Thursday, June 26, 2008
Japanese invent car that runs on water
Tired of petrol prices rising daily at the pump? A Japanese company has invented an electric-powered and environmentally friendly car that it says runs solely on water.
Genepax unveiled the car in the western city of Osaka on June 12, saying that a liter of any kind of water -- rain, river or sea -- was all you needed to get the engine going for about an hour at a speed of 80 km (49.7 miles).
"The car will continue to run as long as you have a bottle of water to top up from time to time," Genepax CEO Kiyoshi Hirasawa told local broadcaster TV Tokyo.
"It does not require you to build up an infrastructure to recharge your batteries, which is usually the case for most electric cars," he added.
Once the water is poured into the tank at the back of the car, a generator breaks it down and uses it to create electrical power, TV Tokyo said.
Whether the car makes it into showrooms remains to be seen. Genepax said it had just applied for a patent and is hoping to collaborate with Japanese auto manufacturers in the future.
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Genepax unveiled the car in the western city of Osaka on June 12, saying that a liter of any kind of water -- rain, river or sea -- was all you needed to get the engine going for about an hour at a speed of 80 km (49.7 miles).
"The car will continue to run as long as you have a bottle of water to top up from time to time," Genepax CEO Kiyoshi Hirasawa told local broadcaster TV Tokyo.
"It does not require you to build up an infrastructure to recharge your batteries, which is usually the case for most electric cars," he added.
Once the water is poured into the tank at the back of the car, a generator breaks it down and uses it to create electrical power, TV Tokyo said.
Whether the car makes it into showrooms remains to be seen. Genepax said it had just applied for a patent and is hoping to collaborate with Japanese auto manufacturers in the future.
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: batteries, electric cars, Genepax, Genepax CEO Kiyoshi Hirasawa, generator, Japan, Japanese invent car, manufacturers, Osaka, runs, Tokyo, TV Tokyo, water
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
'Me and You for Children of Myanmar': Bilaal Rajan, 11, rallies schools, others
The new shoes you just bought or the GameBoy you are about to buy, could save the life or educate a child somewhere in the world, says 11-year old Bilaal Rajan, of Brampton, a UNICEF Child Ambassador, who put out a call May 13, to children to begin fund-raising for their Burmese peers hit by the May 3 Cyclone Nargis. Hundreds of Havenwood Public School children in Mississauga, Ontario applauded Bilaal's speech launching the campaign he is calling 'Me and You for the Children of Myanmar.'
Rajan's challenge encourages every child in Canada to raise up to Myanma $105 for UNICEF Myanmar Cyclone Appeal. Children can participate in school-based fund-raising activities, download information and a challenge poster at the UNICEF Canada Web site at www.unicef.ca, or engage in their own fund-raising with family, neighbors and friends.
Even though News India-Times interviewed him just the day after the launch, Rajan said the response had been tremendous.
"All Peel Region schools are doing it, and New market, Aurora (townships). And we're still spreading the word," he said. (Peel Region covers Brampton and Mississauga in Greater Toronto where a significant South Asian population lives.) As this went to press, government estimates placed the dead as close to 40,000 but U.S. Charge d'Affairs to Burma, Shari Villarosa, told reporters on May 15, that the number could rise to 100,000.
UNICEF has been distributing food, water, medicines and shelter equipment since then, and says the lack of access to clean water and poor sanitation, inadequate shelter and poor nutrition pose particular threats to children.
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Rajan's challenge encourages every child in Canada to raise up to Myanma $105 for UNICEF Myanmar Cyclone Appeal. Children can participate in school-based fund-raising activities, download information and a challenge poster at the UNICEF Canada Web site at www.unicef.ca, or engage in their own fund-raising with family, neighbors and friends.
Even though News India-Times interviewed him just the day after the launch, Rajan said the response had been tremendous.
"All Peel Region schools are doing it, and New market, Aurora (townships). And we're still spreading the word," he said. (Peel Region covers Brampton and Mississauga in Greater Toronto where a significant South Asian population lives.) As this went to press, government estimates placed the dead as close to 40,000 but U.S. Charge d'Affairs to Burma, Shari Villarosa, told reporters on May 15, that the number could rise to 100,000.
UNICEF has been distributing food, water, medicines and shelter equipment since then, and says the lack of access to clean water and poor sanitation, inadequate shelter and poor nutrition pose particular threats to children.
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: Bilaal Rajan, campaign, childern, Cyclone Appeal, distributing food, Flooding, medicines, UNICEF, UNICEF Child Ambassador, water
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