There is a so much menace in Harry Potter films these days (“Nowhere is safe” is the slogan on the poster for the final film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, depicting our anxious hero superimposed against the London Eye). So it’s a great relief to see them arrive at a location in the film… Continue reading
Driving the new Nissan Leaf through the 100 miles barrier.
photo credit: kosabeMany people are not even considering the new generation of electric cars (EVs) because of range anxiety. This is the fear of setting off in an EV, and not making it home, or to a charging point before you grind to a halt. Manufacturers promise a range of around 100 miles, but is… Continue reading →
My verdict on the new voice-activated software for Macs
When I bought my MacBook earlier this year, I was aware of one glaring drawback. No voice-activated software, or at least nothing to compare with the Dragon Nuance I had been using my PC for the past six years. I didn’t have long to wait. At the end of September (2010) Dragon launched voice-activated software… Continue reading →
Biodiversity and how to save it — the world tries again
Targets to slow the extinction of plant and animal species have been agreed by 193 countries at the UN’s Biodiversity Conference in Japan last weekend (October 30). One of the central components in the Nagoya Agreement is a new protocol that rich and poor nations would share profits from pharmaceutical, crops or other products derived from… Continue reading →
Electric car drives 372 miles in Germany
Audi A2 – photo credit: matze_ott An electric car drove the 372 miles (600 km) from Munich to Berlin without recharging its battery this week (Tuesday, October 26, 2010) Tuesday, setting what is being claimed as a world distance record for an everyday vehicle. The 27-year-old driver driver Mirko Hannemann delivered the four-door yellow and purple… Continue reading →
How easy will it be to charge an electric car?
The first fax machine, and the introduction of unleaded petrol came at about the same time, in the late 1980s. I’m reminded of how how hard it was to find both of these things, as we await the arrival of the first mainstream electric cars (EVs), scheduled for 2011. The first generation EVs will have… Continue reading →