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Is this how they intend to change us from gas guzzling power hungry drivers to more eco friendly drivers?

Our heroes are Formula 1 drivers, Nascar drvers, Rally drivers etc. All adrenaline pumping fast and furious 0-100 in 2.something seconds and top speeds around 200+mph just like we have grown accustomed to.

Now it appears that the rules behind F1 are changing. The main one being no more pit stops. This means they have to carry their fuel load from the go and they will need to have vehicles which can handle that. That’ll mean they will be slower and sturdier. But will still be heavier on that later laps when the fuel is almost gone.

Nowin the past it speed went up, corners taken faster and performance and handling improved. Now it will change with the emphasis being on getting the most bang out of the fuel. The car that needs the least fuel at the start will be lighter, faster and more controllable while the others are more cumbersome. Get a good start and then cruise rather than race.

The innovation will be diected towards making the consumption less and thus the emphasis will be different.

Looks like the F1 committee has been infiltrated by Greens. I wonder though what it will do to the sport, will it be just as good as before or will it become boring as cars try and squeeze the last drop of juice out of the car. If it turns boring then the manufacturers and advertisers will pull out and we will all turn to the US for the latest Nascar races. At least the Americans know how to live. (Until Obama turns his eyes, from the teleprompter, on to dirty, noise racing cars anyway)

I can see it now. Accelerates from 0-60 in 15.2sec just like a F1 car. Whoo Hoo. I can hardly wait.

Rules, they screw the fun out of everything.

Or to go into drug, wimmin or gun smuggling. I would love one of these submarines. Don’t know why they call it a plane though. Richard Branson hopes one day to vist 35,000 ft down. Well he may very well but his chances of being alive when he gets there are less than the chances of a Labour Politician telling the truth.

Must be much safer than a real plane though. I would guess there would be much more interesting things to see as well and if you wanted to bring back something special well who would know? I wonder if this would get from France to the UK with a full load.

Flying through the sea without a care in the world and then one day…. a flashing set of blue lights appears.

This or the Aston? Decisions, decisions…. I think I’d have this…

It seems that the TV providers have given up on waiting for a decent 3D system to arrive. Sky are rolling out some 3D channels and are starting with nine pubs this weekend showing a 3D football match. Expanding across pubs during April followed by homes later in the year.

I envisage that there will not be too much spending on infrastructure so it’s a good step to take for them. Even if it doesn’t work then they won’t have lost much. Personally, I hate these 3D systems but can’t see any alternative on the horizon.

It will be interesting to see what happens.

An Anti-Sniper system similar to this SENTRI surveillance system was discussed a few years ago during the Bosnia conflict. It seems sniping was a national pastime and no one, and I mean no one was safe. The version I read about though did more than take a photograph, it fired .50 cal rounds at the sniper making this easy game a bit more dangerous. How that more challenging version was received I don’t know.

Now it appears it is being rolled out in the big cities in America. Sadly, without the .50 cal. I wonder why? Like the UK, I though these places had gun control programmes. Funny how they don’t seem to work wherever they are implemented.

Looking at all this security stuff makes it look like the place to be in. The money for terrorists, bad guys and just plain security seems to be growing every year. I think I need to reconsider my plans.

Self Replicating Machines. Sounds like something from the future but some have been with us for a while.

The latest, an Open Source version, is the RepRap. I think I will build one when I get some spare pennies.

Although it is a long way away from a Star Trek type replicator I’m sure it would be useful in any mad scientists workshop and significantly cheaper than the others I’ve seen so far. I wonder what some bright spark will make with it? Need to keep my eye on the Open Source builds.

Now if only it could make ammunition.