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(Above is the LiftPort Group’s basic model for its proposed Lunar Space Elevator Infrastructure, also known as LSEI or “Elsie.” LiftPort says the system can be constructed within eight years using commercial technology.) The space elevator concept has been touch and go — but this year, it looks as if the concept’s proponents are definitely […]
An Iowa woman’s drive home turned into a scene out of a horror movie when her SUV accelerated uncontrollably down a Missouri highway as if she were on a NASCAR racetrack. She survived the Aug. 19 ordeal without a scratch; and it was all captured by a patrol officer’s dashboard camera. Lauri Ulvestad survived a real-life […]
Facebook court ruling: What you share on Facebook is admissible as evidence New generation is so eager to share their whole personal lives with their friends and public, pictures, posts, stories, remarks, opinions, comments, likes, dislikes… everything is shared without thinking twice. You may think that you can get away with anything, but did you […]
Sun Jifa lost both his hands when a homemade blast-fishing bomb exploded prematurely. Unable to afford the prosthetic limbs offered by a hospital, he created his own. When Sun Jifa, 51, of Guanmashan, Jilin province, in northern China got in an accident he lost his hands. But unfortunately he didn’t have enough money to […]
When Donald Caldwell got fed up with all theses free social media platforms that are supported with advertisements he decided to start a new social media platform; ‘App.net’ the idea is that ads ruin the user experience, and this is one of his primary criticisms of Facebook and Twitter. His proposition is that by not […]
Would You Swim in This Glass-Bottomed Hotel Pool ? Luxury comes with a price and in this case…Danger. The Holiday Inn Shanghai Pudong Kanqiao’s indoor swimming pool comes complete with its own exterior extension, which is designed by a Singaporean architectural firm, happens to be suspended 24 floors above the ground. “We wanted to provide […]
Millions of users worldwide Facebook is the fastest growing social network site ever. What started as a platform to connect college students tuned into something huge. For some people Facebook is a way of life , especially for teenagers. Back in the day what used to be important was who you were friends with now the quantity […]
Playing video games can be addicting and in this case dangerous. A 15-year-old Ohio boy collapsed after playing Modern Warfare 3 on Xbox for 4 days. Columbus teen collapsed and was hospitalized Tuesday after becoming severely dehydrated. His mother says he emerged from his bedroom during the four days only to pick up snacks or take […]
On August 6th,1991 — 21 years ago –Tim Berners-Lee published the world’s first website from a lab in the Swiss Alps. The world’s first website is still up and running more than two decades after its creation. Berners-Lee first proposed his idea for a worldwide network of computers sharing information in 1989, while he was working at the […]
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc will allow users in Britain to wager real money on its service, opening its doors to gambling for the first time as revenue growth slows at the world’s No. 1 social network. On Tuesday, Gamesys, an independent gaming company, launched a version of online Bingo for Facebook users in Britain […]