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Aug 20
"Anyone who has walked barefoot across a parking lot on a hot summer day knows that blacktop is exceptionally good at soaking up the sun’s warmth. Now, a research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has found a way to use that heat-soaking property for an alternative energy source. Through asphalt, the researchers are developing a solar collector that could turn roads and parking lots into ubiquitous—and inexpensive–sources of electricity and hot water. The research project, which was undertaken at the request of Michael Hulen, president of Novotech Inc. in Acton, Mass, which holds a patent on the concept of using the heat absorbed by pavements, is being directed by Rajib Mallick, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering. On Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, team member Bao-Liang Chen, a PhD candidate at WPI, will present the results of research aimed at evaluating the potential for transforming stretches of asphalt into a cost-effective energy source at the annual symposium of the International Society for Asphalt Pavements in Zurich, Switzerland. The study looks not only at how well asphalt can collect solar energy, but at the best way to construct roads and parking lots to maximize their heat-absorbing qualities". More…
Aug 20
“Many an adolescent boy, hormones raging, has succumbed to the siren song of a hump-able inanimate object (the mattress cushion, a toilet paper roll or in one cinematic instance, a pie). But let’s hope they learn a lesson from the 41-year-old Hong Kong man who almost lost his penis as a result of intercourse with a steel park
Hahaha, sorry for laughing… but it´s hard not to do it. Well..It could have happened to every one of us… (or not)
Aug 19
“SAO PAULO, Brazil – Brazilian police said Monday they found a stolen Picasso print, the last of four artworks to be recovered following a museum heist in June.
Picasso’s “Minotaur, Drinker and Women” was found wrapped in paper in a wooded area on the side of a highway near Sao Paulo, where it had apparently been abandoned by the thieves, said police inspector Aldo Galeano.
Galeano said experts have confirmed the authenticity of the print.
On June 12, three robbers stole “Minotaur, Drinker and Women,” along with the Picasso print “The Painter and the Model,” from Sao Paulo’s Estacao Pinacoteca Museum.
The thieves also took the paintings “Women at the Window” by Emiliano DiCavalcanti and “Couple” by Lasar Segall.
The works are estimated to be worth US$630,000″
Source: http://news.yahoo.com
