Slumdog Millionaire

Director : Danny Boyle

Rate : 8/10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1010048/

http://www.cine.gr/film.asp?id=712000&page=4

Arkeologer hittade skallar

Nu har även två skallar från äldre stenåldern hittats i samband med de arkeologiska undersökningarna i Motala inför dubbelspårsutbyggnaden.

Fyndplatsen var sjöbotten för snart 8 000 år sedan. Arkeologerna antar att den samtidigt fungerat som offer- och begravningsplats.

Redan hösten 2009 hittades ett lårben i den före detta sjön.

Kranierna låg bredvid varandra i en stensatt grop. Människoben och andra föremål har hittats under stenarna. Än så länge har inget fullständigt skelett påträffats.

Snarare förefaller det som om utvalda ben från döda anförvanter hanterats och deponerats som delar i olika ceremonier.

Rebecca Roxvret

«Inception»: Η ζωή είναι ένα όνειρο

O Kρίστοφερ Νόλαν με το φουτουριστικό θρίλερ του «Inception» δεν κατέκτησε απλώς το αμερικανικό box office αλλά κατόρθωσε να «σπάσει» την κυριαρχία των 3D (τρισδιάστατων) ταινιών, επαναφέροντας το ενδιαφέρον του κοινού στην πλοκή μιας ταινίας.

Ο ονειρικός μίτος της Αριάδνης στο πολυσυζητημένο φιλμ του οδηγεί στο υποσυνείδητο των χαρακτήρων της ιστορίας. Πρόκειται για ένα ταξίδι με υπαρξιακές διαστάσεις το οποίο ξετυλίγεται σαν ψηφιακός λαβύρινθος σε τρία διαφορετικά επίπεδα. Ο σκηνοθέτης αξιοποίησε την αισθητική και τη μυθολογία της εικονικής πραγματικότητας που έχει σφραγίσει ταινίες όπως το «Matrix» και το «Avatar», για να μεταφέρει τον θεατή σε ένα σύμπαν απεριόριστων φαντασιώσεων και δυνατοτήτων.

Could urine be a source of renewable energy?

A research team at Heriot-Watt University, UK, is investigating whether urine could be used to create energy via new, low-cost fuel cells.

Dr Shanwen Tao and his research partner Dr Rong Lan have developed a prototype, the Carbamide Power System, and have now been awarded a £130,000 EPSRC grant to develop it.

Fuel cells are electrochemical devices which convert chemical energy into electricity with heat generated as a by-product, via an electrochemical process that does not require combustion. Traditional fuel cells usually involve hydrogen or methanol at one side and oxygen or air at the other, separated by a specialised ionic-conducting membrane.

The biggest obstacles to commercialising these proton exchange membrane fuel cells are cost, with the membrane and conventional, platinum-based catalysts, and challenges involving the transportation and storage of the highly flammable hydrogen or the toxic methanol.

The Carbamide Power System involves far cheaper membrane and catalysts, and can be run on urea (also known as carbamide), a mass manufactured industrial fertilizer and a major component of human and animal urine. Carbamide Power Systems would thus offer a non-toxic, low cost, easily transportable viable alternative to high pressure, highly flammable hydrogen gas or the toxic methanol currently used in fuel cells. As urea solution is increasingly being used in heavy goods vehicles to reduce nitrous oxide emissions, a global fuelling infrastructure already exists.

Dr Tao believes that long term potential applications of the Carbamide Power System include in submarines, among the military, power generation in an isolated or remote areas such as deserts or on islands. As the process breaks the Urea or urine into water, nitrogen and carbon dioxide, it could also be used to reprocess waste water, with electricity as a by product.

Dr Tao said, "Growing up in rural eastern China I was aware of the use of urea as an agricultural fertiliser. When I became a chemist and was looking at fuel cell development I thought of using it in the process.

"We are only at prototype stage at present, but if this renewable material can be used as a commercially viable and environmentally friendly energy source then we will be absolutely delighted, and many people around the world will benefit."

More information: Visit the Youtricity page for more information on how the Carbamide Power Systems works.

Provided by Heriot-Watt University

http://www.physorg.com/news201710243.html

PAOK Vs FENER