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Burning Wheels: Palestinian women racing towards freedom

By dog | Published: September 2, 2012

All-female Palestinian motor racing team the Speed Sisters have overcome skeptical parents, public disapproval and the realities of the Israeli occupation to become local heroes. There are six drivers — both Muslims and Christians, from their 20s to mid-30s — in the first-ever women’s racing team in the Middle East. RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to [...]

Posted in Russia Today | Also tagged bank, christian, drift, drifting, driving, ennab, Israel, jayyusi, maysoon, mona, muslim, Palestine, palestinian, paula, racing, rt, silverstone, sisters, slier, speed, sport, team, video, west | Comments closed

‘Return our Islands!’ Chinese overturn cars to protest Japan claim (Video)

By dog | Published: August 19, 2012

Thousands of people protested in the streets of China against Japan’s claim to a contested island territory.The protesters are rallying against recent actions by some 150 Japanese activists, who on Sunday raised their country’s flag on the disputed Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, which China calls Diyaou and claims to be Chinese territory. During the protest, a [...]

Posted in Russia Today | Also tagged china, chinese, contested, disputed, diyaou, footage, island, islands, japan, overturn, protest, rt, senkaku, territory, video | Comments closed

Shelley, Stanford’s Robotic Car, Hits the Track

By dog | Published: August 12, 2012

Stanford’s self-driving Audi TTS, Shelley, hit 120 mph on a recent track test. Combined with new research on professional drivers’ brain activity, the car’s performance could get even better. Related article: news.stanford.edu Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Stanford News: news.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com

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Car-tastrophe: Crisis drives EU auto giants to shed thousands of jobs

By dog | Published: July 29, 2012

Europe’s auto industry is hitting a rough patch. Slowing car sales are putting a stop to the production lines of some of the EU’s top car-makers, with thousands of workers left out on the streets. RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on [...]

Posted in Russia Today | Also tagged arcilla, automobile, car, citroen, crisis, dollar, EU, Euro, Eurozone, france, french, Germany, industry, Italy, job, lille, paris, peugeot, peugeot-citroen, renault, rt, tesa, UK, unemployment | Comments closed

Timelapse: Devastating Deforestation

By dog | Published: July 27, 2012

In this NASA timelapse, satellite images show the rapid deforestation of the amazonian rainforest. Join the conversation on Facebook www.facebook.com Add TDC to your circles on Google+ plus.google.com Follow The Daily Conversation on Twitter www.twitter.com Music: “Private Reflection” by Kevin MacLeod: tinyurl.com Keywords: Devastating Deforestation Amazon Amazonian Rainforest Forest Brazil NASA Space Pollution Farming Cutting [...]

Posted in TDC | Also tagged 2012, amazon, amazonian, america, Barack, brazil, carbon, chiange, clean, climate, conversation, cutting, Daily, deforestation, devastating, dioxide, down, earth, election, energy, environment, farming, first, flower, forest, free, garden, gas, global, Green, keystone, lapse, mitt, music, NASA, Natural, news, obama, olympics, paper, politics, pollution, power, president, rainforest, romney, solar, south, space, states, tdc, The, thedailyconversation, time, timelapse, tree, trees, united, US, warming, wind, xl | Comments closed

In Life and War: Damascus of tanks and doves

By dog | Published: July 20, 2012

Read on on.rt.com A strong blast has occurred in the Syrian capital Damascus, says RT’s correspondent on the ground. Internet access has been cut off. According to security sources, the Syrian army has begun a counter attack to regain control of the capital. RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com [...]

Posted in Russia Today | Also tagged al-assad, bashar, border, broken, capital, change, civil, damascus, destruction, districts, fighters, fights, finoshina, iraqi, maria, media, opposition, raids, rebels, Regime, report, rt, syrian, tanks, turkey, Violence, war | Comments closed

Art Of Investment: Germans opt for luxury amid crisis

By dog | Published: July 15, 2012

Despite the European financial crisis, Germans are spending great amounts of money on luxury goods. With the euro’s future uncertain, Germans are buying into the idea that saving is wasting. They are investing their money in real estate, art and jewelry, which they consider to be more durable. They are also taking the opportunity to [...]

