I never thought that a lamp which costs over $US500 and has to be inflated before it can be used would be appealing, but then I was informed that it’s huggable. Now I just want to snuggle up with one.
The Sauter Formula Zero Solar Hybrid Megayacht is a 60m catamaran, with four diesel-electric, counter-rotating propellers, rotational wingsails and solar cell arrays. All that to enable it to cruise at 17 knots with zero carbon footprint. [Sauter via Born Rich]
This ain’t your standard supernova. A while ago, astronomers noticed an exploding star that was about 50 to 100 times brighter than normal. Here’s why: It was freakin’ huge.
