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Sir Charlie Palmer (Free subscription) | yesterday
http://www.mediafire.com/?2womentzjym Thirty Two years on and TRB's Power In The Darkness remains an album of astonishing power and impact. The music: blistering guitars and a rhythm section at full tilt; the voice: angry, passionate, utterly committed; the lyrics: courageous, incisive, provocative, witty.
Peak Energy (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The BBC has a report on European plants to improve car fuel economy by assembling "road trains" of cars on long distance trips - 'Road trains' get ready to roll . Road trains that link vehicles together using wireless sensors could soon be on European roads. An EU-financed research project is looking at inexpensive ways of getting vehicles to travel in a 'platoon' on Europe's motorways. Each...
Physorg (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
(PhysOrg.com) -- Road trains linking vehicles together in a traveling convoy are planned for Europe. With only the lead vehicle being actively driven, the road trains would allow commuters to sleep, read a book or watch TV, or anything else they fancy as they drive to work.
BBC - Introducing (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Last week, Kent five piece Kids Love Lies appeared on BBC Switch's 5:19 Show to chat about their new single Under The Bed and being featured on the soundtrack to The Cut. You can still watch the show and KLL's live acoustic performance online over at the 5:19 Show site . This week, it was the turn of married duo Party Horse to appear on the show. They uploaded three tracks to us in mid September,...
Earth2Tech (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Picture this: You hop on Interstate 280 in San Francisco, close in on a line of cars, and then kick back and relax — taking your hands off the wheel and foot off the accelerator — until you get to Sand Hill Road half an hour later and opt to peel off from the group. [...]
Autopia (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Researchers in the European Union are using telematics to create “road trains” that join the benefits of carpooling with the freedom of driving alone. The latest concept, part of the EU’s Safe Road Trains for the Environment (SARTRE) initiative, groups cars with similar destinations into road trains over long stretches of highway. In a road train, the [...]
Fast Company (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
The concept of road trains--up to eight vehicles zooming down the road together--has long been considered a faster, safer, and greener way of traveling long distances by car. And now, thanks to a European Union-financed project, the idea could be coming to a freeway near you (that is, if you live on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean). Here's how a road train works: the convoy is controlled by a...
DVICE (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
You've probably seen a road train before. A couple of tankers are often hitched to a single truck cab, and even several cabs can be stacked up for transport. Now, the European Union is looking into the viability of doing...
T Jantunen.com (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Road trains that link vehicles together using wireless sensors could soon be on European roads. An EU-financed research project is looking at inexpensive ways of getting vehicles to travel in a ‘platoon’ on Europe’s motorways. Each road train could include up to eight separate vehicles – cars, buses and trucks will be mixed in each one. [...]
Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
clickclickdrone writes to mention that "road trains," a system linking vehicles together via wireless sensors could soon be rolled out in Europe. The system is designed primarily at cutting fuel consumption, travel time, and congestion. "Funded under the European Commission's Framework 7 research plan, Sartre (Safe Road Trains for the Environment) is aimed at commuters in cars who travel...
Pocket-lint (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
To get vehicles to travel in convoy An interesting EU-financed project is looking at the possibility of building "Road Trains" to carry cars in convoy over long journeys. Each road train would be comprised of up to eight vehicles (cars, buses, trucks, anything), all of which would follow a professional driver, who would monitor the train's status. Each following vehicle could lock its position...
Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
This week we spoke to two members of the build team here at Cincom - Niall Ross and Tom Robinson. They've been working on cleaning up the build process from what it used to be - "that guy over there? He does builds" - to something more turnkey and automatic. In the process we discussed testing, build automation, and future goals. To listen now, you can either download the mp3 edition , or...
Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
This week we spoke to two members of the build team here at Cincom - Niall Ross and Tom Robinson. They've been working on cleaning up the build process from what it used to be - "that guy over there? He does builds" - to something more turnkey and automatic. In the process we discussed testing, build automation, and future goals. To listen now, you can either download the mp3 edition , or...
A CUP OF JO (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Tom Robinson , an English photographer, takes photos of his and his girlfriend's feet as they travel the world (from Mexican beaches to Chilean volcanos to New Zealand's thermal pools). Don't his photos make you want to take your feet somewhere fabulous? (Thanks, Cozette )
The Daily Dust (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
New music talent in the North are hoping to be discovered at the Discovery Museum. Some of the region’s up and coming musicians and bands will be among the first to perform in the Discovery Museum’s Great Hall. More than 50 rising stars and unsigned bands applied to music development agency Generator to take part in [...]
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