Bart Weegens is a scientist from Belgium who has found a low-technology method to go about landmine detection to tackle issue of unexploded mines. The idea could save hundreds of lives. So called the HeroRAT is an intelligent species and easy to train and with many new recruits easy to breed.
According to Bart, the rats have a great sense of smell and it is practically easy to train them although the training is a little time consuming.. So basically he is putting a leash on a rat to lead it or hold it in check by deploying them in the field to detect land mines by scent.
Lufthansa recently launched MySkyStatus website that sends altitude while you’re in the air. The information about the location, departure and arrival updates of the flight can be automatically fetched to your Facebook and Twitter pages. This tools is ideal for people who have to pick up other people at airports. The apps is easy to set up. Let’s get started.
The Transit Connect Family One Concept from Ford is aimed at families. As per the Ford’s design team, its meant for “the coolest mom, and most of the features are aimed at kids.
The rear seats have a kid-friendly entertainment system with a touch-screen monitor on the center console. There are toy scooters folded and packed in the rear door, the storage area also has a place for walkie talkies, Legos, backpacks, a “virtual lava lamp” and at the top a radio frequency identification antenna in the rear ceiling. According to Chiwei Lee, the lead designer on “the Family One The car is all about fun and engagement.”
Bamboo is the fastest-growing plant, it’s woody perennial evergreen that can thrive without the use of pesticides and grow quickly in different climates. In many countries Bamboo plant has high cultural significance and it’s used extensively in gardens and as a building material. Bamboo can play an important role in plant conservation worldwide along with many other natural resources.
Washington-based, biotech lab, Boo-Shoot Gardens has produced a major achievement in tissue-culture science that enables rapid propagation of bamboo plants. Jackie Heinricher the Owner of Boo-shoot launched Boo-Shoot in 1998. Now Jackie Heinricher with their senior scientist Randy Burr, will supply wholesalers with over two million plants annually.
Boo-Shoot’s technology will help to meet the growing demand of bamboo in wood products, soil stabilization, reforestation paper pulp, textiles, flooring, and all sorts of household items. Since bamboo sequesters carbon 4x as efficiently as hardwood trees, growing bamboo will be good for the planet and for the air we breathe.
This site from Sweden suggests the best suitable outdoor jacket based on your local weather forecast. Depending on the weather conditions in the city, you get a different recommendations on the jacket you should wear during your next destination. The site track your IP address and connect to a weather forecast service and match the product database accordingly.
The site suggested “No Jacket Needed” to me tracking my Indian IP, the city where I am located, which have 27 degree temperature on today. I hope this site is quite helpful for the frequent travelers.
NYCgo has recently opened the New York City Information Center which is located near Times Square. NYCGo.com site would be a hub for New York City travel and NYC New interactive Information center. It would be the leading source for information which uses Google Maps and Google Earth to power its local search to help tourists to find the tourist attractions, hotels, events, restaurants, stores, theater and other stuff.
Visitors will be able to browse the city on Google Maps-powered interactive tables while having the option to print their proposed route of journey and even go on virtual tours, the site is also easily accessible via iPhone, Smart Phones and other mobile devices.
“In partnership with Google, we are launching a new website and Information Center to help make it easier for both visitors and residents to explore all the energy, excitement and diversity of New York City’s five boroughs. nycgo.com is the official resource on the web for all there is to see, do and experience in the City. This dynamic site uses Google Maps to help you plan your New York experience and find hotels, restaurants and entertainment, in addition to exclusive citywide savings and promotions. With nycgo.com you can use Google Maps to get directions to attractions throughout the City, and even send the info to your phone with Google Maps for mobile”.- Google Official Blog
TVTRip is a new site that allows visitors to take virtual tour of hotels and its ammenities before they book the room. Instead of regular 360-degree pictures, TvTrip provides a walk-through of the hotel and rating through a guest’s point of view, also the site provide information about the latest deals offered for the most popular hotels that TvTrip capture through the video.
Whenever you reach to a new town and haven’t decided on which hotel you want to stay at, TvTrip help you make your decision, you can access the video through your PC/Laptop, there may be possibility that the real-time video tours can be viewable right through your smartphones. They’ve one thousand hotels on-board and say on their site “We like to show you everything so that you can check out your hotel before you check in.”
I hope this site is quite helpful for the frequent travelers.
