Month January 2007

Flywheels have gone high-tech and are used to store electricity as kinetic energy which is instantly available when needed. One major use is for power backups. Beacon Power is a big player here, and their flywheels recently got certified by…

The Ad Generator makes up ads for you using randomized slogans from actual ads paired with matching Flickr photos. The result looks like an ad but of course isn’t – and that’s the point. From the creator of The Ad…

The British police now have a clear suspect. Sources say he is very close to Putin and the FSB. If that pans out, the consequences for Europe-Russia relations are profound. Still unanswered is, assuming Putin/KGB were behind the murder, is…

Two police officers said they’d bought narcotics at her house. Police broke down the door with a no-knock warrant. The elderly woman inside, thinking she was being attacked (well, she was), opened fire, and police shot her dead. But another…