U.S. motorcycle designer Gergory Dunham from Stockton, California, stands atop the biggest drivable motorbike during a media preview for the upcoming Motor Show fair in Essen, western Germany, on Monday Nov. 24, 2008.
Biggest drivable motorbik
U.S. motorcycle designer Gergory Dunham from Stockton, California, stands atop the biggest drivable motorbike during a media preview for the upcoming Motor Show fair in Essen, western Germany, on Monday Nov. 24, 2008.
Helicopters fly to the rescue of Swedish beetles
Sweden will use helicopters to come to the rescue of a small beetle thought to have disappeared but recently discovered in the northeast, regional officials said Thursday.
"About 50 burnt pine stumps, which this species of beetle is particularly fond of, will be transported by helicopter and released ... in the national parks in the region where it was observed," Tomas Rydkvist, a wildlife official in the Oesternorrland region, told AFP.
The beetle, a flatheaded pine borer or Chalcophora mariana, is shiny black and copper in colour and is about three centimetres (about an inch) long.
Rydkvist said the beetle's natural habitat is made up of open, sparse forests with lots of dead trees. Ideally the trees would have burned in a forest fire.
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Puffer fish kills large fish
A large fish seems to have attempted to eat a puffer fish, which inflated, and killed the large fish with it's toxin, tetrododoxin.
These amazing images were made by the Elephant Artist Sri Siam at the Lamphang Elephant Camp in Thailand
Whould you walk on this ?
Glass Bridge will be suspended 4,000 feet above the Colorado River on
the very edge of the Grand Canyon .
On May 2005, the final test wasthe very edge of the Grand Canyon .
conducted and the structure passed engineering requirements by 400
percent, enabling it to withstand the weight of 71 fully loaded Boeing
747 airplanes (more that 71 million pounds). The bridge will be able to
sustain winds in excess of 100 miles per hour from 8 different
directions, as well as an 8.0 magnitude earthquake within 50 miles.
More than one million pounds of steel will go into the construction of
the Grand Canyon SkyWalk.
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Now, a gadget that makes water 'out of thin air'
A gadget which makes water out of thin air could become the greatest household invention since the microwave.
Using the same technology as a de-humidifier, the Water Mill is able to create a ready supply of drinking water by capturing it from an unlimited source - the air.
The company behind the machine says not only does it offer an alternative to bottled water in developed countries, but it is a solution for the millions who face a daily water shortage.
The machine works by drawing in moist air through a filter and over a cooling element which condenses it into water droplets. It can produce up to 12 litres a day.
The Water Mill will also generate more water when storms pass over, as the humidity in the air increases. In keeping with its eco-development, the machine uses the same amount of electricity as three light bulbs.
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