That underwater oil well has been leaking full-blast into the Gulf of Mexico as crews use robotic submarines to put a new tighter cap on the leaking pipe. If successful, the new cover could capture every bit of the oil that’s spewing from the ruptured well and pump it to tankers to be positioned above where the oil rig exploded and began leaking nearly three months ago. Source Link
Police in the Bahamas say they’ve captured an American teenager known as the “Barefoot Bandit.” The odyssey of 19-year old Colton Harris-Moore ended on the Caribbean island chain after a string of burglaries there. Harris-Moore is suspected in a cross-country crime spree of break-ins and thefts that began in the Pacific Northwest and included stolen cars and an airplane that was taken from Indiana and flown to the Bahamas last week. Source Link
If it seems like nearly everyone has a cell phone these days, you’re almost right. New estimates show there are now 5 billion mobile subscriptions in the world. And each day, 2 million more lines are added. That number could grow to 50 billion by 2020 as more wireless Internet-connected devices like smart electric meters and appliances become more common in homes worldwide. Source Link
Police in the Bahamas say they’ve captured an American teenager known as the “Barefoot Bandit.” The odyssey of 19-year old Colton Harris-Moore ended on the Caribbean island chain after a string of burglaries there. Harris-Moore is suspected in a cross-country crime spree of break-ins and thefts that began in the Pacific Northwest and included stolen cars and an airplane that was taken from Indiana and flown to the Bahamas last week. Source Link
If it seems like nearly everyone has a cell phone these days, you’re almost right. New estimates show there are now 5 billion mobile subscriptions in the world. And each day, 2 million more lines are added. That number could grow to 50 billion by 2020 as more wireless Internet-connected devices like smart electric meters and appliances become more common in homes worldwide. Source Link
