Date: August 31, 2007
Newschecker: Ups and Downs
Following on from last weeks paper trail... this week things are really going digital.
Paper airline tickets will soon be a thing of the past.
"In just 278 more days, the paper ticket will become a collector's item," said Giovanni Bisignani, director general of the International Air Transport Association. The changeover from paper will not only cut airlines' costs by US$9 for every traveller but would also mean the industry -- criticized by environmentalists for its part in global warming -- would save 50,000 mature trees a year, he added.
More at Planet Ark 
The M200X The daily papers have all been reporting on this flying car, although it appears to be a Jetsons inspired UFO to us. The saucer-shaped vehicle can take off and land vertically and travel at a maximum speed of 100mph.The Moller company is behind it all (Dr Moller had been inventing flying machines for more than 20 years) and taking orders now.
Watch the spooky video here .
On August 24 The 2007 Index awards were handed out for Body, Home, Work, Community and Play. Winner of the PLAY category was The Tesla Roadster electric vehicle, with zero emissions and zero-to-sixty acceleration in four seconds! Watch the video here.
The INDEX: Design to Improve Life awards are the biggest design award in the world, worth €500,000. Inhabitat reports that The United nations Building will be renovated and go “Green”.... ish.
The project aims at a 30% reduction in energy consumption. To do this, the entire lighting system will be retrofitted with energy-efficient light bulbs, room sensors and solar panel technology. $28 million of the budget to ensure green principles are applied The work should take 7 years! More at Business Week.
Are you like me and have bags of old batteries and nowhere to put them? Sony has reported that it's developed a biologically friendly battery that generates electricity from sugar in a way that's similar to what's found in living organisms. In addition, Sony made the battery casing of vegetable-based plastic. Sounds too good to be true? Read more here...
Ever wanted to see the “pulse” of a city? Thanks to Wiki City Rome and M.I.T, on September 8 anyone with an Internet connection will be able to see a unique map of the Italian capital that shows the movements of crowds, event locations, the whereabouts of well-known Roman personalities, and the real-time position of city buses and trains.
More here at M.I.T
Paper airline tickets will soon be a thing of the past.
"In just 278 more days, the paper ticket will become a collector's item," said Giovanni Bisignani, director general of the International Air Transport Association. The changeover from paper will not only cut airlines' costs by US$9 for every traveller but would also mean the industry -- criticized by environmentalists for its part in global warming -- would save 50,000 mature trees a year, he added.
More at Planet Ark
Watch the spooky video here .
On August 24 The 2007 Index awards were handed out for Body, Home, Work, Community and Play. Winner of the PLAY category was The Tesla Roadster electric vehicle, with zero emissions and zero-to-sixty acceleration in four seconds! Watch the video here.
The INDEX: Design to Improve Life awards are the biggest design award in the world, worth €500,000.
The project aims at a 30% reduction in energy consumption. To do this, the entire lighting system will be retrofitted with energy-efficient light bulbs, room sensors and solar panel technology. $28 million of the budget to ensure green principles are applied The work should take 7 years! More at Business Week.
Ever wanted to see the “pulse” of a city? Thanks to Wiki City Rome and M.I.T, on September 8 anyone with an Internet connection will be able to see a unique map of the Italian capital that shows the movements of crowds, event locations, the whereabouts of well-known Roman personalities, and the real-time position of city buses and trains.
More here at M.I.T
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