A neat mockup of what Google’s homepage would look like if it was designed by Yahoo: http://googlewatch.eweek.com/content/today_in_stupid/mockup_what_if_google_made_a_yahoolike_start_page_1.html
While Apple’s iPhone’s multipoint touch screen interface is great (http://www.apple.com/iphone/), it won’t be the only full screen touch cell phone in the world. In fact, it looks awfully similar to a touchscreen cell phone that LG has already designed and has already won design awards for. See http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/12/15/the-lg-ke850-touchable-chocolate/.
Does the LG phone have similar neat user interface tricks up its sleeve?
Time will tell.
Diesel engines get better gas mileage than gas engines. Hybrid powertrains (combining a battery, electric motor and combustion motor) more efficiently utilizes energy than traditional powertrains. I’ve pointed out in the past there would be a big benefit to combining a diesel engine with a hybrid powertrain. Apparently Wal-Mart thinks so too:
“Wal-Mart, the largest US retailer, is to work with ArvinMeritor, the auto component supplier, on the development of a diesel-electric hybrid truck, as part of its new focus on improving its environmental performance. The companies said in a statement they had agreed to develop a dual-mode, diesel-electric drivetrain for a Class 8 truck tractor truck - the workhorse of the US long-distance trucking industry.”
