Under-Ride Guard-Bar can Save Life in an Accident

Even highest rated safety standard car involved in accident with lorries will result in fatal accident because of lack of safety standard of lorries or trailers traversing the roads.

For normal accidents involving two passenger cars, the occupants are usually protected by the crash zone designed into the cars. The crash zone chassis will absorbed the impact and reduce the danger to the occupants.

However, if passenger car rear ended a lorry or trailer, the contact point with the car is way above the crash zone resulting in fatal crash to the car occupants as shown in the following video. At 2:09, the impact of the the highest rated car upon hitting the lorry resulted in fatal accident. The contact point on the car occurs at the point way above the crash zone i.e. at the weaker point of the car.

Thus, in developed country, in order to avoid fatal accidents, all lorries or trailers must be installed with under-ride guard-bar at the back of the trailers or lorries. The under-ride guard-bar will be in contact with the chassis/crumple zone of the passenger car in the event of a crash and the crumple zone of the passenger car will absorb the crash energy, Thus, the chassis/crumple zone of the vehicles could perform its duty as designed to protect the occupant from fatal accidents.

Under-Ride Guard-Bar

In order to avoid future accidents involving passenger car and lorries or trailers, the under-ride guard-bar must be installed on all lorries or trailers.

Super-Efficient Ax

If by chance you are currently using ax or axe to cut wood and split it, then this super-efficient ax will be of interest to you.

Conventional ax requires that you fully utilizes your upper body strength to split any wood. Sometime, if you miss the wood, most probably, the ax will end up cutting your leg.

By utilizing leverage, a shallow angle is used to maximize the force of the weight on the other end of the level and cutting the wood efficiently. A conventional ax uses no leverage where it simply strikes the wood at a 90 degree angle like a sharp hammer. Therefore, enough momentum is required to split the wood using conventional ax.

Setting Up Modem for your Wireless Router

First of all, out of a sudden you wanted to expand the coverage of the wireless Internet at your home so that you will be able to access Internet wherever you are within or outside your house. In order to extend the coverage of the wireless Internet, the wireless router with a wide coverage is required. One example of such a router is RT-N16 Wireless-N300 Gigabit Router as shown below where the coverage is 200 square meters.

It is quite easy to setup the router as shown in the diagram below, just plug and surf. 

However, one major problem that I encountered with this router is that it cannot works alone. You need to connect it to a Cable/DSL modem for it to function properly as shown below. 

Since I have an existing modem and router, the new router could be connected to the modem using the Ethernet cable via the available LAN port on the modem. However, conflicts will occur in setting up connection on the new router since the existing modem is still functioning as Internet routers.

The first step to do in this situation is to ensure that the existing modem and router functions only as a modem. In order to do that, the existing modem and router need to be reconfigured. There are basically two steps that need to be done.

1.  Disable wireless capability of the existing modem and router by unchecking the wireless access point (Enable AP) as shown below. After performing the "Restart Access Point", wireless Internet will no longer available from the existing modem and router.

2. Then, connection type of the existing modem should be changed to "Bridge". Click on the "WAN" option and then select "Bridge" on the Type of connection as shown below. Initially, the connection type is "PPOE", which enable the modem to be routers and connected to the Internet. By selecting the connection type as"Bridge" will ensure that the new router connected to the modem will serve as your Internet wireless router as provided by your ISP.

After successfully setting up your existing modem, then just follow the quick start instruction of your new Internet router to enable it to connect to the Internet.

Plane Crash as Caught on Tape

Terrifying footage of Hawaiian plane crash as seen from inside the cabin. There is only one fatality in this incident and as seen int he footage, almost all of the passengers looks calm right after the crash.

Horse Carts in Bandung

This picture is taken in Bandung, Indonesia. Bandung is one of the largest city in Indonesia with a very dense population. Traffic is crawling at a snail pace everyday in Bandung. During weekdays, traffic congestion is a normal phenomenon due to business activities. During weekends, traffic is also crawling at snail pace due to influx of vehicles from neighbouring cities especially from Jakarta.

Since the traffic is already crawling at a snail pace, by introducing horse cart into the traffic system will not make any different since almost all vehicles can't even exceed certain speed due to congestion.

Horse carts are popular mode of transport due to its reasonable fare, and furthermore it uses green energy. There is no need to purchase very expensive petrol for its energy.

Thus, horse cart provides a good alternative for locals to travel short distances within certain route in Bandung.

Ensure Enough Sleep Before Driving

In order to avoid accident, make sure that you have enough sleep the night before. In case you need to hit te road and follow the following advices as shown in the following infographics.

Spider Web at Bario

Spider Web at Bario, a photo by wanhashim on Flickr.

it was early in the morning in Bario where you can see thousands of spider web scattered throughout the Bario Island. The spider is coming from a species which is very small in size and very difficult to see through naked eyes. However, the view of the spider web surrounding the Bario highland early in the morning is very spectacular.

Perfect Landing

This picture was taken at the Adelaide's airport. It shows a Qantas Aircraft performing a perfect landing at Adelaide's Airport.

Amazing Train Journey Within 60 Years Lifespan

All of us know what 2013 is like whereas some of us can tell stories about life 30 years ago. However, not many of us could tell stories about 60 years ago.

BBC has created a video comparing that whole time span revealing the difference of 60 years for train ride from London to Brighton. The video shows exact train ride filmed in 1953, 1983 and 2013.

