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Saturday 15 December 2012

THE LARGEST ICEBERG BREAK-UP EVER FILMED . . .

Ia seperti menonton 'Manhattan berbuka selain di hadapan mata anda', kata seorang penyelidik untuk pembuat filem James Balog. Dia menerangkan aisberg terbesar beranak pernah difilemkan, seperti yang dipaparkan dalam filem, Mengejar Ais. Selepas minggu menunggu, pembuat filem menyaksikan 7.4 km padu ais terhempas kira Ilulissat glasier di Greenland. Ais mengejar, dikeluarkan di UK pada hari Jumaat, berikut misi Balog dokumen ais Artik cair oleh perubahan iklim (source: The Guardian).

It's like watching 'Manhattan breaking apart in front of your eyes', says one of the researchers for film maker James Balog. He's describing the largest iceberg calving ever filmed, as featured in his movie, Chasing Ice. After weeks of waiting, the film makers witnessed 7.4 cubic km of ice crashing off the Ilulissat glacier in Greenland. Chasing Ice, released in the UK on Friday, follows Balog's mission to document Arctic ice being melted by climate change (source: The Guardian).

New Electric Vehicle is a Car-Motorcycle Hybrid . . .
By Ct1Mahani | Tech News Daily, 15 December 2012.

Lit Motors, syarikat di belakang kenderaan baru elektrik yang merupakan kacukan antara motosikal dan kereta konvensional, berkata ia mahu mengubah bagaimana Amerika muda berfikir tentang kereta.

Lit Motors, the company behind a new electric vehicle that is a cross between a motorcycle and a conventional automobile, says it wants to change how young Americans think about cars.

Lit Motors 'C-1 boleh duduk pemandu seorang dan penumpang di tempat duduk belakang. Ia adalah 2 roda gyroscopically stabil untuk mengelakkan ia dari tip lebih dan ia boleh memandu sehingga 200 batu atas charge tunggal.

Lit Motors' C-1 can seat one driver and passenger in the back seat. It's two wheels are gyroscopically stabilized to prevent it from tipping over and it can drive up to 200 miles on a single charge.

Photo via The Atlantic

"Anda boleh mendapatkan untuk bekerja dan kembali selama kurang daripada 50 sen sehari," Lit Motors CEO Daniel Kim memberitahu The Atlantic. "(You can get to work and back for less than 50 cents a day," Lit Motors CEO Daniel Kim told The Atlantic).

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Kim berkata beliau percaya belia hari ini lebih suka membeli alat iPhone atau lain-lain daripada sebuah kereta. (Kim said he believes today's youths would rather buy an iPhone or other gadgets than a car).

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"Orang muda tidak sabar-sabar untuk membeli kereta," kata Kim. "Kos pemilikan kereta adalah benar-benar mahal, jadi banyak orang yang membelok dari memiliki kenderaan, dan bergerak ke arah perkongsian perjalanan dan perkhidmatan pengangkutan awam.

"Younger people don't look forward to buying a car," says Kim. "The cost of ownership of a car is really expensive, so a lot of people are veering away from owning a vehicle, and moving towards ride-sharing services and public transportation.

Photo via Gizmag

Kim berkata, C-1 merapatkan jurang antara kereta dan motosikal, menyediakan keselamatan kereta tanpa berterusan kos pemilikan yang tinggi.

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C-1 adalah masih dalam pembangunan dan syarikat itu masih mencari dana, tetapi Kim menganggarkan ia pada mulanya akan kos kira-kira US $ 20,000, tetapi katanya difikirkannya kos boleh pergi ke serendah US $ 16.000 jika ia menjadi popular.

Kim says the C-1 bridges the gap between a car and a motorcycle, providing the safety of a car without the high on-going costs of ownership.

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The C-1 is still in development and the company is still seeking funding, but Kim estimates it will initially cost about US$20,000, but he said he thinks the cost could go down to as low as US$16,000 if it becomes popular.

Photo via Gizmag

Photo via Gizmag

Photo via Gizmag

Photo via Gizmag

Motosikal kereta hibrid dijadualkan untuk siaran Mei 2014, dan lebih daripada 250 orang telah meletakkan deposit untuk membeli satu, menurut syarikat itu. (The motorcycle-car hybrid is slated for release in May 2014, and more than 250 people have put down deposits to buy one, according to the company).

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