Interesting reading…

Israel electric car project aims to wipe out oil - “Israel today announced backing for Project Better Place, intended to switch motor transportation from oil to electric…”

The real camera behind Cloverfield - “So how much would it cost to score an F23 of your own? Sony hasn’t made that number public, but their next camera down runs $115,000…”

The Holy Grail: How to Outsource the Inbox and Never Check Email Again - “What if you never had to check e-mail again? If you could hire someone else to be spend countless hours in your inbox instead of you?”

Can Stirling Engines and a Record-Holding Company Deliver Massive Solar Power Gains? - “Phoenix-based Stirling Energy Systems plans to begin construction in 2009 on two $1 billion solar power farms on federal land in California’s Mojave Desert northeast of Los Angeles and in the Imperial Valley east of San Diego, reports USA Today. When finished the farms will be among the world’s largest solar energy deployments. The plants would nearly double the amount of solar energy produced in the U.S., would power 1 million Southern California homes, and would be around the equivalent of two dirty coal plants…”

Dirty Tricks Without Illusions - “In the book, Raymond confesses to the crime that sent him to prison: a conspiracy to shut down the phones used by New Hampshire’s Democratic Party on the day of a very close Senate election by flooding the lines with computer-generated calls. He also confesses to countless other questionable acts during his decade-long career — acts that fall somewhere on the spectrum between the merely tawdry and the truly sleazy…”

Minn. health system purges drug trinkets - “When a Duluth-based operator of hospitals and clinics purged the pens, notepads, coffee mugs and other promotional trinkets drug companies had given its doctors over the years, it took 20 shopping carts to haul the loot away. The operator, SMDC Health System, intends to ship the 18,718 items to the west African nation of Cameroon…”

Two AI Pioneers. Two Bizarre Suicides. What Really Happened? - “Two and a half hours later, McKinstry returned, claiming to have the required document. The clerk showed him the gun, and he handled the pistol grip admiringly. Then, as she returned it to its place, he grabbed another shotgun from the case, yanked a shell out of his pocket, and jammed it into the chamber…”

Make a splash in the world’s largest swimming pool - “f you like doing laps in the swimming pool, you might want to stock up on the energy drinks before diving in to this one. It is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, had a 115ft deep end and holds 66 million gallons of water…”

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