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‘UFO’ Spotted On Washington Beltway‘UFO’ Spotted On Washington Beltway , Drivers snap pictures of the mystery craft being transported late at night by the military. Washington, D.C., area are buzzing about what they thought was a UFO atop a flatbed truck on the Capitol Beltway. Turns out the disc-shaped object was just a run-of-the-mill military drone |
Giant Asteroid Heading Our WayGiant Asteroid Heading Our Way , The just-discovered space rock is as big as a city block, but isn’t to impact us – on this pass. An asteroid the size of a city block is set to fly by Earth Thursday (June 14), and you may be able to watch it happen live.The near-Earth asteroid 2012 LZ1, which astronomers think is about 1,650 feet (500 meters) wide, will come within 14 lunar distances of Earth Thursday evening. |
The Perfect SUV For Paranoid BillionairesThe Perfect SUV For Paranoid Billionaires , Steel plating, shocking door handles, smoke and tack dispensers – this ride means business. When people think of car safety features, airbags, seatbelts or anti-lock brakes likely come to mind |
Verizon Dramatically Revamps Phone PlansVerizon Dramatically Revamps Phone Plans , The firm is introducing shared data plans in the biggest change to wireless pricing in years. Verizon Wireless, the nation’s largest cellphone company, is dropping nearly all of its phone plans in favor of pricing schemes that allow consumers to share data usage among up to ten phones and other devices |
Free IPad Apps: Top Hits And Hidden GemsFree IPad Apps: Top Hits And Hidden Gems , You may have a few of these on your device already – but not all of them. |
Aventador Lp 700 4 LamborghiniAventador Lp 700 4 Lamborghini , Not a bad present, eh?.The hot buzz floating around today is that Kim Kardashian bought her boyfriend, Kanye West, a $750,000 Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 for his birthday. He turned 35 on Friday |
Mirror Eliminates Blind Spots For DriversMirror Eliminates Blind Spots For Drivers , A professor designs a surface that acts like thousands of tiny disco balls but doesn’t distort your view.Ever since Ray Harroun first bolted a mirror to his car so he could see what was behind him during the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911, drivers looking back have had to deal with the blind spot where the mirror couldn’t reach. Many automakers offer cameras and even radar to monitor that spot, but a new mirror developed by a Drexel University professor could offer a stunning and safer view without electronics — and it’s closer than it appears. The mirrors on the driver’s side of every modern car have a field of view of about 15 to 17 degrees wide — the angle between two adjacent numbers on a clock face — offering a narrow slice of what’s going on behind the car |
Five Car Fixes You Can Easily Do YourselfFive Car Fixes You Can Easily Do Yourself , You don’t need to replace the whole headlight unit to remove built-up haze.As cars have become more advanced over time, it has been increasingly difficult for enterprising owners to perform basic maintenance and repairs. While some jobs do require professional expertise and pricey tools, there are still many things that a handy owner can do to keep a car running in top shape and save money in the process |
NASA New DiscoveryNASA New Discovery , NASA scientists investigating the Arctic Ocean have discovered blooms of microscopic plantlike organisms thriving beneath the ice that were previously hidden from scientists and the rest of the world. These findings will help scientists understand the consequences of the rapidly changing Arctic climate and could provide important clues to understand the changes in the polar ecosystem, said NASA in a press release. |
Bored Facebook UsersBored Facebook Users , Is Facebook boring? For 34 percent of users of the social network polled by Reuters and Ipsos, the answer is a resounding “yes.” More than a third of respondents in the online poll said they were spending less time on Facebook than they did six months ago. Their chief complaint was that the site was “boring,” “not relevant” or “not useful,” according to Reuters. |