Plastic car windows: One way to save weight

Heavy cars require more energy when they accelerate.  As a result, acceleration is limited & fuel consumption increased.

Glass windows in a car can, together, weigh up to 50 kilogrammes.   Polycarbonate weighs half as much.

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1082238_plastic-car-windows-one-way-to-save-weight     / polycarbonate mass 100 pounds  rear windows sunroofs too strong accident first responders breaking windows injured trapped occupants prohibited windscreens side windows scratch resistance hazing cost UV ultraviolet ultra violet ultra-violet protection protecting layers prevent hazing years sunlight  additional layers prevent scratching twice double cost widely adopted company currently running trials /

Cheap Lightning cables now available at Monoprice for less than $12

Credit: Monoprice/ GottaBeMobile

Newer iOS devices, such as the iPhone 5 have had the problem that Lightning cables for their charge/ sync connector have been expensive. Now, problem solved.

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/02/08/lightning-cables/     / Apple iOS connector 30 pin 30-pin iPhone 5 iPod iPad /

There's no such thing as everlasting love (according to science)

http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/01/theres-no-such-thing-as-everlasting-love-according-to-science/267199/     / new book Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become psychologist Barbara Fredrickson offers  radically new conception of love leading researcher positive emotions University of North Carolina Chapel Hill presents scientific evidence love not what we think it is not long-lasting continually present emotion sustains a marriage not yearning passion characterizes young love blood-tie kinship micro-moment of positivity resonance means that love is a connection, characterized by a flood of positive emotions, which you share with another person any other person whom you happen to connect with in the course of your day experience micro-moments romantic partner child close friend fall in love however momentarily less likely candidates stranger street colleague at work, attendant grocery store Louis Armstrong It's a Wonderful World I see friends shaking hands sayin how do you do? They're really sayin I love you /

Victorinox Swiss Army Jetsetter USB flash drive review

Credit: The Gadgeteer

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/02/12/victorinox-swiss-army-jetsetter-usb-flash-drive-review/#more-123955     / tools USB flash drive 8 16 32GB GB gigabyte capacities favorite EDC every day carry tool home office USB 2.0 exclusive Apple store product features detachable shock-resistant water-resistant tools pre-loaded security software specific Mac Macintosh devices computers standard Swiss Army knife plastic handles Victorinox Swiss Army logo silver aluminum handles no tools lack tools replace pocket pen knife carry every day blades capacity scissors nail file screwdriver tip removable tweezers tiny split key ring ballpoint pen blue ink clamshell package opener red and includes scissors bottle opener magnetic Phillips screwdriver wire stripper tweezers tiny split key ring Silver Tech screwdriver wire stripper LED mini light knife blade flight-friendly TSA compliant design package opener blade scissors shorter than the longest allowable length /

IBM’S supercomputer: Jeopardy was too easy. Time to cure cancer

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/02/ibms-supercomputer-jeopardy-was-too-easy-time-to-cure-cancer/     / Watson supercomputer Jeopardy playing humans cure curing cancer parse parsing data cancer treatments Sloan-Kettering Memorial Center offered cloud cloud-based application determining the best course of action for cancer patients treatment battle man versus machine computer medicine panel discussion algorithms team diagnosis diagnose medical conditions tech support disease illness improved performance  task of internalizing 600,000 pieces of medical evidence 1.5 million patient record, 2 million pages of texts from medical journals 1,500 lung-cancer cases see connections trends data humans databases data base compiled app application accessed tablet computer compare cancer patient medical records index results returns recommendations treatment descending order of confidence on effectiveness algorithm operating strictly on cancer stacks treatments in order likelihood succeed results augmented insurance coverage considers which treatments authorized for payment application owned WellPoint adopted medical groups Maine center Cancer Medicine WestMed Westchester County New York AP. WellPoint sell applications other institutions price IBM receive a cut /