December 2008
Covini Starts Six-Wheel Car Production
The history of cars has known several designs which proposed six wheels for a sport auto. Ferrari, March and Williams had projects like this, but they did not prove having any advantage over the four-wheel autos and the manufacturers gave them up.
May 2008
Lexus LF-A Supercar Starts the Production
The supercoupe from Toyota was presented at three different auto shows. Its’ first presentation was in fall 2005 in Tokyo and then they projected the future car will cost about $100,000.
November 2007
XO laptop mass production kicks off
The OLPC XO laptop has begun to be mass produced at Quanta Computer’s manufacturing facility in Changshu, China. Anticipation is high for this laptop, and Quanta Computer has even doubled its manufacturing capacity recently in order to prepare for the production of the XO laptop.
October 2007
Breaking In To Mass Media Production
When asked the age old question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” to some of today’s kids, the answers given are much more likely to be “I want to be on TV” or more simply “I want to be famous” rather than the more time-honoured favourites like “doctor”, “teacher” or “fire fighter”.
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