Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Wikinews attended the sixth annual Mini Maker Faire in Tyler, Texas, United States on Saturday. Similar to a giant science fair, the event featured a variety of science, engineering and technology projects and items.
An array of technologies were on hand including 3D printers, drones, and various other physics devices. The owner of the Make Crate subscription service...
More Detail Here: Linde Material Handling Australia Website A Simplified Look at Common Hydraulic Fittings by David HyattWatching machines function is a reminder how productivity is made possible with teamwork individual components working together as one unit. However, one of the biggest challenges of running such a technical system is that if one part breaks down, the entire equipment bogs...
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Zimbabwe has decided to abandon its currency, the Zimbabwean dollar, in favour of other currencies.
Acting Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa announced today that Zimbabweans will be allowed to make transactions in other currencies along with the local currency. "In line with the prevailing practices by the general public, government is therefore allowing the use of...
Monday, August 27, 2007
The number of horses confirmed to be infected with Equine Influenza in Australia has risen to 47, all in the state of New South Wales. So far none of those confirmed infected have been thoroughbred race horses.
The NSW government has confirmed infections at the federal government's quarantine facility at Eastern Creek and Centennial Park in Sydney; at Cattai and...
Monday, December 31, 2007
The electoral commission of Pakistan held a meeting today to decide whether the general election of the country will go ahead as planned next week on Saturday January 8, 2008. A firm decision is expected on Tuesday; however, according to CNN, Election Commission Secretary Kanwar Dilashad told The Associated Press that a recommendation has been made to the Government to...
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
This past Sunday, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed into law a bill known as "Rocky’s Law" that requires Illinois high schools, through the local school district, to buy catastrophic injury insurance up to US$3 million or medical costs for up to five years, whichever one comes first, that covers student athletes. The insurance must cover student athletes while they are...
Friday, February 26, 2010
According to a government official, at least 26 people were killed in a stampede on Thursday at a historic mosque in the northwestern city of Timbuktu, Mali.
"There were 26 killed and 40 wounded," Oumar Sangare, the Internal Ministry spokesman, told Reuters. However, other news agency reports put the death toll as low as fifteen.
An official, who requested to remain...
More Detail Here: Orium Submitted by: Mattis Bailey
At present, home decor includes both the interior decoration as well as the exterior portion of the house. When the topic arises about the makeover of the exterior region, most of the homeowners start thinking about odd jobs. For instance, construction of the driveway, house painting and so on.
Have you ever thought what else can make the...
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the pole position on his home soil at FIA Formula-1 2007 Santander British Grand Prix on the Silverstone Circuit at Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England.
His teammate Fernando Alonso was in the lead for the first two qualifying sessions, but lost 0.150 seconds to Lewis and only 0.048 to Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen...
Sunday, January 27, 2019
In findings published earlier this month in Ecological Applications, scientists from the University of Washington and Center for Ecosystem Sentinels examine the reason for the plummeting numbers of female Magellanic penguins, Spheniscus magellanicus, that have been reported at the birds' breeding sites in South America over the past twenty years and more. Wikinews caught...