Inspirational and good news.
Botswana has been offering free AIDs treatments to all those who need it in the country and as a result less people have died of AIDs. Botswana proves that even poor nations can provide universal treatment for those with AIDs and that it helps the country develop.
“The results are visible. Patients who once arrived in wheelchairs and on stretchers now walk to clinics. Others believed to be on their deathbeds are back at work.”
Eliica is short for Electric Lithium-Ion battery Car, it’s a eight-wheeled eletric car that can move fast. It’s even faster than a Porsche 911 Turbo. The inventor of the car wanted to prove that electric cars can be fast and slick. He notes that when dealing with a technology thought to be slow one has to make it really fast to make it even appear fast to others.
The Eliica can reach 370Km/h thanks to each of its eight 100bhp in-wheel motors.
Highway off ramps have started to generate power in England by using a speed hump in the road. Each time a car passes over the hump 10kw of energy is created by compression – so the heavier the vehicle the more energy generated.
Many local authorities in England have expressed interest in purchasing the £25,000 ramps to power street lights.
People in the Democratic Republic of Congo have voted for a new constitution in a recent referendum. The post-war constitution paves the way for national elections next year.
This is a big step for a nation that is plagued by violence and high in mineral resources. Next year’s elections would be the first free elections in forty years.
Bangladesh’s capital city, Dhaka, the garbage is piling up in the streets and sewers, and that’s a good thing. A small company has started to use the methane created by the city’s organic waste and turning it into energy.
“By converting trash into organic fertilizer, they reasoned, small communities could sell it to farmers desperate for an alternative to soil-stripping chemicals. This would help clean city streets, increase crop yields and provide the urban poor with a steady stream of revenue.”