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Electric car-maker to build vehicles at Del. Plant
Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 18:02 in Techonology | Viewed 144 views times | No Comments
People with knowledge of talks between Fisker Automotive and Delaware officials say the company plans to build vehicles at a former General Motors plant in Wilmington. The head of the California-based producer of electric vehicles said earlier this week that officials would soon announce a U.S. manufacturing site. On Friday, a person with knowledge of
Scientists find 32 new planets
European astronomers recently announced they had discovered 32 new planets orbiting stars outside our solar system, and said on Monday they believe their find means that 40 percent or more of Sun-like stars have such planets. The planets range in size from about five times the size of Earth to about five times the size
Bad drivers? Blame their genes
Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 16:59 in Techonology | Viewed 123 views times | No Comments
No need to curse that bad driver weaving in and out of the lane in front of you — he cannot help it, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday. They found that people with a particular gene variant performed more than 20 percent worse on a driving test than people with a different DNA sequence. The
Negative Words Register Faster
Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 16:57 in Techonology | Viewed 89 views times | No Comments
Subliminal messages are most effective when they have negative words, English researchers say. Subliminal messages are images shown so quickly that viewers don’t consciously “see” them, according to background information in the University College London study. It included 50 volunteers who were shown a series of words on a computer screen. The words appeared for
Space hotel says it’s on schedule to open in 2012
A company behind plans to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and time frame for the multi-billion dollar project. The Barcelona-based architects of The Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost 3 million euro ($4.4 million)