Posted in Russia Today | Also tagged boyko, crisis, debt, dietrich, economic, estate, Eurozone, financial, Germany, gotthard, gross, investment, michael, oksana, opportunities, real, riedel, rt, spending, spree, vintage | Comments closed

How Safe Does the Google Car Have to Be?

By dog | Published: June 14, 2012

Complete video available for free at fora.tv Sebastian Thrun, Professor of Computer Science and director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Stanford University, discusses the Google self-driving car, and it’s higher safety standard than human-driven drivers. Despite its level of safety, it still has a tough road ahead of it in convincing people to trust [...]

Posted in ForaTV | Also tagged artificial, automobile, autonomous, autos, Business, car, computer, conference, darpa, driving, electric, engineering, Google, intelligence, jason, robot, robotic, safety, Science, sebastian, self-driving, standards, stanford, tanz, technology, thrun, vehicle, wired | Comments closed

Thiel & Jurvetson: Are Electric Cars the Future?

By dog | Published: June 3, 2012

Complete video available for purchase at fora.tv Entrepreneurs and investors Peter Thiel and Steve Jurvetson argue about the effectiveness and possible future of electric cars. —- What new trends will emerge in the next several years? Find out at one of the Churchill Club’s most anticipated events of the year: the 14th Annual Top 10 [...]

Posted in ForaTV | Also tagged batteries, capital, charge, cost, debate, electric, entrepreneurs, Europe, gas, investment, jurvetson, miles, oil, peter, practical, prices, silicon, steve, tech, technology, thiel, trends, valley | Comments closed

The Golden Gate Bridge: Vintage Footage from the Prelinger Archive

By dog | Published: May 27, 2012

Complete video available for free at fora.tv Rick Prelinger, head of the Prelinger Archive, presents vintage footage of San Francisco’s world-famous Golden Gate Bridge. —- Rick Prelinger, a guerrilla archivist who collects the uncollected and makes it accessible, presents the fifth of his annual Lost Landscapes of San Francisco screenings. You’ll see an eclectic montage [...]

Posted in ForaTV | Also tagged 75, anniversary, archival, archive, black, bridge, california, film, footage, francisco, gate, golden, historical, history, old, post, prelinger, rick, san, vintage, war, White | Comments closed

Hybrid cars losing steam in US

By dog | Published: May 2, 2012

Despite soaring petrol prices, most US residents are trading in fuel-saving hybrid cars and returning to vehicles with traditional engines. New research shows that some 65 per cent of hybrid car owners would not choose to buy another one, with many buyers saying that petrol-electric cars are far too expensive to maintain. Al Jazeera’s Lisa [...]

Posted in Al Jazeera | Also tagged aljazeera, americasnews, hybrid, states, traditional, united, usa | Comments closed

Green Machines: From gyroscopic cars to breathing batteries

By dog | Published: May 2, 2012

The green revolution is on in Russia. Gyroscopic cars, batteries that breathe and motors with their roots in space: the rush is on to find eco-friendly solutions in the auto industry. A new wave of clean car engineering in Russia gets kickstarted by the launch of Moscow’s electric charging infrastructure. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT [...]

Posted in Russia Today | Also tagged Auto, battery, car, eco-friendly, Ecology, energy, Green, gyroscopic, machinery, moscow, motor, rt, Russia, space, technology, update | Comments closed

Tag Archives: cars

Burning Wheels: Palestinian women racing towards freedom

‘Return our Islands!’ Chinese overturn cars to protest Japan claim (Video)

Shelley, Stanford’s Robotic Car, Hits the Track

Car-tastrophe: Crisis drives EU auto giants to shed thousands of jobs

Timelapse: Devastating Deforestation

In Life and War: Damascus of tanks and doves

Art Of Investment: Germans opt for luxury amid crisis

How Safe Does the Google Car Have to Be?

Thiel & Jurvetson: Are Electric Cars the Future?

The Golden Gate Bridge: Vintage Footage from the Prelinger Archive

Hybrid cars losing steam in US

Green Machines: From gyroscopic cars to breathing batteries

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