1.10.04

Venturi Fetish

Finally on the roads: Venturi Fetish: "THE SPORTS CAR OF THE FUTURE, TODAY. Presented as a World Premiere at the 2004 Paris Motor Show, the Venturi Fetish is the first production electric sports car in automobile history. Fetish demonstrates, with ease, that it is possible to make today what the big automobile manufacturers are only proposing 20 years from now."

Sac à dos solaire

The Voltaic™ backpack is a mobile power source, designed to charge your gadgets without tying you to a power outlet.

Elumens/ VisionStation

Elumens/ VisionStation: "The VisionStation by Elumens is a low-cost 3D immersive viewing system with a wide range of applications."

Asian Doubts Regarding the Dollar by Gary North

Asian Doubts Regarding the Dollar by Gary North: "On September 28, China Daily ran an article by Jiang Ruiping, who is identified (in broken English) as the director of international economics at the China Foreign Affairs University. Dr. Jiang had some disturbing things to say about the future of the dollar. He began:

Many international institutions and renowned scholars have recently warned that the possibility of a US dollar slump is increasing and may even lead to a new round of 'US dollar crisis.'

Since China holds huge amounts of US-dollar-denominated foreign exchange reserves, the authorities should consider taking prompt measures to ward off possible risks.

It is still too early to conclude if the US dollar is heading towards a crisis. But it is an indisputable fact that it has gone down continually. Its rate against the euro, for example, has dropped by 40 per cent since its peak period and it lost 20 per cent of its value against the euro last year alone.

It is becoming more and more evident that the possibility of a further slump of the US dollar is increasing."

Democratic National Committee

Les visages de la frustration

Les multiples grimaces simiesques de George W. Bush lors des interventions de John Kerry au cours du 1er débat entre les candidats à la présidence.