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Jules Verne Raises Space Station to New Heights

Yesterday morning, the ATV Jules Verne executed its scheduled burning maneuver in order to elevate the altitude of the International Space Station. At 06:22 CEST, the ATV Control Center in Toulouse initiated a 740 second burn sequence of Jules Verne's two main engines, able to produce a thrust of 2.65 m/s, thus ...

26 April 2008
03:36 GMT

Undulating Skin May Reduce Drag on Airplanes

Chaotic fluid movements in gases and liquids often increase the friction and drag on vehicles such as aircrafts and submarines, but this could easily change by creating a skin imitating that of dolphins, which has the ability to modify its shape and decrease drag coefficient by up to 50 percent. Such a material cover...

18 April 2008
05:42 GMT

Here's a New Idea from Yahoo!: Drag and Drop Routing!

The Yahoo! Local & Maps Blog has just announced that they have added the drag and drop option in order to set your routes to exactly match your purpose; if it's a business trip, it will be the shortest line between point A and point B, if it's an educational one, you'll get to have all the museums or ...

19 December 2007
05:36 GMT

Drag Queen Oscar De la Hoya Sued!

I'm nor sure you remember the "Oscar de la Hoya in drag" controversy that took place nearly two months ago, at the end of September. In case you want to refresh your memory and have a look at the boxing legend turned fishnet lover and high heels aficionado, you can re-visit the whole drama HERE, HERE and HERE. I...

16 November 2007
08:50 GMT

Check This Out: Oscar de la Hoya - Latest Hollywood Drag Queen

This has got to be the week's funniest piece of news - and lucky for those of us in search of a good laugh to take our mind off work and daily troubles, there are quite a number of pictures to go with it. We all know Oscar de la Hoya - he's one of America's most famous boxers, and you'd normally h...

20 September 2007
04:36 GMT

Click & Drag Support Added to Google Maps

The famous web-based solution Google Maps is now even more efficient than before because the "Get directions" feature receives several updates able to improve the functionality of the product. Basically, you're now able to click and drag a special icon introduced by Google in order to adjust your route and find ...

29 June 2007
14:16 GMT




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