Angry Airlines Demand Compensation
Posted on April 22, 2010 by admin in Business, Travel
Officials from airlines around the world are angrily demanding compensation from European authorities for what they feel was an over reaction to the threat of the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud. The EU triggered the world’s biggest closure of airspace since 9.11.2001.It is estimated that up to 100 thousand flights were cancelled and around half a [...]
Plane Powered By Solar Energy
Posted on April 22, 2010 by admin in Finance, Travel
The first ever solar-powered plane recently made its inaugural flight at Payerne military base, high over the Swiss countryside. Thanks to the 12,000 solar cells built into the 208 feet wing span (the wing span of a boeing 747), the 1,600 kg plane, (less than the weight of a small car), The Solar Impuluse, operates [...]
Mind Reading Computers
Posted on April 20, 2010 by admin in Technology
A quick press of the wrong key and your computer races on to do as it was told, but not what you wanted it to do. This may be about to change with the new innovations from Intel. The latest technical innovation from Intel uses brain scans to determine what items the user is thinking [...]
Child progidy Performs In Carnegie Hall
Posted on April 20, 2010 by admin in Entertainment
From Southbury, Connecticut, Clara Tu, a 6 year old child prodigy, has won various piano competition awards since the age of 4. Now she has three dates to play at Carnegie Hall. Tu was taught the piano by her mother and has only been playing for approximately 2 years. “I like when my fingers move [...]
A Look At The Tea Party Movement
Posted on April 19, 2010 by admin in Politics
Is the Tea party movement just another political party, or are the TP (Tea Party) rallies really just Mad Hatter tea parties, after the Alice of Wonderland classic? When the Tea Party express made a pit stop in Boston Massachusetts, it was recently reported on the Broad Humour (women and comedy) website. Read more about [...]
Oar Fish Sightings Increase
Posted on April 19, 2010 by admin in Environment
Nearly 40 sightings of the illusive and solitary, rarely seen oar fish, have been registered around the seas of Japan, in the past few weeks, making many people in Japan feel they are about to face a really big earthquake. Read just how many major earthquakes there have been since January 2010…
Hundreds Of Thousands Disrupted By Dormant Volcano
Posted on April 16, 2010 by admin in Environment
Hundreds are fleeing their homes in the face of flood waters, while hundreds of thousands of airline travelers are stranded due to the huge ash clouds covering Europe. Thousands of adventure-hungry tourists, both Icelandic and foreign, have flocked to see the Eyjafjallajökull eruption. Drivers and hikers have created unprecedented traffic jams in the sparsely populated [...]
Aussies Heroes Land Crippled Plane
Posted on April 14, 2010 by admin in Travel
With one engine completely cut out and one intermittent, two Aussie pilots safely landed a Cathy Pacific Airbus A330. Only 8 people were injured. Read more…
Fastest Car On The Face Of The Earth
Posted on April 14, 2010 by admin in Science, Sport, Technology
Bloodhound SSC is all set to wrench the land-speed title of the long standing British holders. The Bloodhound SSC is getting set to reach speeds of 1000 mph. Read about the three other serious contenders…
The Invisible Cloak
Posted on April 14, 2010 by admin in Science, Technology
The Emperor Has No Clothes, is a favourite story with children. Now scientists may be making that fairy tale slowly become a reality. Read how scientists have finally been able to produce an invisible cloak…
