A fully hybrid pickup represents a huge leap for Ford (F). While hybrid trucks have been offered before, they have generally been of the “soft hybrid” variety, using small electric motors to provide minor gains in fuel efficiency. As the undisputed market leader, Ford could have continued with its traditional …
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Coronavirus: ‘very significant’ resurgences in Europe alarms WHO
Image copyright PA Media Screenshot Nearly 20,000 new cases are reported daily in the WHO European region Europe has seen an increase in weekly Covid-19 cases for the first time in months as restrictions are eased, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In 11 countries, including Armenia, Sweden, Moldova …
Read More »New York Police Officer Filmed With Illegal Choking Is Arrested And Charged
A New York City police officer was arrested Thursday morning and charged with illegally using a strangler to subdue a man on the boardwalk of a Queens beach, authorities said. The officer, David Afanador, was suspended Sunday hours after a video of a cell phone was posted on social media …
Read More »Dr. Oz says Americans have become “sloppy” against COVID-19: “The virus is not yet done with us.”
Dr. Mehmet Oz said Thursday that people “became careless” with some of their COVID-19 precautions and warned that “the virus is not yet done with us.” “We have a group of people who are rebellious, frustrated, have been locked up for a long time, especially young people, and we have …
Read More »The Slothbot is a slow moving, energy efficient observation robot that is also an adorable sloth / Boing Boing
Creatures at the Atlanta Botanical Garden look strange … metallic? From the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Your newly developed SlothBot is designed to study animals, plants, and the general environment below them by moving as little as possible. It travels along overhead cables only when necessary, …
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