For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
The truth is that the technological spin-offs from these experiments are present in our everyday life; from superconducting materials used in maglev trains to PET scans in our hospitals.
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Santhosh Mathew, PhD: We, The Children of Violation (The Huffington Post)
Portland, Oregon, is consistently ranked as one of the country's most livable cities (and it was a Fast City in 2007 ). And it continues to show solid growth despite having the second lowest per capita transit spending of the 28 largest U.S. metropolitan areas. A system of trains, streetcars, buses, and aerial trams give the city one of the most diverse transportation portfolios in the world. In ...
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Inspired Ethonomics: Portland, a Global Model of Transit-Oriented Development (Fast Company Magazine)
Railway minister Mamata Banerjee is understood to have accepted major proposals from state chief ministers on new trains and enhanced fund allocations for ongoing projects.
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Mamata burns midnight oil preparing rail budget (The Times of India)
Is there not more to life than giant TV screens, tiny lo-fi media players, and incessant yakking and texting on mobile phones every dratted where? As a matter of fact, yes there is!
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Editor's Note: Fun Brain Games and Geek Toys (Linux Today)
Are politicians in a transit-friendly city missing the bus? All nine Seattle City Council members have signed a letter to Metro and their King County Council counterparts, warning of the dire consequences if bus service is reduced.
More here: Metro cuts loom as light rail is launched (seattlepi.com)
Artists Lori Nix, Johan Samson and Grace Weston create miniature worlds and then photograph them, allowing the viewer to act as voyeur. They show their intriguing work at G. Gibson Gallery in Seattle through July 11, 2009. A review by Gayle Clemans.
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At G. Gibson Gallery: Photographers of miniature scenes create their own little worlds (Seattle Times)
Just half a mile from the ships and trains moving cargo containers here and there Thursday, a crane stacked 12 containers into four neat rows, erecting side walls for two new Georgetown buildings.
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Georgetown buildings contain a history of cargo (seattlepi.com)
Summer blockbusters are usually associated with the film industry, but Freeverse is releasing some quality entertainment media for the iPhone during this year's...
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Hands on With Freeverse’s Summer IPhone Game Lineup (PC World)
An attorney insists he wasn't acting as a "shill" for Microsoft in bringing the new breed of lawsuits to greater light.
Continue here: New scares loom over open source license lawsuits (BetaNews)
This is the 26th time we have conducted this annual exercise to assess the business performance of the country's top ad agencies.
Continue here: Agency Report Cards 2008 (AdWeek)