar energy. Then each night, our cities emit light so bright that it can be seen from space. Industrial designer Meidad Marzan from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, Israel, has designed a concept device called the ... Read More
August Auto Sales Up Despite Economic Turbulence
Published By Terry On Thursday, September 1st 2011. Under Business Tags: Chrysler, F, Ford Motor, General Motors, GM, Nissan Motor, NYSE:F, NYSE:GM, sales gains, Volkswagen
Major US automakers posted double-digit sales gains in the US for August from last year's levels, a steady result for a month that began with a huge plunge on Wall Street and ended with a hurricane closing down the East Coast.
General Motors Co (NYSE:GM) reported sales gains of 18 percent, ... Read More
Japanese Rice Farmer, Naoto Matsumura, Refuses To Leave Fukushima Nuclear Zone
Published By Terry On Thursday, September 1st 2011. Under World Tags: earthquake and tsunami, Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station, Japan nuclear disaster, Naoto Matsumura, radioactivity, rice farmer, Tokyo Electric Power Co, Tomioka Japan
It has the feel of a ghost town. Tomioka has vines that creep over the empty street, the once prim gardens are now overgrown with meadow flowers and waist high weeds. There is a bad stench were animals have been left to fend for themselves have now died and are ... Read More
Man Finds $150,000 In A Garden
Published By Terry On Thursday, September 1st 2011. Under Headlines Tags: Broccoli, burglaries, county sheriff, duffel bags with money, garden, northern Illinois, robbery, unemployed carpenter, Wayne Sabaj
As the old saying goes, money doesn't grow on trees. Sometimes it could sprout up in a garden. A northern Illinois unemployed man was out working in his backyard when he came across some serious green: duffel bags filled with $150,000 cash.
Wayne Sabaj was going out to his garden to ... Read More


