Month October 2010

Rocket-propelled life preserver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqMS_xEsUIw&feature=player_embedded The Longreach Buoy fires a bullet-like projectile which expands into a foam buoy in fifteen seconds upon contact with water. It can be shot up to 500 feet, allowing rescuers to potentially save more people. This won the 2010…

Cameron’s increasingly shaky coalition

There is the strong possibility that the existing fault lines within the Coalition will begin to open up as resistance grows, with more and more Lib Dems and Lib Dem supporters starting to feel decidedly uneasy. Presently, the polls indicate…

Follow Obama and Biden’s advice: Consider the alternatives!

Clearly concerned about the so-called “enthusiasm gap” between likely Republican and likely Democratic voters, the White House recently began what is effectively a new campaign to shore up support for Democratic candidates among the party’s most vocal activists, and, by…