The Basque consortium Hiriko Driving Mobility has introduced an an MIT-designed all-electric vehicle that folds for storage. They call it the “EV.” Three of these nimble, uber-tiny, two-seat “Citycars” (as they were christened by MIT) will fit into a standard curbside parking space and, because their joystick-controlled wheels operate independently of one another, they can […]
A week out from Odd Couple rehearsals, my preflight list of takings-with and must-do-befores is quite short. I can get along without just about everything except my laptop, cell phone and backpack. Speaking of essentials, I’ve been test driving a friend’s Kindle Touch, using it to read public domain books that I might not have […]
Anybody who slept in today might be wondering if South Carolina’s Republican primary was just a dream. The mid-morning announcements of Joe Paterno’s death and Gabrielle Giffords’ resignation have swept Gingrich v. Romney to sidebar status, capturing almost perfectly the “bread and circuses” flavor of consensus reality today. The picture won’t be complete, of course, […]
