On April 22 1884 a young reporter from England named Thomas Stevens left San Francisco and headed east on a Pope “Columbia” ordinary bicycle. This was a high wheel type bike, and had a 50 inch front wheel.
Stockholm (AFP) June 24, 2010 A regional Chinese state fund will take a stake in Volvo cars, the Swedish carmaker Ford of the U.S. recently sold to China's Geely, financial Daily Dagens Industri said on Thursday, quoting a Geely spokesman. The Chinese fund is based in the oil-rich city of Daqing, in China's northeast, the daily reported.
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 25, 2010 Automobile air conditioning systems do not run "free of charge". In fact in the hot parts of the world they can account for up to thirty per cent of fuel consumption. Even in Switzerland, with its temperate climate, the use of air conditioning systems is responsible for about five per cent of total fuel usage, rising to around ten per cent in urban traffic.
College Park MD (SPX) Jun 25, 2010 Most motorcycles in the world today use engines that burn gasoline, contributing to greenhouse gasses and adding air pollution to the surrounding area. Now two scientists in India have conceptually designed a new, cleaner motorcycle engine that uses compressed air to turn a small air turbine, generating enough power to run a motorcycle for up to 40 minutes.
Solar cells could one day see a boost in their theoretical maximum efficiency from 31 per cent to 66 per cent, thanks to a novel way of harnessing electrons whose energy is normally lost as heat.
