The driver controlled braking and speed, while magnets guided steering
as this bus made a demonstration run along a San Leandro street.
The thought of a bus moving along city streets while its driver has both hands off the wheel is alarming. But a special bus introduced on Sept. 5th, steered [...]

 
We’ve seen executive desks that ooze style and elegance when crafted out of leather, wood or used aviation parts. And to redefine sophistication with a contemporary touch, here is a multifaceted desk sculpted out of a single sheet of steel.
 

 
If Gundam mated with Will Smith’s Audi in I, Robot, the offspring would resemble these futuristic concept cars from European brand Peugeot. The car-like vehicles were all entries in the 2008 Peugeot Design Contest. Designers were asked by organizers to create vehicles for that ambiguous but tantalizing “city of the future.” Areas of focus included [...]

Gov Palin pushing the limits of search technology
Sarah Palin’s hotness is no longer debatable, at least according to Google trends – the bible of all that’s burning up the Web. A Boston Herald review of google.com/trends shows search terms particular to Palin earned a “volcanic” rating on the site’s “hotness” meter following her “World News [...]

 
Just 25 percent of Americans get at least eight hours of rest on
weekdays, and 60 percent of women say they often sleep poorly
Women experience significantly more nightmares than men and have more emotional dreams, research suggests. (Pics)

I know that the song is actually Romanian, that’s why it says “MISHEARD” in the title. 
 

 
Maverick Mobile Solutions, an Indian company that makes mobile applications, has a new way to protect your cell phone: tell it to follow the lead of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and “phone home.”

 
After almost two years perched in the sky, Berkeley’s tree-sitters came back to earth Tuesday. The final four were handcuffed and escorted by police down steep steps of scaffolding for a safe-and-certain descent cheered by hundreds of bystanders, who anxiously gathered in fear of a conflict at the top of a 100-foot redwood.

 
A new type of drug could alleviate pain in a similar way to cannabis without affecting the brain, according to a new study published in the journal Pain on Monday 15 September.

 
Chile, long considered to have among the most traditional social mores in South America, is crashing headlong into that reputation with its precocious teenagers. Chile’s youths are living in a period of sexual exploration that, academics and government officials say, is like nothing the country has witnessed before. (Pics)