Amazing Ice sculptures

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The Future is Here!!

Man has found how to escape from the notorious traffic. Guess how?. By flying. Well it is still not a dream. The world's first flying car named Terrafugia Transition, is all set for take off. It was unveiled at Boston museum. It is easy to keep and run since it uses normal unleaded fuel and will fit into a garage.

The company claims that the flying automobile can soar on air about 400 miles with its single air tank.Other flying cars have been demonstrated before, but this is the first proven model with foldable wings which allows it to seamlessly transfer from air to road.This two seated air craft soaring over the skies of the U.S.A., can land on any local airport or go for a drive on a highway

'If it survives its first test flight, the Terrafugia Transition, which can transform itself from a road car to a plane in 15 seconds, is expected to land in showrooms in about 18 months’ time.Carl Dietrich, creator of the Terrafugia, said: 'This breakthrough changes the world of personal mobility - it’s what aviation enthusiasts have been striving for since 1918.

The air craft was founded by five pilots who are MIT graduates and supported by world class network of advisors and investors.The price of this new vehicle is cost under $200,000.Terrafugia claims it will be able to fly at a cruising speed of 115mph. Up to now, however, it has been tested only on roads at up to 90mph.

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Deep-Sea Fish With Transparent Eyes

Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute recently solved the half-century mystery of a deep-sea fish with tubular eyes and a transparent. The "barreleye" fish Macropinna microstoma was first described in 1939, by the micro-biologists, was well known that its tubular eyes are very good ar collecting light. However, the eyes were believed to be fixed in place and seemed to provide only a "tunnel-vision" view of whatever was directly above the fish's head.

A new research paper by Bruce Robison and Kim Reisenbichler, shows that these unusal eyes can rotate within a transparent shield that covers the fish's head. This allows the barreleye to peer up at potential prey or focus forward to see what it is eating.

Most existing descriptions and illustrations of this fish do not show its fluid-filled shield, probably because this fragile structure was destroyed when the fish were brought up from the deep in nets. However, the two researchers, Robison and Reisenbichler were extremely fortunate, that they were able to bring a net-caught barrelye to surface live, where it survived for several hours in a ship-board aquarium.



In addition to their amazing"headgear", barreleyes have a variety of other interesting adaptations to deep-sea life. Their large, flat fins allow them to remain nearly motionless in the water. Their small mouths proves that they can be precise and selective in capturing small prey.

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