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fayre (10 December 2014) Le terme « fayre » (foire) provient d'Angleterre et se réfère à un rassemblement convivial qui expose produits local et telles, créés par la communauté locale ou par des sources liés à elle. Les foires modernes d’aujourd'huis exposent également une variété de produits ... -
enhanced interrogation techniques (10 December 2014) A set of harsh interrogation tactics employed by the CIA to inflict pain and suffering on al-Qaida detainees after the Sept. 11 attacks in order to break their spirits and to extract intelligence about the terrorist group. The tactics included waterboarding, weeks of sleep ... -
Total Recall (5 December 2014) Total Recall is an email feature that allows messages sent in error to be destroyed before the recipient has a chance to open them. As long as the recipient hasn’t opened an email, the sender has an opportunity to issue a recall which then permanently deletes and destroys ... -
oxygen battery (1 December 2014) The oxygen battery is a bio-implantable device that can be placed inside a person's blood vessel so it continuously releases oxygen into the blood stream to be used by the body's cells. It's a revolutionary technology that enables people to survive without having to rely ... -
Oil War of 2014 (28 November 2014) The Oil War of 2014 was a global competition for oil market share between traditional oil producing countries led by the OPEC and the surging US shale producers. Starting in June 2014, oil prices on world markets began a sustained slide which led many conspiracy theorists ... -
Black Friday (26 November 2011) The Friday after Thanksgiving, and the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season.
The day's name originated in Philadelphia, where it originally was used to describe the heavy and disruptive pedestrian and vehicle traffic which would occur on the day after ... -
TA-50 PAK FA (27 November 2014) Nicknamed the 'super weapon', the TA-50 PAK FA is fifth generation Russian stealth fighter manufactured by the Russian aeronautic giant Sukhoi. PAK FA stands for Perspektivnyi Aviatsionnyi Kompleks Frontovoi Aviatsyi or Future Air Complex for Tactical Air Forces. Developed ... -
Made In Space (26 November 2014) Founded in 2010 with the goal of using 3D printing to aid human space exploration, Made In Space, Inc. develops additive manufacturing technology for use in microgravity. By constructing hardware that can build what is needed in space, as opposed to launching it from Earth, ... -
Phoenix Towers (23 November 2014) The Phoenix Towers are proposed 3,280-foot (1,000 meter) supertall skyscrapers planned for construction in Wuhan, China. Making their marks not only for becoming the world's tallest buildings in 2017, beating the Kingdom Tower of Saudi Arabia in height, but also for their ... -
Ken Takakura (19 November 2014) Ken Takakura (February 16, 1931 – November 10, 2014) was a Japanese actor and artist best known in the West for his role as a tough detective in Ridley Scott's "Black Rain". His decades-long acting career was dotted with starring roles, often as a mobster or a police ...
fayre (10 December 2014) Le terme « fayre » (foire) provient d'Angleterre et se réfère à un rassemblement convivial qui expose produits local et telles, créés par la communauté locale ou par des sources liés à elle. Les foires modernes d’aujourd'huis exposent également une variété de produits ...
enhanced interrogation techniques (10 December 2014) A set of harsh interrogation tactics employed by the CIA to inflict pain and suffering on al-Qaida detainees after the Sept. 11 attacks in order to break their spirits and to extract intelligence about the terrorist group. The tactics included waterboarding, weeks of sleep ...
Total Recall (5 December 2014) Total Recall is an email feature that allows messages sent in error to be destroyed before the recipient has a chance to open them. As long as the recipient hasn’t opened an email, the sender has an opportunity to issue a recall which then permanently deletes and destroys ...
oxygen battery (1 December 2014) The oxygen battery is a bio-implantable device that can be placed inside a person's blood vessel so it continuously releases oxygen into the blood stream to be used by the body's cells. It's a revolutionary technology that enables people to survive without having to rely ...
Oil War of 2014 (28 November 2014) The Oil War of 2014 was a global competition for oil market share between traditional oil producing countries led by the OPEC and the surging US shale producers. Starting in June 2014, oil prices on world markets began a sustained slide which led many conspiracy theorists ...
Black Friday (26 November 2011) The Friday after Thanksgiving, and the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season. The day's name originated in Philadelphia, where it originally was used to describe the heavy and disruptive pedestrian and vehicle traffic which would occur on the day after ...
TA-50 PAK FA (27 November 2014) Nicknamed the 'super weapon', the TA-50 PAK FA is fifth generation Russian stealth fighter manufactured by the Russian aeronautic giant Sukhoi. PAK FA stands for Perspektivnyi Aviatsionnyi Kompleks Frontovoi Aviatsyi or Future Air Complex for Tactical Air Forces. Developed ...
Made In Space (26 November 2014) Founded in 2010 with the goal of using 3D printing to aid human space exploration, Made In Space, Inc. develops additive manufacturing technology for use in microgravity. By constructing hardware that can build what is needed in space, as opposed to launching it from Earth, ...
Ken Takakura (19 November 2014) Ken Takakura (February 16, 1931 – November 10, 2014) was a Japanese actor and artist best known in the West for his role as a tough detective in Ridley Scott's "Black Rain". His decades-long acting career was dotted with starring roles, often as a mobster or a police ...
