On Saturday, Pamplona, Spain, witnesses the running of the bulls for the first day of the running of the bulls in 2012.
As expected, hundreds and thousands of participants took part in this annual event.
And again as expected there were some injuries too: six were injured during the 2 minute and 53 second race as the bulls caught up with some hapless party people. Also a 73-year-old Spanish man was gored in the right leg on the first day of the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona and a 21-year-old Japanese runner was dragged by a bull, authorities said.
And he paid a high price for this kick: he was disqualified from the final at Queen’s. Apparently he meant to kick the advertising board but the board cut the line judge’s shin.
At this point, Nalbandian was was leading 7-6 3-4 against Marin Cilic.
Bastoy island is one of those places you’d see on a postcard and want to travel to. However, this is not exactly a travel destination. Not for you or me, anyway.
The entire island is a prison and it’s home to 115 people. Among them are rapists, killers and other criminals. But unlike other prisons, Bastoy prison does not break people. On the opposite, it makes them better.
The main responsibility of prisoners is labour. They must work from 8.30 to 15.30. Each prisoner earns $10 per day and can spend the money in a local grocery shop.
No prisoner can leave the island during their terms. Having served the term to the full, the prisoners leave the island. After that, statistically only 16% of these people would commit another crime. 84% of prisoners come out as better people and never commit crimes again.
The First Lady of the US, Michelle Obama, has put this photo in her Facebook page and has captioned it as:Twenty years later, she still gives pretty great hugs.
In 1995, an unemployed army veteran stole a military tank from US army and took it to a highway in San Diego, California. Angry at his life, the man destroyed a number of cars and fire hydrants before he was shot by the police.
The quietest room on Earth at Ofrield Laboratories in South Minneapolis is called the 'anechoic chamber' because no sound is echoed in this chamber.
It's 99.99 percent sound absorbent and if you stay there too long you may start hallucinating. Indeed, the longest that anyone has survived in it is just 45 minutes.
Steven Orfield, the company's founder and president, explained that the room is so silent that whoever goes becomes the sound of the area. "When it's quiet, ears will adapt. The quieter the room, the more things you hear. You'll hear your heart beating, sometimes you can hear your lungs, hear your stomach gurgling loudly", he adds.
With a budget in excess of $600 billion, the pentagon is hard at work researching technology that is sometimes bizarre and out of this world. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or DARPA is busy bringing in robotic creations to the pentagon that are craziest at the least. Here is a list of some of the strange robots the pentagon has in mind.
No 7. BigDog
BigDog is a dynamically stable quadruped robot created by Boston Dynamics with Foster-Miller, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Harvard University Concord Field Station. It was made in 2005 and can haul, climb, and carry its way over rough terrain. Capable of traversing difficult terrains, running at 4 miles per hour, carrying 340 pounds, and climbing a 35 degree incline, BigDog is intended to one day be able to serve as a robotic pack mule to accompany soldiers in terrain too rough for conventional vehicles.
This strange-looking robot is powered by a two-stroke, one-cylinder and 15-HP go-kart engine operating at over 9,000 RPM.
No 6. Nano Hummingbird Drone
Developed by AeroVironmen, the Nano hummingbird drone is built to look like a bird for potential use in spy missions. It is capable of flying at speeds of up to 11 miles per hour, hovering and flying sideways, backward and forward, as well as going clockwise and counterclockwise, by remote control for about eight minutes of sustained flight.
Evidently, the technology needs a lot of polishing before being put to some actual use.
No 5. LittleDog
A quadruped robot designed for research on learning locomotion, the LittleDog’s four legs are each powered by three electric motors and are strong enough for climbing and “dynamic locomotion gaits.”
No 4. RiSE Climbing Robot
RiSE is a robot capable of climbing vertical terrain such as walls, trees and fences. It has “feet with micro-claws” to climb on textured surfaces. It weighs at 4.4 punds and is able to travel at 0.68 miles per hour.
It has six legs, an on-board computer that manages the coordination of these legs and a variety of sensors.
No 3. PetMan
This is a bipedal device constructed for testing chemical protection suits. The technology is basically derived from BigDog with advanced features such as sweating; simulating both human movement mechanics and human physiology to a much realistic extent.
PetMan is capable of walking on a treadmill i.e. walking, doing squats and pumping out push-ups. It also has a phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range.
And as Boston Dynamics President Marc Raibert said:
“Places like the Fukushima reactors could be accessed by Petman-like robots (or AlphaDogs), without requiring any human exposure to hazardous materials. Perhaps firefighting inside of buildings or facilities designed for human access, like on board ships designed for human crews.”
Women have a wider pupil diameter than men. Although larger pupils are considered to be more attractive by men, there is no direct evidence to suggest that this is why women have larger pupils. It’s worth to mention that over 500 years ago, women in Italy used plant extracts to dilate their pupils because they believed it would increase their attractiveness.
Research suggests that if you are walking with a cup of coffee, tea or any other liquid, your chances of spilling it are the highest between your 7th and 10th step. It’s pure physics, nothing personal. This is when your coffee movement gains a high enough amplitude to spill over the rim.
Count your steps next time you carry an open cup of coffee in your office corridor.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is starring in a new action flick, being made by Korean director Kim Jee-Woon.
In the film, a classical western, aptly titled The Last Stand,Schwarzenegger stars as Sheriff Owens, who, together with his rookie deputies, makes a stand and intercepts a notorious wanted drug kingpin hurtling toward the border at 200 mph. in a specially outfitted car with a hostage and a wild bunch of gang members after a spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy.
