We test the 2008 Audi R8 for America’s Best Handling Car competition. Read the story here:
http://www.motortrend.com/features/performance/112_0810_americas_best_handling_car_contenders_instrument_tests/index.html
ZR1 At The Track! – War Of The Worlds Challenge
Our War Of The Worlds challenge moves to Las Vegas Speedway, where we lay down hot laps with each car on a 1.1 mile road course. First up, the 2009 Corvette ZR1. Read the story here:
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/112_0810_2009_corvette_zr1_vs_porsche_gt2_vs_ferrari_599_vs_nissan_gtr/index.html
Introducing the Google Help Forums
Jon, Jen, Adam and Brenna talk about the latest features in the Google Help Forums.
Walk the earth … my 17-year vow of silence | John Francis
For almost three decades, John Francis has been a planetwalker, traveling the globe by foot and sail with a message of environmental respect and responsibility (for 10 of those years without speaking). A funny, thoughtful talk with occasional banjo.
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Mushroom Veggie Burger Recipe – Best Garden Burger Ever!
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James Surowiecki: The power and the danger of online crowds
http://www.ted.com James Surowiecki pinpoints the moment when social media became an equal player in the world of news-gathering: the 2005 tsunami, when YouTube video, blogs, IMs and txts carried the news — and preserved moving personal stories from the tragedy.
Graham Hawkes: Fly the seas on a submarine with wings
http://www.ted.com Graham Hawkes takes us aboard his graceful, winged submarines to the depths of planet Ocean (a.k.a. “Earth”). It’s a deep blue world we landlubbers rarely see in 3D.
Newton Aduaka: The story of Ezra, a child soldier
http://www.ted.com Filmmaker Newton Aduaka shows clips from his powerful, lyrical feature film “Ezra,” about a child soldier in Sierra Leone.
Keith Schacht & Zach Kaplan: Products (and toys) from the fu
http://www.ted.com The Inventables guys, Zach Kaplan and Keith Schacht, demo some amazing new materials and how we might use them. Look for squishy magnets, odor-detecting ink, “dry” liquid and a very surprising 10-foot pole.