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Suzuki Crosscage Hydrogen Powered Motorcycle

Suzuki announced its Crosscage motorcycle concept at Tokyo Motor Show last November, and have recently announced that they’re putting it into production.

But, other than it’s really cool design, what’s most important about this bike is that it is going to be hydrogen powered, read extra clean for the environment.

The bike developed in conjuction with British Intelligent Energy is powered by a lightweight air-cooled fuel-cell system and a high-performance secondary lithium-ion battery.

What can I say but awesome design and bravo for the use of clean energy to run this beauty. I hope every other manufacturer follows suit.

[Via: Tuvie]

Queen Rania, A Vlogger On YouTube Against Stereotypes

Queen Rania - YouTube Queen Rania of Jordan, has launched a YouTube channel in an attempt to reach out to the west and break down Western stereotypes about the Arab world.

Queen Rania, an outspoken advocate of women’s rights and education reform in the Arab world, aims to start a conversation with people in the West through this YouTube channel to try and break down negative stereotypes about Arabs and Muslims that have become especially widespread over the past years.

The conversation will go until August 12, which is International Youth Day.

The introductory video, that has been watched over 80,000 times since being uploaded last Sunday, can be viewed here.

“In a world where it’s so easy to connect to one another, we still remain very much disconnected. There’s a whole world of wonder out there that we cannot appreciate with stereotypes,” she says. “I want people to know the real Arab world – to see it unedited, unscripted and unfiltered – to see the personal side of my region – to know the places and faces and rituals and culture that shape the part of the world I call home.”

I think it’s a great and brave initiative from Queen Rania, who deserves nothing but the utmost respect for her efforts, and all the time and energy she has invested in some very important issues for Jordan and the Arab world.

[More: AquaCool, The Black Iris, ReadWriteWeb]

April 1st: The Annual Day Without Google

AltSearchEngines posted yesterday asking people to try, for one day, one of the Top 100 Alternative Search Engines; it can be one search engine, they can be several, the idea is just to give them a try, a chance, and see what life would be like without Google Search.

I think it should be a very interesting experiment to stay off from Google Search for a day, and try out other alternative search engines instead. It should show us what other options we have out there, how advanced and reliable they are, and how dependent we are on Google.

Personally, I’m going to try and use Clusty mainly today, and maybe some other engines if I need to search even more, but will be keeping away from Google Search.