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Perhaps we shall see a separate line at the department of motor vehicles for Lexus and BMW owners, and Marshall Field's will usher the preferred children forward to see Santa, and there will be a platinum section of Central Park, and why not a gold-club voting machine for people who pay more than $100,000 in income tax, and a concierge-class birthing room at the hospital--pay extra for same-day delivery. But before we get there, consider the cost...
According to the study, most injuries come from colliding with or attempting to avoid a collision with a motor vehicle...
...mortgage and €70 a month child support for teenage daughters from his first marriage. That's despite the fact that his second wife, Sue, works full time. Collis lives 90 km away from his fire station because he cannot afford London housing; he commutes by motor bike to avoid slow and expensive public transport. He saves some money by sleeping on the fire station floor between shifts during the week. To boost his income, Collis works as a chair upholsterer on his days off. The shift system of two nine-hour days followed by two 15-hour nights...
...third time was the charm for the Dekes of MIT, who replaced luck with planning, developing this “hack” for nearly two years. The device was constructed using various instruments donated by MIT laboratories, a vacuum motor, and Freon gas. All these ingredients were directed towards inflating a larger-than-life balloon emblazoned with the school’s initials and earmarked for the 1982 Harvard-Yale football game...
...heart of the Hy-wire, however, is the aluminum, skateboard-like chassis that runs the length of the vehicle. Nestled within it are the fuel cells, an electric motor, tanks of compressed hydrogen and all the electronics. Because the fiber-glass body is basically a shell, different models can be swapped like cell-phone covers. So you could in theory drive a sports car on the weekends and change it into a minivan to haul the kids to school...