The RaceAbout is slated to compete for the $10 million Progressive Automotive X-Prize starting in April By Jeremy Hsu Hybrid and even all-electric sports cars have become the rage as of late, but how many of them can recharge their lithium-ion battery in as little time as a pit stop at the gas station? Meet Finland’s electric RaceAbout, an all-electric sports car that has its sights set on the $10 million Progressive Automotive X-Prize, according to Inhabitat. The four-wheel drive RaceAbout features a 124-mile (200-km) range and can fully charge in just 10 minutes. Read More…

The new hominid species shared many traits, like walking upright, with early humans. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek Google Earth has helped scientists locate a rare hominid fossil dating back almost 2 million years, a discovery that company chief technology advocate Michael Jones hails as one of the most significant palaeoanthropological finds in recent times. Google is thrilled and delighted that its free mapping tools have contributed to the exploration and knowledge of the world, said Jones in a blog post. “With these tools, places both foreign and familiar can be explored with the...

By Margaret Munro and Sandra Mcculloch, Canwest News Service A physics power couple from the University of Victoria is part of the team that helped throw the switch yesterday on the world’s most audacious science project, the Large Hadron Collider. The $10-billion device, located near the Swiss-French border, is designed to smash subatomic particles at energies not seen since the milliseconds after the Big Bang — prompting some to dub it Big Bang: Read More…

Who says going green has to be a chore? Boost your green routine and libido with these simple and seductive steps for greener sex. Saving the Earth has never been so fulfilling. Oh do behave! Read More…

After learning Myra de la Vega was on dialysis, Dan Coyne offered her a kidney. On Friday, they underwent surgery By Julie Deardorff, Tribune reporter A month ago, Dan Coyne knew just two things about a cheerful cashier who worked at Jewel-Osco in Evanston: her first name and her need for a new kidney. On Friday, however, their lives became inextricably linked after Coyne donated one of his healthy kidneys to Myra de la Vega, of Evanston, a Filipino immigrant and single mother of two teenagers. The daylong organ transplantation took place at Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Kovlar Organ Transplantation...

Local cities will observe Earth Hour ESCANABA – As climate change becomes more of a threat and precious resources become scarce, residents may ask themselves what they can do to help. Today, local communities will have an opportunity to be a part of the solution by participating in the global effort called Earth Hour. The cities of Escanaba and Gladstone have officially pledged to observe Earth Hour, and are encouraging residents, businesses and government buildings to shut off their lights for one hour, from 8:30-9:30 p.m. tonight. This action, which will be echoed across the globe, helps...

Few automotive engineers believe in so-called “sudden acceleration”. But until recently, there’s been no way to determine what a driver what doing when he (or she) swears that he was pressing the brake pedal with all his strength even as the car accelerated. Now, that’s changed. Federal investigators say the latest highly publicized incident–in which a 2005 Toyota Prius in the New York City suburb of Harrison, NY, accelerated across a street and into a stone wall on March 9–appears to be the fault of the driver. Read More…

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Amazing Paintings.. Wow So every now and then I come across something that absolutely blows my mind and know in an instant this has to be shared with the SloDive community. The images below are the work of Alexa Meade who currently lives in D.C. Notice I said images, not paintings! Somehow she manages to blend paint on the human body in way that makes the figure look like it jumped straight from the canvas into the real world. Have a close look below and make sure to visit her portfolio for more info on Alexa. See More…..

A novel fuel-injection system achieves 64 miles per gallon. By Kevin Bullis Transonic Combustion, a startup based in Camarillo, CA, has developed a fuel-injection system it says can improve the efficiency of gasoline engines by more than 50 percent. A test vehicle equipped with the technology gets 64 miles per gallon in highway driving, which is far better than more costly gas-electric hybrids, such as the Prius, which gets 48 miles per gallon on the highway. Read More…