Wednesday, March 21, 2007

The car that runs on air man!!

Rediff had an article today showing a car that runs on air (no it doesn't fly, compressed air is the fuel)

"A car that runs on air could soon be a reality for Indians.

Tata Motors has signed an agreement with Moteur Development International of France to develop a car that runs on compressed air, thus making it very economical to run and be almost totally pollution free."

I have a few doubts about its success though firstly it looks odd

i mean who will be tempted to buy that?

And secondly it will need to make special counters at gas stations/petrol pums to refuel so this will create a chicken egg situation what should come first; no one will buy a car if theres no fuel station readily available and petrol pums wont open a special counter for air refuel unless theres a good enough demand for this.

Thirdly going by the tata motors record of the Rs 1 Lakh car, it will take a long time to come to India. Also looking at the story of reva till now such cars would take a very long time before it can be called any success.

For more info on car follow the air car.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Google homepage themes

Google added themes to the personalized homepages. looks great and changes with the time of day (ofcourse according to your location).

here's a look at my homepage (click to enlarge)