Man Uses Google Books to Build Fully Functional 1906 Oldsmobile

I’ve always thought of using Google Books as a way of passing time. Reading fictional tales of knights and sorcerers in a far off land. Never once had it crossed my mind that you could use Google Books as a reference for say, building something. Even then, I would only imagine them providing handy information like replacing a leaky faucet or applying drywall.



Well, leave it to Bob Ferry of Louisville, Kentucky to make your hobby look like Popsicle stick crafts. Using nothing but Google Books to provide him with over 10o back issues of Popular Mechanics and Popular Science, Bob managed to construct a fully functional 1906 Oldsmobile Model B Runabout from scratch. Holy cow. So what did you do today?

Source: InsideGoogleBooks

The City with the Fastest Internet in the US, Olympia, Washington

Casey Chan — I've never actually been but I hear the Pacific Northwest is beautiful. Apparently, there's some really fast internet there too. An FCC report says that Olympia beats every US city in download speed at 21Mbps. That's nearly double second place.
Second place would be New York City and Seattle, who are both at 11.7Mbps. So not bad Olympia! But our best is still slower than the world's best which is Seoul, South Korea. Those speedy bastards clock in at 35Mbps.


Source: Gizmodo, FCC, Geekwire

Japan PM Pushing for Renewable Energy

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan is expected to announce a drive towards renewable energy, including slashing the cost of solar power, when he meets fellow leaders of the G8 rich nations group later this week, media reports say.
One target will be to increase the use of solar power 15-fold by 2030, according to the Asahi newspaper, while the Nikkei business daily said every new building, including residential houses, will be required to have solar panels by then.

The shift reflects efforts to ensure energy security and safety as regions hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which knocked out several power stations, face possible blackouts during the peak summer demand period, possibly even beyond this year.

Japan was the world's third-biggest user of nuclear power before the quake. But enthusiasm for nuclear energy has waned since the tsunami triggered a crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co's Fukushima Daiichi plant, where engineers are still struggling to control reactors that had fuel meltdowns and stop radiation leaks that have caused thousands of residents to be evacuated.
Softbank Corp , Japan's third-largest mobile phone operator, said on Wednesday it plans to invest several percent of its more than 3 trillion yen ($36.6 billion) of sales revenues in solar power.

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