Lithium-Sulfur Battery Lab Tests Show High Energy Density

The month wouldn't be complete without another battery technology breakthrough, and this time it's the turn of lithium-sulfur technology. Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are experimenting with a lithium-sulfur battery design with twice the specific energy of lithium-ion batteries, and a usefully long life under repeated charging and discharging cycles. According to Green Car Congress, such batteries would also be cheaper and safer than...

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Honda Vezel Compact Crossover

Honda unveiled the Vezel crossover at the show, going on sale as soon as December 20.Under the hood, the Vezel gets a 1.5-liter direct-injection four-cylinder lifted from the Japanese-market 2015 Honda Fit. More interesting is the hybrid model, using the same i-DCD one-motor system from the latest Fit Hybri...

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CES Mobile App

CES Mobile is a mobile planning tool available for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. CES Mobile provides attendees with easy-to-use interactive capabilities to enhance your show experience.To download, visit the Apple iTunes Store or Google Play on your device and search for 2014 CE...

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Workers Burned At Tesla Motors Plant

Workers Burned In Industrial Accident Three workers have suffered burns in an accident at the Fremont, California assembly plant, where Tesla Motors builds its Model S electric car. According to the company, a low-pressure aluminum casting press failed on Wednesday afternoon, spilling hot metal onto the workers. All three employees were immediately taken to Valley Medical Center in San Jose with second-degree burns.The Fremont Fire Department dismissed initial reports that there was a fire at...

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Beauty of mathematics

Beauty of mathematics showing the formulas and geometry of everyday experiences. http://ow.ly/qBn6x&nb...

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Today on the blog

Today’s guest post comes from Maarten Balliauw, Technical Evangelist at JetBrains, the vendor of smart developer tools such as IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, PhpStorm, Android Studio and many more. Today on the blog, we have a guest post from Maarten Balliauw, Technical Evangelist at JetBrains, the vendor of smart developer tools such as IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, PhpStorm, Android Studio and many more. Maarten tells us how it's easily to deploy to Google App Engine from PyCharm or IntelliJ IDEA.&nb...

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Car of the year 2014

Car of the year 2014.2014 Cadillac CTS ...

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Chinese-Owned Battery Maker A123

When battery maker A123 Systems went bankrupt, it seemed to be just one in a long line of failed energy startups--albeit one with some high-profile customers. Stalled battery production after A123's bankruptcy is considered one of the main catalyst's for Fisker's litany of struggles, while electric-car enthusiasts wondered what would happen to cars like the Chevrolet Spark EV, powered by A123 batteries. Now, are things different under Chinese ownership? Several companies expressed...

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powerful turbo AWD rally car

Ken Block has done it again, and even though this particular dead horse has now  suffered at least six beatings, it's always fun to see Block try to one-up himself in a wickedly powerful turbo AWD rally car. watch   bit.ly/1aOPcwl &nbs...

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sure police guns are safe

A Massachusetts politician has put forth a proposal to allow local police to enter homes without a warrant in order to inspect whether gun owners are properly storing their firearms.The idea was floated by Swampsott Selectman Barry Greenfield, who expressed frustration about the Newtown school massacre in the neighboring state of Connecticut and in other cases where people have obtained their parents’ guns to carry out shootings. “We need the ability to enforce the state law,” Greenfield said,...

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central Philippines storms

Typhoon Haiyan one of the strongest storms on record this year, came ashore in the central Philippines,winds of 147 miles per hour and forced more than 700,000 people from their homes. details http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/11/typhoon_haiyan.html&nbs...

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Brits Love Their Local Design Talent

Last Friday, the British Fashion Council and luxury e-tailer stylebop.com invaded Los Angeles' iconic Chateau Marmont hotel to party down with Britain's best and brightest red carpet designers. The event was hosted by English fashion darling Poppy Delevingne and drew a crowd of famous faces that were quick to declare their love for the city's good vibes and even better grub. "I've been in L.A. for five weeks to audition for TV shows and work on my tan," said a sun-kissed Delevingne,...

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Birds avoid noise

Researchers from Boise State University in Idaho created a “phantom road” at a site in the Boise Foothills that is a stopover for migratory birds in the fall. They put up 15 speakers in Douglas fir trees and played recorded sounds of a road at intervals of four days — four days on, four days off. They then counted birds at three locations along their phantom road and three locations nearby where...

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Star War Episode VII Open auditions are being planned

The casting sessions for Star Wars: Episode VII will start later this week at locations around the UK and Ireland, including London, Dublin and Glasgow.The open auditions for a "major Hollywood Movie" were first published on the twitter account @UKopencall, which announced a "nationwide search for lead roles for a Disney movie".According to a casting notice the film-makers are looking to fill...

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