WITH deep-tread tires and ample ground clearance, a rugged 4-wheel-drive Hummer or Jeep might seem the best choice for navigating through the wrecked cities of northeastern Japan. The areas pummeled by the earthquake and tsunami in March would surely be inhospitable for an electric vehicle. Yet in the days and weeks after the horrific one-two punch of natural disasters, wispy battery-electric cars - engineered for lightness and equipped with tires designed for minimal rolling resistance - proved their mettle. These welterweight sedans, including models from Mitsubishi and Nissan, turned out to be the vehicles that got through - not because of any special ability to claw their way over mountains of debris, but because they were able to "refuel" at common electrical outlets. (New York Times)
Ever wish you had cat ears? Thanks to a new quirky device out of Japan, now you can. A new communication tool called "necommi" - from the company neurowear - uses brain waves from emotions to control and wiggle wearable cat ears. Just as a cat's ears are likely to drop down when it's relaxed, the device reads the emotional state of humans and acts it out through the cat ears. When wearing the ears and feeling relaxed, your own set of cat ears would drop down too. Meanwhile, ears jump up as you concentrate. (TechNews Daily)
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