Buyers of ultra-high-end cars have traditionally fallen into one of two camps: performance or luxury. There are the thrill seekers, strapped into million-dollar Bugatti Veyrons, zooming down the autobahn at 200-plus mph. And then there's the chauffeured set, lounging in the backseats of Rolls-Royce Phantoms while sipping glasses of Cristal.

Amberjac Projects Battery Systems Help JCB Streamliner to 350mph

(CSRwire) Amberjac Projects Limited, a company in the United Kingdom, wish to congratulate Andy Green and the JCB Dieselmax team on their momentous 350mph world landspeed record attempt success. Amberjac Projects developed and built the battery systems and chargers for the JCB Streamliner. The team decided not to use an alternator to provide electrical power due to the reduction in engine power caused by an alternator under high load. The electrical systems, fuel pump, turbo waste, and ancillary equipment demand a very high current draw from the battery system for a sustained period over the speed runs. The environment that the battery system had to survive would be considered an abuse condition for many battery systems and the safety problems associated with traditional Lithium Ion batteries precluded their use.

Are IBM and Apple Ganging Up Against Microsoft?

IBM and Apple, competitors in the early years of the PC market, traditionally have not worked closely together. One reason for the distance between the two companies is the small overlap between Mac users and the big corporate customers that commonly buy products from IBM. Now, the companies appreciate that "we have a lot in common," IBM spokesperson Mike Azzi said. "We're going to cross-pollinate."

Detroit Concept Cars Show Considerable Promise

Auto show concept cars are often radical design studies that end up being tamed before they are produced (if they are produced at all). But the crop of concepts at this year's North American International Auto Show in Detroit shows plenty of promise, especially crossover utility vehicles (CUVs) like the Cadillac Provoq and Ford Explorer America, which use alternative fuel sources to improve efficiency and lower emissions. The Detroit auto show is held at the Cobo Center and is open to the public January 19-27.

Audi is well on its way to changing the perceptions of diesel engines with its R8 V12 TDI concept. This sports car looks and performs like a Ferrari, but averages 23 miles per gallon, roughly the same as a family sedan equipped with a V6 engine.

UBEAT: Garcia gets digs record

UB's 28-30, 30-23, 25-30, 31-29, 15-8 win over South Florida was its first of the season. UB had not won a game in five matches prior to Saturday.The Bulls fought back from a 29-27 deficit in the fourth game. Garcia served up four of the final five points in the fifth game. Claudia Neba led the way with 12 kills. Marissa Hornbaker had a career-high 11 kills and freshman Richelle Bigelow recorded her second double-double with 10 kills and 16 digs. Freshman setter Lindsey Schlegel added 20 digs.In the nightcap at Alumni Arena, West Virginia improved to 4-1 with a 30-24, 30-21, 30-18 victory. E-mail your thoughts to scoreboard@gnnewspaper.com.___________________________________________________________________________________________Guzman makes Colts rosterSept. 2Posted by Jonah BronsteinUB football alum Ramon Guzman has made the Indianopolis Colts 53-man roster after a strong preseason with defending champs.

Middle school prizewinners advance to next level

The young winners of the recent Cunha Intermediate School science fair did themselves proud at the next level, at the San Mateo County Science, Math and Technology Fair held at the Hiller Aviation Museum in Redwood City in early February.Twenty-one Cunha students attended the fair, which began with an open house Feb. 6. On the next day, the finalists were interviewed about their work, and awards from the fair and from county groups were presented Feb. 8."We swept the environmental awards division," said Cunha teacher Lucinda Hitchner.First place was awarded to India Bolding for her project "All Mixed Up? It's a Good Thing," which measured the quality of Princeton harbor water. Bolding also received an Environmental Science/Natural History Award from the San Mateo County League of Women Voters, and a SAGE Award from the Association of Women Geologists.The other first-place winner was Lacey Nelson with "Vaulting: Do You Have What It Takes?" An experienced gymnast, Nelson measured the physics of vaulting.Second-place winners were Maya Blackwell with "Who Would You Kiss?" in which she took swabs of horses' mouths to test bacterial content, and Devon Smith with "Watch the Ball." An avid baseball player, Smith studied the physics of baseball, taking into account the speed of baseballs when hit and other factors.The first- and second-place winners will go on to the regional fair in San Francisco in early April.Other winners included:Third place: Blaine Conroy for "Life on the Edge: A Study of Intertidal Organisms," for which he also won an Environmental Science/Natural History Award from the county League of Women Voters; Sean Correa for "Fact or Fiction: Does Coffee Stunt Growth?" which studied the effects of caffeine on plants; Maggie Galle for "Where's Waldo?" which studied learning under distractions; Mitchell Martin for "Some Like it Hot - But Should They?" in which he studied bacterial growth in hot springs; Claire McHugh for "Tired of Expensive Exploding Diapers" which looked at diapers in a scientific light; Haile Michaels for "Some BUTT-y Cares" in which she measured the effect of cigarette butts on the environment and won a STOPP Water Quality Award; and Jake Spaeth for "Is Off Really Off?", for which he measured the use of electricity in people's homes and for which he received an Environmental Science/Natural History Award from the county League of Women Voters.Honorable mention or fourth-place awards also went to Kevin McCurdy for "What Will Make a Toy Car Fly?" which studied aerodynamics; Laura Steger for "A+ or TVBHS808" which looked at how television affects learning; Jessica Ross for studying the salt content in "Water Around the World."Other top awards that went to the students included the Jerry Trenter Award to Spaeth, the Gil Ellis Environmental Award to Martin and the Grand Prize to Nelson.Runner-up was Michael Paap.

Slain Former PM Benazir Bhutto cleared of all corruption cases

All the cases registered against late PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto have been dropped after her death in Liaquat Bagh rally on December 27, 2007. The references against the former Prime Minister which were under trial included Assets Reference in court no 1, ARY and SGS reference in court no 2, Cotechna in court no 3 and Ursus Tractor Scheme Reference. The name of Benazir Bhutto has been dropped from all the references after the statement of Persecutor General NAB in the Accountability Courts. Applications were filed under the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) from Benazir Bhutto for seeking withdrawal of the cases and the decision on these applications were suspended till the final decision by the Supreme Court on NRO. Persecutor General National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Dr. Danishwar Malik was the prosecuting lawyer while Arshad Tebraiz Warsi Advocate appeared on behalf of late Benazir Bhutto instead of Farooq H Naik.