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16 Years Old Saved Her Calssmates After Bus Crash

Good Mood Admin — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 13:08:09 +0000

After a school bus crashed and smell of diesel fuel started to fill the bus, Megan Fleming, a 16 years old student got everybody calm, and organized to get off the bus.

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Huge Buses to Drive Over Traffic In China

Good Mood Admin — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:05:38 +0000

China is planning to invest in huge over traffic buses which can carry 1400 passengers at once, and by doing so, to reduce traffic jams by1/3. Cars which are 2 meters and below in height will be able to drive below the bus.

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Solar Plane Lands Safely

Good Mood Admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:01:55 +0000

Solar powered plane left Switzerland 2 nights ago for a first 24 hours test flight. The plane, which was able to fly during the night after getting enough energy from the sun during the day, climb to 28,000 feet and reached top speeds of over 75 mph.

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The First Flying Car

Good Mood — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 04:56:49 +0000

This new breakthrough design brings us a car which is driven by a conventional front-wheel drive, and can fit in a regular sized garage and is capable to turn into light aircraft by folding out its wings. The spec of this vehicle is quite impressive both on land and up in the sky with runway distance of 500m, top flight speed of 185Kph flight distance of 740 km were on the ground its fuel consumption is less than 8 liter per 100km which makes it environmental transportation both on the ground and in the air.

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Very Efficient Gas Engine

Good Mood — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:27:33 +0000

Transonic Combustion company is planning to start commercial manufacturing of very efficient gas engine on 2014. The new technology improves significantly the efficiency of the engine by heating and pressuring the gasoline in the injection process, reaching up to 98MPG efficiency.

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Porsche Unveiled First Hybrid

Good Mood — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:21:47 +0000

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The new plug-in electric hybrid Porsche concept car named the 918 Sypder is the biggest surprise from Volkswagen’s preview show on the eve of the Geneva Auto show. The car will achieve 78 miles per gallon, 16 miles battery range and does 0-60 in 3.2 seconds.

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Free Airport Wi-Fi During Holiday Season

Good Mood Admin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:39:40 +0000

Google will offer free Wi-Fi in airports in the USA during the holiday season (till January 15th 2010). Currently there are 47 American airports offering this service including Las Vegas, Boston, Houston, Seattle, Miami and many others.

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Electric Sports Car for Mercedes

Good Mood — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:24:09 +0000

The car will be based on the old Mercedes Gullwing and will includ a lithium-ion batteries. The 525 horsepower, generated by four electric motors, will make it reach 60 in less than 4 seconds with zero pollution. The car is expected to reach production by 2015.

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Youngest Person to Sail Solo Around the World

Good Mood Admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:11:48 +0000

Zac Sunderland, A 17 years old boy from California became the youngest person to sail solo around the world on Thursday after completing a 28,000-mile trip which he started over a year ago.

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Huge Success in Biofuel Flight Test

Good Mood — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:40:40 +0000

Air New Zealand published scientific results from a biofuel test flight that was performed several months ago. The results are astonishing and show a decrease of about 60% – 65% in greenhouse gas emissions compared to commonly used fuel. In addition to that, there was also a significant reduction in fuel consumption during the flight.

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