How to build a great car for only $2500

Well, Ratan Tata of Tata Motors figured this out. He did not add any luxury to this bare bones car that is the cheapest car in the world. The tiny Tata Nano get 50mpg and seats five. It is a true dream to drive. Unlike most big cars it is quick and responsive. The small lightweight Tata Nano gets people to their destinations.

Actually the automotive giants of the US like GM & Ford could learn from Tata Motors. Perhasp we will soon see a small affordable car in the US soon.

Dowloaders win

The verdict in EU court is that downloaders can stay private.

This is great news for the people as record companies were snooping on users of p2p networks. They claim were infringing on their property. It reminds me of how record companies wanted tape recorders baned to keep people from recording music off the radio. Times change, but execs do not -always greedy and nasty.

We need to have laws to protect the people, not the rich.

Fast Food Nation

The incidence of diabetes and obesity has increased dramatically since the 1950's. A time traveller would not doubt remark on the abundance of fat people going to megamalls. If we cannot control our diet america faces a dark future.

Stores of the future.

Microsoft Surface a new technology will be used in the stores of the future with its table top interface. The new flat screen modules use the latest technology to interact with the customThink of a great big iphone touchscreen. You will probably see Microsoft Surface at a future store near you soon.

Virgin Galactica by Richard Branson has new spaceship

Virgin Galactica by Richard Branson today unvieled a new spacecraft to take tourists into outer space. This is an exciting time to be alive in. The future is here. We are seeing the first spaceships built by comapnies instead of governments.

crime now

Due the high cost of living, both the husband and the wife get jobs outside their homes. At one time men worked and women stayed home, but now most houses are empty because both the man and woman have a job that requires them to be gone for many hours. As a result of this most crooks know that houses are easy prey after 9AM.

So crooks only need to cruise the neighborhood in the morning and look for houses were both cars are gone. You can often see them in their old rusty pickup trucks slowly casing an upscale neighborhood. They will ask me, "Do you know "where John Miller lives?" as if I were foolish enough to believe that they have friends in this pretty place.

Old & New

I have been told that the future combines the old and new to create a unique expression called retrofuturism. Not sure what it looks like, but perhaps this is close.

Future Toys

Ever wonder what objects the kids will play with in the future? Future Toys may include robots with artificial intelligence. Think of high tech dolls that can interact with people on a one to one basis. The future is getting closer every day.

Yahoo might layoff thousands

The recession is now affecting the internet. Yahoo is doing terrible and plans to cut its workforce of 14,000 employees. The comapny announced layoffs of up to 2,500 employees as it struggle and loses ground to giant Google.

Yaho claims it will make a profit this year, buit with deteriorating condition that could be very difficult. Yahoo has closed down it's auction and plans to close more projects.

The solar future

John Titor predicted that solar energy was a big deal in the future. Our of the spotlight solar energy is growing at an incredible pace as the world searches for green energy. You can't get greener than the sun itself. Well, we see in the future a lot more solar and wind power. The sun is certainly shining on solar power.

Solar energy is hot

Demand for solar modules that convert sunlight into electricity is growning at a blistering 40% per year. The biggest market is Germany followed by Japan.

We see a bright future for solar energy.

Big Bank in trouble

Latest news from Fortune is

Consumer slowdown crunching Citi

Meesa hatesa cruncin' - Jar Jar Binks

Future Pay Phones

Before the cellular telephone became so popular many people used beepers and they relied on a network of public pay phones. As the price of cell phones came down and they transformed into small pocket sized communicators from the "big brick" of the 1980's the sales took off.

Now the are few coin operater public telephones. But what is the future of public pay phones?

Well, we see a new time where the red box is once again popular. When people do not have to carry a small cell phone with them. The future is not like now. It is a both exciting and enthralling. The future of public telephone as well as public transportation looks bright.

Time travel and full moon

According to Steven Gibbs the HDR works best on the morning of the full moon. This is when the vortex is most likely to open and allow a passengr to travel to the past or the future.

CURRENT MOON

lunar phase

The trouble with motorcycles

I have had two spills and it ain't fun. Personally, that $2500 car look more good every day. Hope I can get it.

Big trouble for big science

Many projects are scaled back of cancelled. Big trouble for big science. It is a really bad deal. We need this technology for our common future.

New HDR blog

A new HDR user has a blog about the device. He got the HDR last year from Steven Gibbs. The blog is called superHDR.