Old news is still good news: Josef Zeitler of AQWON-MOTORS has developed a hydrogen powered scooter which was presented at the ’03 Hannover Fair in April. The scooter can travel at speeds of up to 31 mph and can be refueled by anyone safely. The hydrogen delivery system operates at low pressure so if the fuel tank is breached, the hydrogen will freeze rather than catching fire. It looks like AQWON has also developed a filling station that makes the hydrogen using solar energy. This zero emission vehicle has a sticker price of a mere 5600 €. I’m glad to see what appears to be a viable hydrogen powered vehicle coming to market. With mass production, the price will surely drop. Now if it only looked more like a Vespa…

via slashdot

The New York Times reports that researchers have found players of “first-person-shooter” video games to have much better visual attention skills than non players.

The article states that better visual attention skills are helpful in many different tasks such as flying, driving, radiology and airport screening. I’m willing to bet that avid gamers would also be good at shooting monsters if the opportunity ever presented itself.