30 September 2010
The $360,000 Carbon Fiber Canadian Supercar
We've seen exotic motors from all over the world, so why not a carbon fiber French Canadian supercar? For $360,000 HTT Technologies, brainchild of Quebec-based Luc Chartrand, will sell you a limited edition Plethore LC-750 (above), which has a unique three seat configuration with a central driving position. Powered by a 750 hp 6.2-liter V8 engine its light weight of only 1149 kg gives it an impressive power-to-weight ratio. Somewhat similar in styling to the SSC Ultimate Aero the Pléthore sports gullwing doors and massive air intakes on the front and sides; the fairly restrained interior has some carbon fiber elements as well and two-tone orange and black leather upholstery. The car will be presented at the upcoming Top Marques Monaco show.
Abu Dhabi Plans World's Leaniest Building
The battle for the world's tallest building is already a fiercely contested one. How else can you get in the record books? How about picking another category? Developers Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) are working on Capital Gate, a building that will enter Guinness Book of Records as the "World most inclined tower" The building leans at an angle of 18 degrees, a small amount perhaps but compare that the the most famous askew building, the leaning Tower of Pisa which leans less than four degrees. Creating a building with a lean like this is no easy feat, it requires extra steel reinforcements to compensate for the gravitational, wind and seismic pressures caused by the tilt of the building. The tower is part of a $2.2 billion business and residential project.
World's Most Expensive Supercar, Diamond Carbon Koenigsegg Trevita for Sale at $5 Million
A limited edition Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita diamond-weave carbon fiber supercar (above), the first of only three being built for collectors worldwide, is for sale in South Africa with a whopping pricetag of $5 million, making it the world's most expensive supercar - easily beating out the Bugatti Pur Sang. The Swedish supercar is a special version of the marque's already exotic carbon fiber CCXR model, which goes for about $2 million. Both cars feature a 5.0 liter twin supercharged V8 engine producing 1,018 hp, and can do 0-62 mph in 2.9 seconds with a top speed of over 250 mph. The Trevita's unique diamond weave finish means that when exposed to sunlight it "sparkles like millions of silvery white diamonds infused inside the visible carbon fiber weave bodywork."
Buah beri kaya antioksidan
Bahan seperti anthocyanin pula membantu untuk melindungi mata daripada zarah bebas yang berbahaya
Sebab utama masalah mata adalah radikal bebas dan kekurangan beberapa jenis khasiat. Dengan umur yang kian meningkat dan kurang khasiat perlindungan ini, radikal bebas boleh menjejaskan kesihatan mata seperti masalah kekeringan mata, saraf optikal, penglihatan kabur malah memudahkan jangkitan.
Buah beri pula sangat baik untuk mata kerana kandungan khasiatnya yang tinggi dan kaya dengan antioksidan.
Antaranya ialah beri biru yang anthocyanin untuk melegakan mata letih dan memperbaiki peredaran darah.
Jika anda penggemar blackcurrant atau anggur hitam, rasanya bukan saja sedap malah ia kaya dengan vitamin C dan flavonoid. Anggur hitam mempunyai dua kali ganda kandungan potasium yang lazimnya ditemui dalam pisang dan empat kali ganda vitamin C berbanding oren.
Anggur hitam bukan saja mempunyai pelbagai khasiat malah mempunyai kandungan lemak dan kalori yang rendah. Ia memiliki banyak air dan antioksidan yang sangat berkesan.
Kranberi pula sumber yang kaya dengan anthocyanin dan antioksidan untuk melindungi daripada kerosakan akibat radikal bebas.
Chokeberi amat kaya dengan antioksidan untuk mengurangkan risiko keradangan mata.
Strawberi yang mudah didapati di pasaran ini membekalkan pelbagai antioksidan untuk perlindungan mata, antaranya adalah vitamin C, flavonoid, phenolic dan elagic untuk membantu menangani beberapa masalah mata.
Kalium dalam strawberi juga membantu masalah tekanan pada mata.
Beri acai pula kaya dengan kandungan anthocynanin yang tinggi untuk mencegah keretakan kapilari dan mengurangkan keletihan. Ia juga kaya dengan protein dan serat.
Elderberi adalah sumber yang menyediakan khasiat untuk kapilari,vena, arteri dan tisu sambungan dalam mata.
Objek ganjil di bandar Pingyao
BEIJING – Dua pelajar sebuah universiti China menyaksikan sebuah objek yang terang benderang terbang di udara menerusi kamera masing-masing pada waktu malam 22 September lalu.
Gambar objek terbang yang tidak dikenali itu (UFO) dirakamkan semasa mereka merakamkan pandangan pada waktu malam di bandar Pingyao di wilayah Shanxi sempena Festival Antarabangsa Fotografi Pingyao Kali Ke-10.
Imej bercahaya itu muncul selama 40 minit.
Menurut akhbar People’s Daily Online baru-baru ini, dua pelajar itu menghantar gambar tersebut kepada seorang wartawan pada waktu tengah hari 23 September lalu sebagai usaha untuk menyelesaikan misteri tersebut.
Gambar yang dirakamkan oleh dua pelajar itu menunjukkan sebuah objek yang mempunyai bentuk seperti sfera tetapi ia tidak boleh dilihat dengan jelas menerusi mata kasar.
