OLEV (ONLINE ELECTRIC VEHICLE)

1. The OLEV works on the principle of inductive charging.
2. An electromagnetic field is used to transfer energy between two objects.
   
3. It works on the new technology developed by KAIST called"SHAPED MAGNETIC FIELD IN RESONANCE (SMIFR)". This technology allows electric vehicles to transfer energy from the road surface while on the move. The power comes from the cables called POWER STRIPS,  buried under the road surface, creating magnetic field. A receiving device installed on the under-body of the OLEV converts this magnetic field into electricity. The length of the power strips installed under the road is generally 5%-15% of the entire road.

   

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4. The small battery is the prize-winner. Despite being one-third of the size of normal battery, the bus receives 20kHz and 100kW electricity at 85% efficiency rate while maintaining a 17cm air gap between the under-body of the vehicle and the road surface. 
5. This technology is also looked upon as the solution to problems caused by reducing crude oil deposits.
   
   

Under DARKNESS for 100 years.

After 100 years, this town will finally get sunlight:

Rjukan, Norway: Residents in Rjukan, a Norwegian industrial town nestled in a narrow valley in central Norway, will get some sunlight on the town square from this September, breaking ahistory of over 100 years of having no sunlight in winter.
If everything goes as planned, sunlight will be beamed onto the square in front of the town hall from the three mirrors erected 450 meters high on the mountainside, reported Xinhua.
The installation of the mirrors, which began on July 1, 2013, has already been completed. 

On Monday, workers and technicians were giving the five-million-kroner project a final touch. 
For decades, residents of Rjukan, which is part of the Tinn municipality, the Telemark county, have being using the nearby cable car Krossobanen to get to the mountain top for sunshine in wintertime. 
Karin Roe, chief of the Rjukan tourist office, said that people in the town will continue to use cable cars in winter although activities on the square are expected to increase. 
The idea of building a huge mirror to reflect sunlight onto the town was almost as old as the town. 

When he started to build the town in 1907, Sam Eyde, a co-founder of the Norwegian industrial giant Norsk Hydro, took to his heart the idea so that workers could have some sunlight in wintertime, said Rune Loedoeen, chief of the town. "But at that time, we did not have the technology. So instead a cable car was built for the purpose," said Loedoeen. After five years of debate, the town council finally came up with a decision this year to invest 5 million Norwegian kroner ($823,000) to build the mirrors.

An Inspiring Story

Chinese man builds his own bionic arms:
Sun Jifa, a farmer in China, had his life changed forever when an explosive he planned on using for fishing went off prematurely. He lost his arms and when he couldn’t afford high-end, hospital-made prosthetics he opted for a cheaper set. Finding those to be less than acceptable, Sun started building his own pair of arms, which he currently wears. It’s an incredible story of ingenuity and personal strength.

After creating his own pair of arms Sun started building others. Selling functional prosthetic arms for under $500, he saves people from buying the poor quality ones he was forced to use and helps those who are unable to afford professionally-made ones which can cost up to ten times the price. To date Sun has sold around 1000 arms, which means he’s been able to help hundreds of people rebuild their lives after a catastrophe.

While the arms look rudimentary compared to what you may expect (especially once the term “bionic” gets thrown around) the video shows that they are fully functional and don’t hinder their owner from doing manual labor or precise mechanical work (such as making more arms). Sun noted that “[The left arm] transfers power from the natural movement of my elbow into the finger, allowing it to grab and hold… rotating the two bones that I have left in this arm allows my right hand to open and close,” giving us some idea of how they operate.
The mechanisms inside the arms appear to be simple, functional, and versatile, so while the arms lack the life-like nature of the prosthetics produced by a major firm they are still an incredible achievement. For his effort Sun Jifa has created a thriving business, become local celebrity, and earned international media attention.

An Inbred White Tiger

Meet Kenny - An Inbred White Tiger:

Kenny is a white tiger ‘selectively’ inbred while in captivity in the United States. As zoo’s and exotic pet stores have increased the demand for white tigers, breeders have attempted to recreate the ideal white tiger — large snout, blue eyes, white fur — through relying on a limited pool of captive white tigers. The result? An astoundingly high rate of deformities and health issues.