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The camera platform was on the front of a New York subway train following another train on the same track. Lighting is provided by a specially constructed work car on a parallel track. At the time of filming, the subway was only seven months old, having opened on October 27, 1904. The ride begins at 14th Street (Union Square) following the route of today’s east side IRT, and ends at the old Grand Central Station, built by Cornelius Vanderbuilt in 1869. The Grand Central Station in use today was not completed until 1913.

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The second generation Toyota ist, unveiled in Tokyo on the 30th of July and to be re-badged and released in the US in August under the Scion name, features elements designed to appeal to Generation Y buyers in their 20′s. Along with a complete exterior makeover for a stronger and more dynamic image, the interior has undergone a dramatic shift from the elegant black of the previous model to a more sporty combination of silver and black to appear to a younger market. In line with their “New Style, New Position” theme, even the key has undergone a complete redesign. The Optitron meters, originally designed for the Lexus range, provide greater visibility for drivers, with the speedometer and tachometer centered on concentric circles. The floating center console consists of a navigation system and a multi-information display. The navigation system is voice activated, with the premium model employing a dual view screen, so the passenger can watch tv while the driver is using the navigation system. The interior light uses an LED with two colours, blue and white with variable brightness. Toyota completed a detailed review of the materials, processing methods and adhesives used for interior parts which resulted in a reduction in the amount of VOCs (volatile organic compounds) used, thereby also reducing the unpleasant odors emitted from such compounds and achieving the Japanese automobile industry’s voluntary goals.

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Launched today, this amazing new Scooter costs under £1000 and buyers can also save on the rising costs of petrol as its eight pence per charge from your home electric socket and one charge will get you 30-40 miles.

The Scoota has been bought over from China where it already sells 13million a year. Londoners will be able to save on congestion charge and parking fees and there are a number of free charge points around the city.

With Boris Johnson trying to get scooter usage in bus lanes, the Ego Street Scoota, with top speeds of 30 miles an hour could get you to work quicker than public transport and minus the stress.

Get the green Ego Street Scoota now only from Firebox.com

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Electronics such as phones and laptops may start shedding their power cords within a year.That’s the prediction of Eric Giler, CEO of WiTricity, a company that’s able to power light bulbs using wireless electricity that travels several feet from a power socket.
WiTricity’s version of wireless electricity — which converts power into a magnetic field and sends it sailing through the air at a particular frequency — still needs to be refined a bit, he said, but should be commercially available soon.
Giler, whose company is a spinoff of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology research group, says wireless electricity has the potential to cut the need for power cords and throw-away batteries.
“Five years from now, this will seem completely normal,” he said.

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I’ve managed to fight my way through the crowds to get my hands on the new ultrathin free Apple MacBook Air – and yes, it’s very very lovely.

The first thing you notice is that it looks like a normal MacBook; when it’s open, you don’t really notice the thinness – it has a nice big 13.3in screen and full size keyboard.

Then you pick it up, and you realise that the computer bit seems to be missing. The only laptop I can think of that felt lighter and thinner was the gorgeous but strangely short-lived Sony X505.

This free Apple MacBook Air tapers at its edges just like the iPod Nano, giving the impression that it’s even thinner than the 0.76 inches that Apple quotes. It’s pretty light, too, although at 3lbs it’s significantly heavy than that old X505 and as heavy as the Sony TZ series, which features a built-in optical drive.

But hey, who needs optical drives? I think the idea of using the drive of a nearby machine is genius, particularly as it works wirelessly and (once software is installed on the machine with the DVD drive) will allow Mac discs to be read on PCs. It’ll be interesting to see how slow this feels though – when you’re installing a big software suite like Creative Studio it could take a very long time. Still, a lot of software is available for download now anyway, and this could hasten the death of the optical disk.

More of a hinderance, it my view, is the single USB port and total lack of FireWire and Ethernet. You can buy a USB Ethernet adapter, but then your one (one!) USB port is gone. Want to use a Superdrive? Better invest in a port replicator – and find a power socket to plug it into. And as for Apple’s own FireWire… well, it was on its way out, but I still use it for video editing. Guess that’s the end of MiniDV, too – I’ll have to switch to a hard-drive videocam with USB 2.0 output.

Fortunately this free MacBook Air has introduced the new Time Capsule wireless router/network drive so you won’t need to plug in to back up. But nonetheless, can the free Apple MacBook Air really be considered a ‘fully featured’ laptop with so few connections?

This doesn’t make me want a free Apple MacBook Air any less. The price (£1200 in the UK or $1800 if I’m lucky enough to still be in the states when it comes out here) is pretty good compared to the £1700 you’ll have to pay for the Air’s biggest rival, the Sony TZ. But let’s not forget the Sony features an optical drive and a smaller form factor, plus an extra hour of quoted battery life, admittedly with a weedier processor.

I’ll be honest: I’m looking forward to putting the two head to head. But for now, my for an ultraportable MacBook is sated

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A gunshot wound suffered by David Bain’s father Robin was “very unusual” for a self-inflicted wound, a pathologist has told a court. Pathologist Alexander Dempster has been giving evidence in the High Court in Christchurch of his post mortem examinations of the bodies of David’s Bain parents and three siblings. David Bain, 37, is on trial for the murdering the family on the morning of June 20, 1994. His defence team argue that Robin Bain shot dead his family and then turned the rifle on …

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This is the new alien jump jet from www.snelflight.co.uk It is a 4 channel micro electric indoor VTOL It has 3 micro gyros that keep it as steady as a rock in the air, ground effect isn’t a problem so you can hover inches off the ground. It’s auto stabilization is amazing push on it and it pushes back to stabilize itself, it’s very cool. When you order it you can select to have either a mode 1 or mode 2 transmitter. Mode 1 has throttle on the right stick, mode 2 has throttle on the left …

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The surge strip that expands to fit any power adapter on the market – guaranteed. Ordinary surge strips only handle a few bulky power adapters because they block adjacent sockets. Socket Sense simply expands to a perfect fit – Sockets are never blocked.

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Despite what Stephen Fry says Stuart Miles quite likes the Blackberry Storm but now he finds something to dislike about his shiny new phone

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