Ares I-X at the Launch Pad

NASA's Ares I-X rocket is seen on Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. The flight test of Ares I-X, scheduled for today, Oct. 27, 2009, will provide NASA with an early opportunity to test and prove flight characteristics, hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with the Ares I.

Country glider called the car that has two features in common with fast train

Nissan today unveiled concept car Country Glider. It is electrically powered and leans in curves, like the fast train.
The Country Glider passenger sits behind the driver. Governance is aircraft-inspired and made with steer-by-wire. The journey should feel like air travel on land, or perhaps as a motorcycle journey in a four-wheeled car.
In curves the car lean up to 17 degrees. Tilt No is governed by sensors that detect the speed and steering angle.
The 3.1 meters long and only 1.1 meters wide, the car driven by electric motors. Lithium-jonbatteriet has capacity for a trip of 100 km between charges. The car shown at the Tokyo Motor Show in late October

Summer Olympics 2016

The countdown has begun - and tonight it is clear.
Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Madrid are fighting to get the Summer Olympics 2016 and has called in a long list of stars to get the games. But the biggest star of all has already finished:
- I ask you: select Chicago, said the U.S. president Barack Obama to the IOC in Copenhagen this morning.