Starting next year carmakers from all over the planet will be competing to see who can make the first car that can average 100 MPG, as well as be economical, green, and practical; in other words, marketable. The winners of this project will receive up to $10 million in cash prizes, among other things, such as bragging rights and an opportunity to make even more money.

Can you imagine getting 100 MPG with a car? That would be heaven for me, especially since my Chevy Tahoe only gets 15 MPG, costing me on average $100 each week, more than the typical college student can handle for gas. It’s about time such concept cars are being taken into consideration and the repetitive crys about gas prices may have an end in sight.

What did the daddy snowman say to his mis-behaving kid? 

 [Answer: SHUT YOUR ICE-HOLE]       -Joke Courtesy of P.Wily

OK, we all know gas prices are continuing to rise and we we’re all sick and tired of it. That’s a given. So when will technology come to the rescue and save us from these record-breaking gas prices? Well, set for 2010, the chevy ‘Volt’ should be able to help us out with this dilemma as it will run off of high powered batteries that will be rechargable. The distance on the new concept car will be limited to approx. 40 miles, enough to get three-fourths of the working population to work. The cool thing about this car is that it can utilize multiple fuel sources; electricity, gas, and bio-diesel. So for most people, commuting to work wouldn’t cost them a thing other than taking time to find a place to plug in the car.  No word yet on the pricing; hopefully it will be affordable…

This guy literally has parts of a tree growing on his body. I had no idea such a disease even existed… it’s quite disturbing to see and hopefully future medecine will hold a cure for this. Check it out if you dare…

 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=MLYGYKBGOGQ2DQFIQMFSFGGAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2007/11/12/wtree112.xml

Look at this little guy who can spy on you without you even having the slightest idea. These fly look-alikes actually have a tiny camera built inside of them and can they can monitor you’re every move. They call them MAV’s [micro air vehicles] and will more than likely be used for video surveillance, spying, and even helping to rescue people. I just hope these things don’t fall into the wrong hands because you know what some people would use these things for…

Some people are arguing that weather control isn’t a load of crap and that scientists have successfully been able to manipulate certain aspects of weather patterns, whether it was creating thunderstorms or preventing them from happening. Apparently the Pentagon has had $30 million dollars poured into the HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) and they have developed power generators that beam over 3.6 million watts into the air, creating a huge electrically charged layer in the upper atmosphere. They argue that since most storms and tornadoes consist of huge amounts of energy, its possible to create them by simply sending huge amounts of energy back into the atmosphere. This new approach to controlling mother nature has even been found documented in the United Nations Treaty, where they have prohibited nations from using weather control as a means of warfare.

This concept seems pretty crazy to me. I never thought it would be possible to control and manipulate mother nature. I still remain pretty skeptical about this new idea, but it sure is interesting. I think humans can cause relatively minor alterations in the weather, making the skies a bit more overcast and maybe even a bit more rainy, but I don’t think it’s possible to create tornadoes and hurricanes and send them wherever we want. I suppose we will just have to wait this one out and see what happens.

Well, I thought that this day was way farther off than it seems. Apparently there are several designers and universities around the globe that have successfully designed cars that can drive themselves, without any real human intervention. Some of these cars have been able to navigate through lanes, obey traffic signs, make U-turns, and even avoid obstacles. Some scientists predict that by the year 2020 our roads will be operated by driverless cars. The intent of these new cars is to prevent traffic jams, as well as protect the human race, since it is estimated that 1,000,000 people die each year in car accidents.

How do they work? Each of these cars use a camera, lasers, and  GPS sensors that shoot out light beams which can detect reflections, thus determining the distance from the obstacles. Some of the sensor beams are located on the roof of the car where they can detect objects from up to 100 meters away. Other sensors are attached to the bottom part of the car where they constantly scan the road and lane markers.

My only question is, what happens if the lasers or computer chips malfunction or something like that? I mean, the computers we use today aren’t perfect and are surely capable of crashing, so that would be kinda scary to be in a car when something like that happens.

If you wish to see some of these cars in action you can check them out at this following link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=P5aMHRwokXQ

Alrite guys… i finally figured it out, and finally got a response from her. Apparently she had been reeeeeaallllllllllllllllllllly reallllly busy (2 busy to answer a fone even @_@). Oh yea, and she also said that she had “unexpectedly” been dating another guy. Anyhow, at least she responded, so props to her 4 dat.

So yesterday I called her up again (still no answer) and I decided to leave a message. I took the advice of one of my friends and acted as if I had something nice all planned out (I said that me and some other people I knew were gonna go to the comedy club in provo and then go get dinner at Chiles). I asked if she could call me back by like 6:00 pm to verify if she could make it or not. Well, no surprise, she didn’t return the call, and so far nothing has happened and the weekend is coming to an end.

Hey so if anyone has any funny ideas of things I should text her or leave on her message machine, lemme know and I’ll set up a poll and have you all vote on my next move

So far I have left a message from a couple days ago and a text message yesterday. Still no reply I think i’ll try calling her again today at a time she should be there.