Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Heineken Robot Serves Beer




Researchers at Middlesex University created one of humanities most useful devices. Well some might agree with me and others won't however I still stick with my original point. Enough prattling and here is the project: A robot which is capable of serving beer without the need of a control. How does it work? Well it is quite simple, It basically uses sensors to detect when someone's beer mug is topped off and with a simple wave of a hand the robot will go to the mug and fill it up. Please don’t comment telling me that this is not one of the most useful devices from the last few centuries because I won’t change my mind. And I hope they begin selling this as soon as possible because I am tired of serving people!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

H-Cell 2.0: The First Hydrogen Power Kit for R/C Cars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9UnqW6wrxI&feature=player_embedded

Called the H-Cell 2.0, this hydrogen power kit can be installed on just about any high-end remote-controlled car. That's not all, it "comes with an entire solar powered fuel infrastructure to turn water into hydrogen -- stored in special solid state cartridges." The model-scale refueling station creates the possibility to draw hydrogen from water and electricity using a device called HYDROFILL, which sends it for storage into small cartridge devices called HYDROSTIK. The HYDROFFILL can connect to optional solar panels or wind-turbines to produce 100% renewable fuel. This technology seems very intrusting; however there is one point which seems vague. If this technology is renewable and better than the normal voltaic cells why are they being used in RC cars and not real cars? The only possible answer to this question is price, which until now was not established.

Giants Stadium Demolition Begins

After hosting more than 1600 events and 70-million people, the Giants Stadium demolition begun "when a giant metal claw attached to a crane started taking bites out of the cement helix at one of the four gates around the 34-year-old facility." The entire process will take 4-months and cost $10-million. Construction workers and fans snapped photos with their cell phone cameras, which are sure to hit social sites Twitter and Facebook later today. This is a very unfortunate event, however as one goes down another rises, and shortly this is what is predicted to happen. The end of this demolition is predicted for when Meadowlands Stadium opens. This new stadium, which can accommodate 82,500 crowd, will be the third largest NFL stadium. Bon Jovi’s concert will officially open the new stadium. This is a historical loss, however there is an addition to the NFL tournament which now will gain one of the five largest stadiums of the league.