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...Once the engine is dead, a recycling lot can take possession of the car. From that time, it has 180 days to sell the pieces of the car that retain some value. Even though the engine's a lost cause, everything from the scrap metal to the hubcaps is available to buyers. When the resale period is up, any leftover parts must be destroyed, and the government is notified that the car is gone for good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Happens to the Clunkers Traded In? | 8/4/2009 | See Source »

...about 30% of a vehicle's recycling value. For recyclers, who pay upwards of $700 to process each vehicle before they know the condition of the model they're getting, the provision eliminates much of the upside. "It's almost like mining for gold," Wilson says. "There's a lot of sifting, and maybe it's worth it for the recycler, but maybe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Happens to the Clunkers Traded In? | 8/4/2009 | See Source »

...known as full-patch). Members are known to one another only by their road names; a memorial page on the gang's website includes tributes to deceased bikers listed only as Triumph Viking and Fat Ray. As far as becoming a Hells Angel without putting in a whole lot of effort, good luck. The membership information on the web site essentially boils down to this: "If you have to ask the question, you probably won't understand the answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hells Angels | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

...global recession hasn't helped robots' lot. As people around the world curtail luxury spending on cars and gadgets, robots are gathering dust on factory floors, and future demand for industrial robots has dropped as Japanese production takes a nosedive. Still, this lull is unlikely to stop Japanese scientists and researchers, who will continue to develop industrial and service robots while rolling out an occasional whizzy invention or two, all in the hopes of turning science fiction fantasies - one day - into a reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Behind Japan's Love Affair with Robots? | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

...high. Advertising billboards featuring scantily clad women are periodically destroyed. There is a legal battle under way over demands to run separate public buses for men and women on routes serving ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods. Recently Jerusalem has seen weekly protests over a municipal decision to open a parking lot on the Sabbath. Last year, a former Health Minister from the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party blamed a series of small earth tremors on the rise of homosexual activity. Earlier, Shas had led religious opposition to gay couples' being granted the right to adopt children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gay vs. Orthodox: A Deadly Turn in Israel's Culture War? | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

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