THE GIST
A 3,000-square-foot kite has more towing force than two engines on an A320 Airbus aircraft.
The sails could allow fuel savings of 15 to 25 percent, depending on wind and shipping routes
The blue-hulled vessel would slip by unnoticed on most seas if not for the white kite, high above...
Full Tilt Poker defends itself and its CEO amid FBI crackdown
Full Tilt, Absolute Poker, and Pokerstars sites seized.
After the indictment of its chief executive in a federal crackdown on Internet poker sites, Full Tilt Poker defended its business as a legal and harmless game enjoyed by...
Man catches fire while watching porn at San Francisco sex shop
That must have been one sizzling sex scene.
Cops and firefighters are searching for clues about what caused a man to burst into flames while watching porn in a private booth at a San Francisco sex shop.
Crew members from a...
Car thieves still love Honda according to LoJack annual report
In 2010, the company says that fully 90 percent of vehicles equipped with its car tracking hardware was recovered.
LoJack has been at this game for a while, and last year, it started to release its own Vehicle Theft Recovery...
Well, prior to the Honda unveiling, we get a chance to see the interior on the 2012 Honda Civic. The 2012 Honda civic sedan will be available on 4/20/2011 for sale. The coupes will be available shortly afterward. The 2012 Civic SI will be available to purchase approximately two weeks after...
On one Mustang owners forum, reports of the problems, possible solutions and complaints to Ford have grown to 2,700 postings, affecting owners of both the V6 and high-powered V8 versions. Fifteen owners have lodged safety complaints with U.S. regulators, saying balky shifts and grinding gears...
Garage fire claims Chevy Volt and homebuilt EV
No one was hurt – but two plug-in vehicles were destroyed – in a fire in a home in the Connecticut town of Barkhamsted last night. The cars were a brand-new 2011 Chevrolet Volt with just 2,000 miles on the odometer and a converted all-electric...
His grandparents told him stories of the Civil War and entertainment didn't come at the push of a button for him. But now at 114 the oldest man in the world, Walter Breuning, has died in Montana. He died of natural causes in a Great Falls hospital, where he had been a patient because of an...
Brazilian Police to Wear Glasses That Can Scan Faces to Find Criminals
In technology that is lifted straight from Robocop, Brazilian cops will be outfitted with glasses that can scan faces in a crowd and automatically pick out criminals. The glasses use advanced facial recognition technology...
You've heard of vans with captain's chairs? This guy's pampered passengers get a La-Z-Boy knockoff. Who cares that it's not even bolted in?Ottawa cops did, and they cited him for operating an unsafe vehicle on a highway. Unsafe, yet so very comfortable.
2013 Chevrolet Malibu leaks online
It seems that the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu has leaked online on General Motors' own media site. Only this lone picture has surfaced, but it gives us a very good glimpse at the next-gen Malibu ahead of the car's official debut at the rapidly approaching Shanghai...
Honda CEO Takanobu Ito used CB1000 motorcycle to tour quake area
The March 11th earthquake and tsunami in Japan hit Honda hard, as production was down for weeks and the automaker's research and development center was badly damaged. In fact, the quake damaged the Tochigi facility so badly that...