The Toughest Foot Race- Sahara Desert Marathon

   6 day race span

 

   900 competitors

 

251 kilometers

 

 Nine liters of water provided in 24 hours

 

 Lightweight backpack foodstuff

Cost per participant $5000 

Six Lessons I Learned Playing Angry Birds

Six lessons I learned playing it:

1.     Believe- goal of the game is to catapult the birds out of a sling shot in order to kill pigs. The birds believe in their mission. So believe in yourself. If you don’t, who will?

2.       Use what you have- birds don’t give up but keep using what they got, never use the excuses for resources, use whatever is available.

3.       Direction- Direction defines your way; it is the path to you results.

4.       Precision- there is couples of ways to win each level but it takes your precision to
 implement your strategy and try not to miss the opportunity.

5.       Don’t give up- You don’t always win the first time. Keep trying and think of a chance to practice your comeback. Hang on!

6.        Celebrate- So as the birds celebrate loudly so do you. That’s what motivates you to achieve success.

Destroy Bacteria with Torch

A group of collaborating scientists developed a novel plasma flashlight that eliminates bacteria. Powered by small 12 volt battery, releases a plume of plasma at 23 degrees Celsius that is safe for skin and kills bacteria. The flashlight is expected to cost under $100 and useful to doctors, physicians and surgeons.

 

World’s Sensitive Radio Telescope

It is under construction and its is named as Square Kilometer Array, it will comprise of 3000 individuals ground based dish antennas that will be linked to one large telescope. The purpose of these dishes , they will be spread  over an are of approx 3000 km and will generate one Exabyte of astronomical data that is handled daily by World Wide Web. This will be implemented in computer systems to process huge amount of data. 

Popcorns for Just $3.69

A 4-pound bag of popcorn on sale for $3.69 .That's less than 8 cents per ounce, and an ounce of kernels pops up into a quart of corn. By itself, popcorn is low in calories: 31 per cup for air-popped and up to 55 calories if oil-popped. You can keep it low-cal by going easy on the butter and flavoring it instead with items like garam masala, dill, Italian herbs or onion powder.

Cars Designed to Sleep

Citroën- night's rest car designed for purpose-built bedding, or at least seats that fold completely flat to make up a bed.

 VW-To create the California, VW takes its Caravelle and makes a seven-seater MPV that also converts into a camper. The rear bench seat folds to make a two-berth bed across the car, while a pop-up roof gives way in to another double bed.

Chris Rees-Alongside VW, Mazda is one of very few car makers to build its own factory camper. Mazda Bongo is an eight-seat MPVs whose central and rear rows of three seats each can be folded flat to craft a double bed.

General Motors-OK, the Aztek was one of very few that had sleeping in mind. Supporting Pontiac's marketing of the Aztek as a youthful, active-lifestyle vehicle, one option was a tent package that fitted over the tailgate, complete with an inflatable mattress.

April Fool Pranks :D

1. Apple inc. was founded on April Fools ’ Day back in 19762. A couple died from an April Fools’ prank, Jack Baker and his wife Linda. Jack dipped some crickets in chocolate and gave them to Linda to eat. Linda choked on them and died. Jack felt guilty, he committed suicide shortly after.

2. In Portugal this day is celebrated on two consecutive days (Sunday and Monday before lent) by throwing flour at each other.

3. 10 million April Fools’ day jokes are played in the UK yearly. Jokes must not be performed after 12 PM; otherwise you’d be the fool for pulling a prank.

4. The BBC once announced a hoax report about finding spaghetti trees in Switzerland from 1957