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"The winning design, dubbed the Opel Darwin 2049, came from Augustin Barbot. Augustin will spend three months working at General Motors European Design Center as his prize. The student's wheel-less concept vehicle moves either 10 centimeters above the ground or under the sea with a magnetic "maglev" system. Three turbines--two in the front, one in the back--produce energy to propel the vehicle forward. The vehicle features an aluminum frame covered by a semi-flexible, waterproof resin. It's hard to imagine that cars of the future will be powered by wind considering our current move towards electric vehicles, but 40 years ago we may not have envisioned plug-in hybrids, either. Other notable entries in the competition include Hyunjoon Park's car that molds to a driver's shape, Young Seong Kim's pods that use gravity from waterfalls for propulsion...and Miika Heikken's zero-emissions single seat vehicle for cities." - Maryam from Bookmarklet

Nice - RAPatton

This is absolutely amazing! The guy who made them is a true genius - the cigarette ad is incredible. - Anke

Wow, these are great. - joey

Fonts were created by man. They rebelled. They evolved. There are many copies. And they have a plan. - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

In advance of Friday night's finale of Battlestar Galactica, here's a little game to play to see if they tie up all the loose ends. - Daniel Sims from Bookmarklet

I like it - RAPatton

"On March 17, there will be a "Battlestar" retrospective at the U.N. in New York and a panel discussion of how the show examined issues such as "human rights, children and armed conflict, terrorism, human rights and reconciliation and dialogue among civilizations and faith," according to Sci Fi." - Robert Seidman

Looking forward to the transcript, to read AFTER the finale. Perhaps they'll film it for a DVD bonus feature? - Stolee

From io9: "IGN says Universal Pictures is planning to do a feature film version of BSG, based on the original 1978-1979 series. Larson is lined up to write the script and produce the film. (IGN says Universal denied the rumor, but other sources confirmed it independently, so a slight grain of salt is indicated.) I'm wondering if anybody would be interested in an old-school BSG movie, after the new series has gotten so much critical and nerd attention. But it'll be interesting to see if this actually goes anywhere." - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

I don't know about this: from the flashbacks earlier in season 4.5, Earth had a multitude of different people. I'm not entirely convinced Cylons are all that different than humans, either, and I don't think the chronology is correct. I think it was that Kobol was one "race:" humans and Cylons are identical. There's an insinuation that there are thirteen tribes, even on Kobol, and tribe 13 was more technologically advanced (invented organic memory transfer). - Mark Trapp

What am I missing? Several people seem to think that the skinjobs were created on Kobol, but there doesn't seem to be anything to suggest that. And given the time periods we're talking about (somewhere between 15,000 and 30,000 years, depending on your definition of "several"), The final five would have to be a distinct species on Kobol in order for them to be a distinct species at all: there's nothing to suggest that they were. The differences seem to be merely cultural and technological, not biological. - Mark Trapp

Oh for cute. - Ryan Rud

Sent to me via email... thanks, Lisa! - Mona Nomura

woh: Only Mark can answer that for us! - Mona Nomura from IM

From io9: "Remember those Battlestar Galactica webisodes we were promised before the second half of the show's final season launches January 16? Turns out "webisodes" was sort of a misnomer. They're actually going to air on the Sci Fi Channel during the channel's showing of Pitch Black on January 15. (I guess they're "webisodes" in the sense that a ton of websites, including this one, will be posting them immediately afterwards.) The channel will also air a half-hour special, BSG: Essential Elements, on Sunday, Jan. 11." - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

Somebody better repost this in a couple of months. I'm totally gonna forget and my DVR doesn't think that far ahead either. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

XD - Tanath

Your evilness runs deep, my son. - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

Memo to me: it's text messaging not test messaging. Sigh. Long day! Next thing you know I will say test massaging is in Gmail. That would be cool. - Steve Rubel

Seriously though, Y! has been doing this for years. - Aaron Krug

From io9: "Actually, Blade Runner does BSG one better, or worse - I’m supposed to accept that Dr. Eldon Tyrell is a genius, but it never occurred to him that making robots that look just like humans was a bad idea? At least the human-looking Cylons built themselves. If I’m ever in charge of building robots, I’ll tell you what: They won’t look just like humans. They won’t even have skin. I won’t explain why. I think it’s pretty obvious. Anyhoo, who was in Blade Runner? That’s right: Edward James Olmos. So I think it’s fair to say that he unequivocally sucks at handling Robot Threats." - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

I have to admit that I've wondered why Cylons don't get detected; they must be purely organic machines or something - Mark Dykeman