17/05/2008 In Gadgets by argikon
Like something out of the Jetsons, the Japanese firm, Gen Corporation, has unveiled a 75kg helicopter, the GEN H-4. It has a set of two rotors and can fly at a max speed of 50 kilometres per hour.
Its Japanese developer, Gennai Yanagisawa, 75, is planning to take his [...]
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09/05/2008 In Nature by argikon
After a 9,000 year slumber, Chile’s Chaitén volcano has awoken in full fury. On May 2nd, the mountain began spewing lava, ash—and lightning.
In what’s known as a “dirty thunderstorm”, rock fragments, ash, and ice particles in the plume collide to produce static charges— just as ice particles collide to create a charge in typical [...]
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09/05/2008 In Bizzare by argikon
You have to wonder what this guy’s thinking… trying to outrun the cops on a bicycle. Watch what happens at the end.
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09/05/2008 In Bizzare by argikon
This is not cool… just bizzare. I found myself watching it 7 times.
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