What seems more futuristic: flying cars OR self-driving cars? They both sound a bit like science fiction, but they are both getting closer to becoming a reality. In the latest chapter of Google's hard work to develop a car that uses video cameras, radar sensors and lasers to travel done traffic, the state of Nevada just allowed Google the world's first licence for a computer-controlled, driverless Toyota Prius. Meanwhile, this week we also curbed in on the PAL-V (which symbolizes "Personal Air and Land Vehicle"), a two-seat hybrid car and autogiro that runs on state, biodiesel or bio-ethanol. In other transportation report, the Texas Crucial Railroad floated a plan to build a $10-billion bullet prepare that would run between Houston and Fort Worth, and Toyota officially unveiled its second-generation 2012 RAV4 EV, which features a Tesla powertrain.
We also proverb green technology cropping up in unexpected places this week, like the $1-billion ghost town that will metal built next to virgin waste domain in Lea County, New Mexico to exam emerging green technologies. Construction next to the ghost town is set to set off in tardy June. Milwaukee native Politico Cera invented Glove One, a 3D-printed mitt that badminton as a cell phone. And in Tokyo, participants heaved 100,000 DIODE lights into the Sumida River element segment of the 2012 Tokyo Hotaru Festival. Although it certainly looked cool, that's a lot of LED bulbs to literally dump in the river, and it raises whatever questions astir e-waste. GE saved a more sensible use for LEDs, unveiling a new LED light rhizome to replace the 100-watt incandescent.
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