F1 racing's focus turns to 2014's more fuel efficient engines

Red Bull in testing for the 2014 season
Credit: Green Car Reports/ The Car Connection

Racing once had relevance to road cars.  E.g. disc brakes first appeared in a D type Jaguar at Le Mans in the '50s.  Changes to 2014 Formula 1 create a superficial resemblance to road cars, but don't look for a practical application any time soon.

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1083133_f1-racings-focus-turns-to-2014s-more-fuel-efficient-engines / Jag disk brakes sports racing car turbocharger turbocharged turbo 2013 Formula One racing season engineering engine regulations improve car cars fuel efficiency reduce sport sport’s environmental impact regulations raise development costs team teams relevant 2.4 liter litre V8 V-8 engines naturally aspirated litre 1.6-liter turbocharged V-6 V6 cylinder layout configuration improvements fuel consumption real world real-world efficiency efficient road car economy Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems KERS heat exhaust /

Man sentenced to 30 months in prison after “lasering” two aircraft in 2012

So, it's not only dangerous, irresponsible & inconsiderate in itself, for anyone who needs further help in working out if they should do this:  it also poses a threat to your personal liberty.

Other jurisdictions besides the United States too.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/man-sentenced-to-30-months-in-prison-after-lasering-two-aircraft-in-2012/ / USA United States of America October 19 year old Adam Gardenhire pled plead pleading pleaded guilty aiming laser pointer  private aircraft police helicopter federal judge California sentenced defendant 30 months in prison aiming laser aircraft federal crime under law signed President Barack Obama February 2012 sentence sentenced under the new law Californians California indicted charges charged North Hollywood pointed commercial grade green laser aircraft Cessna pilot suffer vision impairment that lasted for hours Pasadena Police Department helicopter pilot wearing protective gear suffer eye damage impair inciden arrested investigation Los Angeles Police Department Pasadena Police Department Burbank Police Department Federal Aviation Administration FBI /

Android is red hot, except with the business crowd

Confusingly, the tables for smartphones & tablets are reversed in the linked article.  Just to clarify, this is what the article intended to show for smartphone & tablet intentions among business users:

Smartphones:
• Apple — 33%
• Android — 22%
• No plans to use  smartphone on corporate network —  16%
• No preference/Don’t know — 11%
• Windows — 10%
• Blackberry — 7%
• Other — 1%

Tablets:
• Apple — 26%
• Windows 8 — 20%
• I don’t plan to use a tablet for work — 17%
• Windows 7 or other Windows — 12%
• No preference/Don’t know — 11%
• Android — 11%
• Amazon Kindle or Barnes & Noble Nook — 1%
• Blackberry Playbook — 1%
• Other — 1%

http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-12-18-more-people-would-rather-have-no-tablet-than-an-android-tablet/ / Google Android software mobile devices wide lead market share lucrative niche business people businesspeople smart phone smartphone market research researcher IDC information workers phone smart smartphone software on the job survey Forrester Research disparity Android consumers price sensitive Gilette Apple prices premium product iPhones iPhone Apple iOS products investment poll polled company companies support e-mail access CIO chief information officers slightly different version of fragmentation fragment software testing security updates support Frank Gillett analyst employees  malware reacting to problems Microsoft Apple being more proactive business crowd verall tablet market /