Alt-week 7.8.2012: Solar flares, trapping dark matter, and life-sized Lego trees
Alt-week peels back the covers on some of the more curious sci-tech stories from the last seven days.
This week we swing by some superhero news, look at how solar panels might shape up in the future, explore a Lego forest and see how to grab dark matter just using some household gold and strands of DNA. Not only that, we discover how the sun likes to celebrate the fourth of July with its own firework display. This is alt / week
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Roskva electric motorcycle revealed in Norway with carbon fiber chassis and clothes
The choices in the electric motorcycle market just keep getting juicier, and while you’ll still have to stick with the more established brands like Brammo, Zero or BRD if you’re looking to make a purchase, a hot new prototype has just been unveiled that threatens to make them all look a little bit… pedestrian. It’s called the Roskva from a team of five students at the University of Life Sciences (UMB) in Oslo, Norway. Like a MotoGP bike it has an all carbon fiber unified frame and bodywork that weighs less than 25kg and even rolls on carbon wheels. A 94HP motor provides the oomph and delivers a top speed of about 112MPH, with a maximum range of 62 miles. No word on when or if the thing might make it into actual production, but we can say for sure that there’s a second picture of the thing just waiting for you right after the break, still in that same garage that is far, far neater than ours.
[Image credit: Henrik Holmberg]
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Toyota sends out free Entune upgrade, adds three apps and voice control
Got a Toyota with Entune? Then keep an eye on your mailbox. We’re getting word that a free upgrade has started to be sent out to customers. The refresh adds some of the apps we first heard about back in January last year: iHeartRadio, MovieTickets.com and OpenTable. As well as being able to enjoy more radio, book movie tickets and restaurant tables, a new voice recognition update means you can do even more while keeping your eyes on the road. Toyota says that it’ll be upgrading most models, if you want to know for sure, tap up the more coverage link for the breakdown.
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Drayson Racing’s B12/69EV sets new Goodwood record, electric cars move further up the grid
Speed and cars go together like jam and sandwiches. Relatively speaking, electric vehicles, have still been slicing the loaf, while their fossil-fueled cousins slather on the thick, fruity speed. Things are changing though, as eloquently demonstrated by Drayson Racing at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. The EV set a new race record for an electric machine, coming in at 53.91 seconds on its second run. So, while the 850 horsepower B12/69EV came 11th overall, it does show that the capabilities of the emission-less engines are making ground. With the recent record at the Nürburgring also tumbling, perhaps it’s time to reassess your motoring lunch bag.
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New optimism about stemming spread of AIDS virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — An AIDS-free generation: It seems an audacious goal, considering how the HIV epidemic still is raging around the world….
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New optimism about stemming spread of AIDS virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — An AIDS-free generation: It seems an audacious goal, considering how the HIV epidemic still is raging around the world….
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Ohio’s Portman VP maybe but no meeting with Romney
He may be on Mitt Romney's short list for vice president, but Sen. Rob Portman said Saturday that he did not travel to New Hampshire to meet with the prospective Republican nominee.
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Analysis: GOP hopes lumbering economy dooms Obama
History repeats itself, until it doesn't.
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