Dua jurugambar itu turut merakamkan gambar semasa UFO itu berubah kedudukan di udara.
Pada satu ketika, objek itu hilang daripada pemandangan tetapi ia kemudian muncul semula pada waktu hampir tengah malam.
Dua gadis memberikan nombor telefon kepada pelajar tersebut dan menyatakan mereka bersedia untuk menjadi saksi kejadian itu. – Agensi
Harga rokok di Jepun naik lebih 25 peratus
TOKYO – Perokok-perokok di Jepun mula bertindak menghentikan tabiat menghisap rokok manakala sejumlah lagi membeli rokok untuk tujuan menyimpan sebelum harganya meningkat lebih 25 peratus esok.
Harga beberapa jenama rokok akan meningkat lebih 25 peratus ekoran tindakan kerajaan meningkatkan cukai rokok.
Di Tokyo, perokok dibenarkan merokok di dalam bar dan restoran tetapi mereka dilarang menghisap rokok di laluan pejalan kaki.
“Kami menjangkakan satu tindakan tergesa-gesa (pembeli rokok membeli pada saat akhir sebelum Jumaat ini) terutamanya sehari sebelum harga rokok dinaikkan,” kata Yayoi Sugihara yang merupakan jurucakap sebuah kedai rangkaian menjual rokok, Lawson.
Menurutnya, setiap kedai sudah meningkatkan bilangan stok bagi memenuhi permintaan pembelian di saat akhir.
Berdasarkan beberapa laporan, kenaikan harga itu akan meningkatkan bilangan pencuri rokok.
Di bandar Mooke, 100 kilometer ke utara Tokyo, seorang penganggur lelaki berumur 47 tahun ditangkap pada Ahad lalu kerana cuba melarikan diri dengan dua kartun rokok dari sebuah pasar raya.
Kerajaan Jepun telah meluluskan syarikat Japan Tobacco (JT) yang menguasai pasaran rokok negara itu untuk meningkatkan harga rokok pada kadar kira-kira 100 yen (RM3.68) untuk sekotak rokok yang mengandungi 20 batang.
Harga rokok jenama Midl Seven akan meningkatkan dari 300 (RM11.06) yen kepada 410 yen (RM15.12) setiap kotak rokok.
Setiap kotak rokok Seven Stars akan dijual pada harga 440 yen (RM16.23) naik daripada 300 yen (RM11.06).
Kerajaan dilaporkan berharap akan menaikkan harga rokok untuk setiap kotak pada 700 yen (RM25.82) hampir menyamai harga di Eropah dan Amerika Utara. – AFP
Wally Supercar Concept for the Superyacht Set
Monaco-based boatbuilder Wally, known for its avant-garde yacth designs, is responsible for some of the most eye-catching craft plying the waters. As we reported last year they also make some of the world's coolest high-performance skis. Now Matthew Hockham, an automotive design graduate of the UK's Coventry University, has come up with a Wally supercar concept inspired by both of the company's passions. Hockham's brief was to take Wally's distinctive design language and apply it to a suitably high-end and high-tech automotive concept. "The aim is to bring the essence of Wally onto the land and offer an exclusive user experience," he tells Car Body Design. Hockham's design uses Wally's trademark futuristic form language with sharp edges, black glass surfaces and hi-tech gray tones. The side profile was inspired by the lines of the stunning 118 WallyPower yacht. The interior makes extensive use of carbon fiber and teak, two materials used widely by Wally, and the elongated chassis is especially designed to transport a pair of Wally carbon fiber skis.
New $9.6 Million Aston Martin is World's Most Expensive Car
For a whopping $9.6 million you can now order the world's most expensive limited edition supercar, the Aston Matin Super Sport. Only eight examples will be built, each in a different color including red, yellow, silver, black and sky blue, for collectors worldwide. The incredibly costly vehicles are being offered by Star Electric Cars France (SECF), designer of coachbuilt specialty vehicles including Rolls-Royce golf carts and the like for rock stars, royalty and people with way too much money. A sort of souped-up version of the Aston Martin One-77, yet far more exclusive, the mid-engine engined hypercar is powered by a twin-turbo 5.4 liter V8 engine producing around 900 hp. It features carbon fiber bodywork, gullwing doors, carbon ceramic brakes and a leather, Alcantara and carbon fiber interior. While it may just seem like a hyperbolic concept, rest assured that if your check for $9.6 million clears SECF will actually build you one of these things.
Lord Foster Designs $70 Million Factory for McLaren's New Supercar
Famed British architect Lord Norman Foster has designed a stunning new $70 million Production Centre for McLaren where the legendary racing marque is busy assembling their wicked new MP 4-12C supercar. The sleek new facility is an adjunct to McLaren's Technology Centre at the UK HQ, which Foster also designed and built for the company. Every aspect of the the Production Centre, a shrine to the ultimate in automotive technology and car design, is "clean, clinical and present for good reason," Wallpaper notes. The Production Centre is a low energy, eco-friendly structure with a roof designed to collect rainwater and a displacement ventilation system. It's connected to the Technology Centre by an underground walkway for ease of communication between McLaren's design and engineering teams. The overall effect is straight out of a James Bond film with its all-white interior, ceramic tiled floors and all-black technician's outfits; the only splashes of color come from the cars themselves.