ZeroN is the name of the project carried out by Jinha Lee. ZeroN uses magnets, a Kinect visual system (webcam based), plus a special software that enables either the computer to move a steel ball around in space, or a human to just grab it and move it, essentially telling the computer where it should go. It can even remember how it was moved, then repeat the movement automatically.
What if materials could defy gravity, so that we could leave them suspended in mid-air? ZeroN is a physical and digital interaction element that floats and moves in space by computer-controlled magnetic levitation.
How do you allay your parking woes? You could walk or bike to your destination but sometimes, owning acar is just plain necessary. But the lack of parking space can be a huge hassle especially when you need to make multiple stops. Romano Artioli, ex-owner of the Lotus and Bugatti brands, has developed a tiny single-seater eco-friendly car that’s small enough to fit into an office elevator. Measuring just 1 meter in width and 1.5 meters in height, the Volpe weighs only 350 kg and can squeeze itself into the smallest of spaces.
So tiny is the Volpe that it can zip about your workplace and even fit in your office to be charged from your desk. The small car is meant for city commuters and though it doesn’t touch high speeds – just 30 mph max – it’s perfect for congested areas. There’s also not a lot of space for baggage but unless you plan to cram in plenty of goods, the Volpe makes the ideal small city car.
Volpe, world's smallest electric car fits in an elevator and can be parked and charged at your work desk.
Artioli worked with coachbuilder Zagato which is responsible for styling limited edition models of Aston Martins. The idea was to design a car that could help ease traffic congestion which is becoming a daily nightmare for commuters.
To further limit its size, Volpe sports scissor doors and a miniature motor that’s street legal as a quadricycle. This means that anyone who’s as young as 16 and has a motorcycle license can drive it. The eco friendly car will sell for about 5,600 pounds and is set to hit European markets by 2013.
The unique car has generated quite a buzz in online forums with many praising it for its aesthetics and functionality. As small as it is, however, it still doesn’t beat the record of the Peel P50 microcar which measures just 54 inches in length and 41 inches in width.
Britain's Got Talent: 28-year-old dancer Razy, originally from Romania, is trying out for Britain's Got Talent with quite a unique act, taking queues from the film The Matrix. With breakdancers being notorious on this show - from Tobias Mead and Aiden Davis to winner George Sampson - has Razy got something special that makes him different?
This Romanian guy comes to the Britain Got Talent show and amazes everybody, especially the judges. Watch and enjoy; if you have seen Matrix you’ll enjoy it even more.
The Japanese are now know for their passion to mechanise every thing. This time they have decided to make a robot that can be put in a hair salon and offer its automatic services to the customers. This robot which has been built by Panasonic is having a trial run in a hair salon.
Google Drive has been launched offering users a massive 5GB of storage space for no charge.
In a post on the company's official blog, Google joked about rumours surrounding the new product, comparing it to the Loch Ness monster, but confirmed that unlike the mythical creature, Drive actually does exist.
Google has launched its new Drive storage tool (PA)
'Whether you’re working with a friend on a joint research project, planning a wedding with your fiancé or tracking a budget with roommates, you can do it in Drive. You can upload and access all of your files, including videos, photos, Google Docs, PDFs and beyond,' the company stated.
Drive comes with 5GB of storage completely free, however, people can also pay for extra space with 25GB costing $2.49 a month, 100GB costing $4.99 a month and a whopping 1TB costing $49.99 a month.
Google Drive is compatible with Google Docs meaning people can work with others on real time documents. It can also be accessed anywhere as Drive can be installed on PCs and Macs as well as downloaded to Android phones or tablets.
A Drive app for iOS devices is in the pipeline.
Google Drive will be going head to head with a number of other similar services including Microsoft's Skydrive and Dropbox.
VIDEO: Google explains its new product Google Drive
Google Drive has been launched offering users a massive 5GB of storage space for no charge.
In a post on the company's official blog, Google joked about rumours surrounding the new product, comparing it to the Loch Ness monster, but confirmed that unlike the mythical creature, Drive actually does exist.
Google has launched its new Drive storage tool (PA)
'Whether you’re working with a friend on a joint research project, planning a wedding with your fiancé or tracking a budget with roommates, you can do it in Drive. You can upload and access all of your files, including videos, photos, Google Docs, PDFs and beyond,' the company stated.
Drive comes with 5GB of storage completely free, however, people can also pay for extra space with 25GB costing $2.49 a month, 100GB costing $4.99 a month and a whopping 1TB costing $49.99 a month.
Google Drive is compatible with Google Docs meaning people can work with others on real time documents. It can also be accessed anywhere as Drive can be installed on PCs and Macs as well as downloaded to Android phones or tablets.
A Drive app for iOS devices is in the pipeline.
Google Drive will be going head to head with a number of other similar services including Microsoft's Skydrive and Dropbox.
VIDEO: Google explains its new product Google Drive
A CCTV in China manages to capture the details of an incredible incident: the girl is talking on her mobile when suddenly she disappears into a hole opened underneath her apparently because of some water erosion; she falls 20 feet deep.
A taxi driver who sees what happened gets out of his taxi and immediately climbs down into the hole and rescues the girl who is initially unconscious. Later firefighters arrive and help them out of the hole by lowering a ladder.
A CCTV in China manages to capture the details of an incredible incident: the girl is talking on her mobile when suddenly she disappears into a hole opened underneath her apparently because of some water erosion; she falls 20 feet deep.
A taxi driver who sees what happened gets out of his taxi and immediately climbs down into the hole and rescues the girl who is initially unconscious. Later firefighters arrive and help them out of the hole by lowering a ladder.
