When giant transportation projects are built, there is a tendency for there to be over-runs. Politicians sell them at a certain cost and when it goes over, go oops. But in most cases once started they actually finish, even if they change in scope. But Cincinnati has one that is extensively built, [...]
The strangest vessel made its formal premiere Thursday on San Francisco Bay, and it was a sight to see: It looked like a spider, wiggled over the waves like a porpoise, and was fast as the wind.
It is named the Proteus, after a Greek god of the sea, and is the first of what might [...]
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Adventurous visions - International Herald Tribune
Few New Yorkers will be familiar with the TARDIS, the time traveling vehicle that whisks the time lord Doctor Who through the centuries to save civilization from evil aliens. Yet TARDIS is the inspiration for an extraordinary new building on Spring Street in SoHo. The inside of the new Thomas [...]
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Intel offers $1m for a Viiv-based Mac Mini killer
Intel will pay whoever designs what it reckons is the world’s coolest living room computer $1m. Apple’s Mac Mini might be a candidate, but despite the appearance of VP Phil Schiller during CEO Paul Otellini’s Intel Developer Forum - a first for the Mac maker - the [...]
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Official Google Blog: How to move Ramses II
As a teen in Cairo, I grew up knowing the area called Ramses Square. At that time the statue of Ramses II could be seen from miles away and was one of the city center’s attractions. Over the years the king became surrounded by fly-overs, steel walkways and [...]
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