U.S. Congress approves housing bill

uk.reuters.com | 16 hours 17 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress approved a massive housing market rescue bill on Saturday, offering emergency financing to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, creating a new regulator for the mortgage

http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKN2641353420080726?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

Police force trials electric car

www.channel4.com | 23 hours 39 minutes ago

It resembles a golf buggy but an electric car with a top speed of around 30mph is being trialled by a police force to see if it could become a key part of community policing.

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/science_technology/police+force+trials+electric+car/2360712?intcmp=rss_news_itnnews

Reality check for plug-in disciples

www.mercurynews.com | Jul 26, 2008

After all, the number of conference participants - 600 - exceeded expectations. Nearly 1,000 paying customers came to the show's only public event. Top-notch industry speakers and panelists took center stage. Here, many of them opined, is a technology that will change the world.

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10005390?source=rss

Daily TIPs: Heat Power, Browsing for Dollars, Wading Off Shore, & More

www.xconomy.com | Jul 25, 2008

New Material Could Turn Waste Heat to Power Researchers at Ohio State University have created a new alloy with double the ability of previous materials to

http://www.xconomy.com/national/2008/07/25/daily-tips-heat-power-browsing-for-dollars-wading-off-shore-more/

New Scientist Tech Cars and Motoring

technology.newscientist.com

After over 100 years together, our love affair with the motor car shows no sign of fading. Almost 40 million cars were produced in 35 countries in 2001 alone. In fact, for some people cars have come to take on almost human characteristics.

http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/motoring-tech

Dawson Public Power District

Today's Power Drive students are tomorrow's innovators. Dawson offers support to area high schools that participate in the program. Students design, build and test their light electric vehicles in competitions.

http://www.dawsonpower.com/

Guardian Daily podcast: Brown in Brussels; plus the cost of the 2012 Olympics

www.guardian.co.uk

In our daily audio show, Jon Dennis and guests discuss the EU summit; high retail sales; and the Olympics 2012 budget

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/audio/2008/jun/20/guardian.daily.podcast?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews

us science technology - New Scientist

www.newscientist.com

After the second world war, and inspired by superhero Dan Dare, the UK looked to science to kick-start an industrial renaissance and bring prosperity and social justice. In the vanguard was Theo Williamson, engineer of the future...

http://www.newscientist.com/index/us-science-technology.html