Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.
Mystery sub spotted lurking in Swedish waters.
Naval gazing.
Rob Nicholson defends the indefensible: the decommissioning of four warships leaves the Royal Canadian navy virtually unable to fulfill it’s mandate.
Distracted phoning
“Don’t phone and drone”
“No ‘bats’ required in our belfry.”
Christ Church cathedral is getting a new 2.4 million-dollar Bell Spire with 4 custom-cast bronze bells. However, there will be no need for a bell-ringer as they will be operated electronically.
Giving new meaning to”Star”bucks coffee!
The International Space Station will be getting a real Italian espresso machine! [It will still have to be served in pouches with straws though]
Tiny Tea-House
John Murchie, grandson of the famed Murchie’s Tea founder, has created a Micro-house company, believing that the small, earthquake and tornado-proof homes can help developing countries and “change the world”
Total Recall! 2013/14
It has been a year the auto industry would like to forget: GM has recalled 4.2 million vehicles, Toyota 1.8 million Jeep 1.5, Chrysler and Honda over 800,000, Ford 500,000
Flush with cash?
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced the winner of the “Reinvent the Toilet Challenge”. The $100,000 first prize went to the California Institute of Technology for a solar-powered toilet which turns waste into hydrogen and electricity.
TED comes to Vancouver
Networking at the TED conference.
Drone ships?
![Rolls Royce is currently designing unmanned cargo ships and the EU is funding a 3.5 million-Euro study on Maritime Unmanned Navigation. [However, unmanned ships have plied the seas for hundreds of years: The Flying Dutchman, The Mary Celeste, The Black Pearl...]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1502201403032014.jpg)
Rolls Royce is currently designing unmanned cargo ships and the EU is funding a 3.5 million-Euro study on Maritime Unmanned Navigation. [However, unmanned ships have plied the seas for hundreds of years: The Flying Dutchman, The Mary Celeste, The Black Pearl…]
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