Solar Airplane

 

With a wingspan the size of a Boeing Co. 747 jumbo jet, a spindly solar-powered aircraft took to the skies from Moffett Federal Airfield, near San Francisco, on a pioneering flight across the country.

The goal is not speed, because it’s traveling a leisurely 43 mph, or endurance, because it’s making the trip piecemeal. Rather, the goal is to showcase that the trip can be made at all without the use of fuel.
The plane, called Solar Impulse, has an immense 208-foot wing covered with 12,000 solar cells that soak up the sun’s rays and power the plane's four electric motors while simultaneously charging batteries. That means the plane can keep flying at night.

The first leg is an excruciatingly long 18-hour trip from Moffett Field to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
“It’s never boring because it’s the most revolutionary airplane that exists -- an airplane that flies day and night with no fuel,” .

He took off from Moffett Field at about 6 a.m. Pacific time and is set to land in Phoenix at 1 a.m. Mountain time Saturday.

The journey is based around raising awareness for the adoption of clean technology.
Everything on the plane has been designed to save energy. It weighs just 3,527 pounds, due to lightweight structure, flight instrumentation and engines.

They are planning to fly around the world in a second plane in 2015. That flight will take place over 20 days and 20 nights with several stops.

Philosophy and Flowers

 

The photos are great, but some of the philosophy is even better!

We never get what we want,
We never want what we get,
We never have what we like,
We never like what we have.
And still we live & love.
That's life..

 

 

 

The best kind of friend,
Is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with,
Never say a word,
And then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

It's true that we don't know What we've got until it's gone,
But it's also true that we don't know
What we've been missing until it arrives.

Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love you back!Don't expect love in return;
Just wait for it to grow in their heart,
But if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours.

It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone,An hour to like someone,
And a day to love someone,
But it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

Don't go for looks; they can deceive.
Don't go for wealth; even that fades away.
Go for someone who makes you smile,
Because it takes only a smile to
Make a dark day seem bright.
Find the one that makes your heart smile!

May you haveEnough happiness to make you sweet,
Enough trials to make you strong,
Enough sorrow to keep you human,
And enough hope to make you happy.

Always put yourself in others' shoes.
If you feel that it hurts you,
It probably hurts the other person, too.

The happiest of people
Don't necessarily have the best of everything;
They just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
Happiness lies for
Those who cry,
Those who hurt,
Those who have searched,
And those who have tried,
For only they can appreciate the importance of people
Who have touched their lives.

When you were born, you were crying
And everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so that when you die,
You're the one who is smiling
And everyone around you is crying.

Please send this message
To those people who mean something to you,
To those who have touched your life in one way or another,
To those who make you smile when you really need it,
To those that make you see the brighter side of things When you are really down,
To those who you want to know
That you appreciate their friendship.

And if you don't, don't worry,
Nothing bad will happen to you,
You will just miss out on the opportunity
to brighten someone's life with this message...

Law of Nature by Buddha

Future singing shoe

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bird flu in China

 

China’s death toll from a new strain of bird flu rose to six people as Shanghai began slaughtering birds at a local market.

The latest death was of a 64-year-old man in Zhejiang province. None of the 55 people who had close contact with him has shown symptoms of infection. Another 67-year-old in Zhejiang is in critical condition. Of the 16 confirmed human infections of the H7N9 strain of avian influenza, six are in Shanghai.

There’s been no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the virus, and it’s too soon to say if the cases signal a pandemic, the Geneva-based WHO said.

“The apparent high death rate at present is of concern,” said Robert Booy, head of clinical research at the National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance based at the University of Sydney. “More people with milder symptoms need to be tested to determine if we are only seeing the tip of the iceberg of a more widespread mild infection,” he said in an e- mailed statement from the Australian Science Media Centre.

Shanghai will close all live poultry markets beginning tomorrow. Markets in the Songjiang and Minhang districts were closed yesterday. The city has destroyed 20,536 birds so. 

No virus was detected in any of the people who came into close contact with those who were ill.

Health officials are investigating the extent of the outbreak, the source of infection and the mode of transmission, according to the WHO.

The most expensive apartment in the world.

 

A tower Odeon, currently under construction in Monaco, will host on its floors a penthouse that could become the most expensive apartment in the world.

The apartment, built on several levels, is expected to reach a total of 3,300 m². The future purchasers of this place of dream can enjoy their own infinity pool, and even a slide... The apartment will be placed on the market in 2014. Its estimated price would be around EUR 300 million!

 

From September 2012, marketing started with a first block of 24 apartments located between the 20th and the 28th floor. Eight of them have already found takers for a price between 55,000 and 70,000 euros per square metre.

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Floating Gold

 

 

Ken Wilman can thank his dog Madge.

In the walking on a beach in Morecambe

in the North-West of England, the discovered a strange

Rock of innocuous appearance and who could relate to his master

EUR 50 000, the BBC said yesterday.

The object, big as a soccer ball, would be the "sperm whale vomit.

 Ken had first ignored this stuff  compact, gray and yellow, waxy texture. «I doubted and  checked in the Internet what it could be.

 I then discovered that sperm whales manufactured in the

intestine and do vomit sometimes, but this is very rare. So I went back

"pick it up and sent for analysis. '' The news of the discovery of this

'gold floating' soon spread, and a French perfumer

already proposed a large sum. Despite its stench, this amber has the property

to make popular scents.