Search results for: “Steorn”
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A Porsche, smashed
This morning I found this Porsche at the end of cull-de-sac in Amman. I could not resist taking a photo. [Click to enlarge]. Read these related posts on 360east: Today, physicists will get to play with their 10 BILLION DOLLAR toy.. Steorn free energy update: A presentation, and a Guardian article Dubai’s dark side The…
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Arrrrgh! Not another “water-fuelled” car!!
Just as I was forgetting about the (still unresolved) Steorn fiasco, two things had to remind me of the story today. Long time readers of this blog may remember my enthusiastic blogging about Steorn, the Irish company that around two years ago claimed it had invented a technology that creates energy out of nothing using…
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Terrorists on the web: the evolution of the online discussion
This is a part of a jam-packed, lively breakout session of the Global Media Forum yesterday, entitled “Terrorists Online”. It was moderated by Yassin Musharbash, Editor, SPIEGEL-ONLINE. The panel consisted of: Dr. Ammar Bakkar, Chief Editor of Alarbiya.net und Head of New Media at MBC Prof. Dr. phil. Oliver Hahn, Centre for Advanced Study in…
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Shirin Ebadi at the Global Media Forum: Beware of the warmongers and monopolists
The Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum, kicked off yesterday in Bonn, Germany. After a couple of welcoming speeches by the director of Deutsche Welle and a local minister, Shirin Ebadi took the podium. Just a minute before she started, someone announced that she will speak in in farsi, sending almost everyone scrambling for the translation…
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Free Energy Sheikh
.. supervising his workers as they install a solar energy water heating system at a villa in Amman. Read these related posts on 360east: Blogging from Sharm el Sheikh airport Today’s discovery: GPRS roaming works in Sharm el Sheikh Steorn story makes Fox News Steorn update: jury selection process completed News | Steorn If Free…
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Has the Arab web 2.0 failed?
FULL DISCLOSURE: I am a partner in TootCorp, creator of ikbis.com. Before we start talking about the “failure” of Arab web 2.0, let us first admit that the Arab world is still stuck in web 0.5 and has not even reached web 1.0. By global standards, web 1.0 encompasses things like e-commerce (think Amazon.com and…
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Best of the Blogs.. the jury deliberations are over
After 8 hours of being looked up in a conference room at the Deutsche Welle’s Berlin headquarters, The BOBS deliberation art finally over. And the winners are.. Oh.. Wait.. I can’t tell you yet. There is an “embargo” on the results until tomorrow’s awards ceremony at the Museum of Communication in Berlin. The discussions of…
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Oman cyclone Gonu pictures
A user on Ikbis, named Thurss@y, has posted images of some of the devastation left by cyclone Gonu. The photo above is one example. 35 people were killed in Iran and Oman as the cyclone swept parts of both countries. Read these related posts on 360east: Qatar Airways rebrands Comic Sans, superhero! Steorn coming to…
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Ever heard of kinetic sculptures?
Theo Jansen: “The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds” Inspiring stuff. Read these related posts on 360east: Starting to get sick of Steorn Crash or correction? “Manipulation” or just capitalism-as-usual? Ever heard the sound of a laughing mosquito? Amman has a new mayor: Omar K. Maani I am shock! I am…
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Is there Islamophobia on Digg?
Yesterday I got the following message from a reader about alleged Islamophobia on Digg. I was reluctant to publish this because I don’t like to publish allegations without making sure they are based on some truth. Yet, I am publishing the comment below as is, asking people out there if they ran into similar situations…
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If Free Energy becomes reality, what will happen to Arab oil?
Humanity is short sighted. We live the moment, thinking it will last forever. And the world is changing, often faster than we think. Consider the facts: How would people have reacted in the 1800’s if you told them that millions of people will ‘travel by flying’ in 2000. How would people in Roman Empire have…
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ICT Forum: moving from ‘talk-ology’ to technology?
Kids from the Jubilee School working with robotic kits IT INDUSTRY | Ahmad Humeid asks: is there hope for our much-hyped knowledge economy? The final session of the Jordan ICT Forum, which was held on the shores of the Dead Sea on the 6th and 7th of December, had a stark and alarming message to…