Ones that got away - August 26, 2008
“Bolt is an outlier. He’s enormous.”
Wired reckons we are nowhere near the fastest 100m it’s possible to run, despite Usain Bolt’s amazing Olympic win.
‘Human exoskeleton suit helps paralyzed people walk’
Reuters reports on the ReWalk: “a mix between the exoskeleton of a crustacean and the suit worn by comic hero Iron Man”.
“When I was growing up, I felt the dragons were my family. But today the dragons are angry with us, and see us as enemies.”
Conservationists are being blamed as Komodo Dragons turn nasty, says the Wall Street Journal.
Who has the best solar cell?
The U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency both say they do. Greentechmedia tries to decide.
