The Prius hybrid automobile is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of elements found in a wide range of gadgets and consumer goods. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

Wife Beating 101: Independent surveys show that most Arab men prefer using heavy electric cable.

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"Thanks to beatings, whole institutions were created." picked by zzz 2 years ago

An electric baby sitter/entertainment system for your dog. picked by angelenemartens 8 months ago

General Electric is increasing their goals for alternative energy research by 50% picked by bigtonyboy 2 years ago

Toddler, Baby Sophy, with the help of her father who edits the video and runs the camera, has a brilliant video blog. Sophy and her kitty, Mimi, will expound upon such topics as how to sneak cookies to bed, how to discourage online sex offenders and how to avoid the electric shock elf. picked by violentbroccoli 2 years ago

We have seen some amazing LEGO aircrafts in the past, but this F-14 Tomcat has to be the most awesome LEGO plane to date. In fact, it's so technically complex—most parts, including cannons, swing wings, landing gears, brakes, flaps, air intake doors, are electric and pneumatically controlled—that builder Jeroen Ottens got a dream job in Denmark as a Technic designer. picked by sandossu 1 year ago

DrumPants are a set of pants that enable the wearer to produce drum sounds by hitting various parts of the pants with his hands. The wearer thusly becomes a cyborg musician, his body assuming the roles of both player and instrument, allowing for spontaneous electric hambone solos or even collaborations with other musicians in a band setting. picked by glik 2 years ago

He’s in France right now, but be sure to invite Guim Teruel over if he comes through your area. He’d make an amazing dinner guest. picked by meggysue 12 months ago

Two years ago, Google sent out an army of hybrid electric automobiles, each one bearing nine cameras on a single pole. Armed with a GPS and three laser range scanners, this fleet of cars began an endless quest to photograph every highway and byway in the free world. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

I share the outrage expressed in the British press over the treatment of our naval personnel accused by Iran of illegally entering their waters. It is a disgrace. We would never dream of treating captives like this - allowing them to smoke cigarettes, for example, even though it has been proven that smoking kills. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

A U.K. man survived a massive heart attack after he was given electric shock treatment 12 times and a clot-busting injection. picked by kospa 2 years ago

The extraordinary true story of a Malawian teenager who transformed his village by building electric windmills out of junk is the subject of a new book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

The first detection of lightning in a Martian dust storm has likely been made by a new detector on a radio telescope. Scientists have long thought that as with dust devils and storms here on Earth, Martian dust storms should produce lightning. But direct evidence of electric discharges on the red planet was lacking. picked by kakana 4 months ago

The electric chair is cruel and unusual punishment, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday, effectively suspending executions in the only state that made sole use of the practice, once the dominant form of execution in the United States. picked by tchengrox 2 years ago

Since being criticized for heavy electric use at his Tennessee mansion, Al Gore has completed a host of improvements to make the home more energy efficient, and a building-industry group has praised the house as one of the nation's most environmentally friendly. picked by marli 2 years ago

The Sleep Council polled 1,400 people across the UK and found that hardly any of them go to bed at the same time - or even in the same room - as their partners because they’re playing with electronic gizmos such as phones, computers and electric toothbrushes. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

I thought of this documentary when I read this article.

Bailout? Please... picked by muppet 1 year ago

The Khmer Rouge, which ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 and murdered 2-million people while in power, has entered the history books alongside the vile regimes of Germany, Rwanda, and Yugoslavia. And, like those other countries, the Khmer Rouge is finally being put on trial. Victims were plunged into tanks of water, often drowning; they received electric shocks to their genitals and eardrums. The s... read full post picked by TraumaMamma 4 months ago

Game where the player pretends to use the keyboard to play an electric guitar. Wait a minute, it's exactly like Guitar hero, except it's free to download picked by wildminou 2 years ago

It seems the White House auto industry task force will review the Chevy Volt's technology when meeting with GM and Chrysler. Does this mean that green technology development might be part of the conditions for Obama's bailout? It certainly would fit with his green agenda. picked by amabaie 9 months ago