Amazingly, there are not much differences for the 60 years lifespan. However, it is easy to spot differences in term of modernized train station, boring digital signs now, train conductor dress differently and several stations have been eliminated.

As compared to developing countries, in 1953, the tract is already double tracking. In most developing countries, even until now almost all of the train lines are single tracking. Along the route, almost all of the tunnel, underpasses are almost the same. Similarly, at one of the train station, the original clock seems to be still functioning. It shows the ability of them to maintain the historical architectural values of the infrastructure.

How to Boost Your Imagination

You might have been wandering on how to boost your imaginations and eventually achieve great things. There are actually 10 ways to boost your imagination as suggested by Lifehack. I found most of the suggestions are practical enough where you can apply them throughout your daily chores.

 

Among the recommended tools that you need are as follows:

• Realize your potential
• Locate your thoughts
• Decide where to channel your energies
• Observe
• Take time to explore your passions
• Always take time for yourself.

Please rad HERE for more information.

 

Make Sure You Aim it Right

Make sure you aim it right if you are using public urinal in Shenzen. Otherwise official in the Southern city will fine users 100 yuan for failing to urinate accurately. However they never mentioned what amount of spilled urine would be considered as a violation.

The new law which will come into effect next month has already received mixed reactions. So next time you are in Shenzen, be aware of the right manners of using urinal.

 

Boredom Room

Boredom room or sometimes being referred to as Chase-Out Room is used by big corporations in Japan to ensure unproductive employee to quit the corporations voluntarily.

 

Any person who are being identified to be not fitting to the company's progress but the person did not take the offer for early retirement will be sent to the Boredom Room. As the name implied, the company hopes the person will eventually leave the company out of boredom. Read the story about Boredom Room HERE.

 

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British and American English

The following infographic is very useful to differentiate between British and American English.

 

 

 

 

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Architectural Greatest Failures

History's greatest failure infographic reaching back to Ancient Rome's Fidenae Ampitheatre (collapsed in 27 A.D.) all the way to the Lotus Riverside apartment complex in Shanghai (collapsed in 2009)serve as valuable lessons for students studying Civil Engineering and Architecture. Two of the famous failures are described below:

Wind: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge, 1940

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge, a suspension bridge in the U.S. State of Washington, opened to traffic on July 1, 1940, and dramatically collapsed into Puget Sound on November 7 of the same year. Construction workers giving the bridge the nickname "Galloping Gertie" because since construction, the bridge will move vertically in windy conditions. The bridge's main span finally collapsed under 40 mph (64 km/h) wind conditions the morning of November 7, 1940.

Watch the collapsed of the Tacoma NarrowsBridge.







John Hancock Tower


The John Hancock Tower is a 60-story, 790-foot (241 m) building in Boston and was completed in 1976. The structure was famous for its blue reflective glass windowpanes in a steel tower that detached from the building and crashed to the sidewalk hundreds of feet below. The failure of the glass was due to oscillations and repeated thermal stresses caused by the expansion and contraction of the air between the inner and outer glass panels which formed each window.

Petronas Twin Tower is No. 7 Tallest Building in the World for 2013

Once, it was the tallest building in the world surpassing the Sears Tower in Chicago. However, in 2003, the Petronas Twin Tower is the 7th tallest building in the world. The tallest building now is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

The top 10 tallest buildings in 2013 are as follows:

1. Burj Khalifa Dubai; 2723 feet high - 163 floors.
2. Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel, Mecca, Saudi Arabia; 1.972 feet - 120 floors
3. One World Trade Center New York; 1,776 feet - 104 floors
4. Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan; 1,669 feet - 101 floors above ground and 5 floors below
5. Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai, China; 1,614 feet - 101 floors
6. International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong, China; 1,588 feet - 118 floors
7. Petronas Towers Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 1,483 feet - 88 floors
8. Zifeng Tower, Nanjing, China; 1,480 feet - 89 floors
9. The Sears Tower, Chicago; 1,451 feet - 22 floors
10. Kungkey 199, Shenzhen, China; 1,449 feet - 22 floors

Watch the video: http://youtu.be/eK1o5lJo2ik

Too Many Bikes Also Become a Major Problem

Traffic congestion is common among major cities. Congestion is usually due to too many vehicles on the road at any given time. One way of reducing traffic congestion is to encourage people to use non-motorize vehicles such as bicycles. However, when the number of bicycles is too many, a different set of problems arising such as inadequate number of bicycles' parking space and inadequate facilities for vehicles on the roadway. Such problems occur in Amsterdam where majority of city dwellers ride their bikes. Read Amsterdam clogged up by bikes for more information.

Lone Ranger

Lone Ranger, a photo by wanhashim on Flickr.

A Lone Ranger was seen sheltering under the shade of a palm tree. He might be resting after a busy working hours or he simply was waiting for potential customers tempted to try riding his horse.

The Power of Lidar

The title of this entry seems like a title of a movie but it is not. It is about a remote sensing technology known as Lidar being used to make high resolution maps and other surveying purposes. The term lidar comes from combining the words light and radar.

Recently, by using airborne Lidar, a city lost for a millennium has been found. The lost city currently lying beneath the odd above-ground temple ruin covered with shrubs and dirts was unknown until researchers from University of Sydney's archaeological research center in Cambodia successfully using airborne Lidar to unhidden the lost city figuratively and literally. 

The name of the city is Mahendraparvata as mentioned by Gizmodo. The lost city is located at the corner of Cambodian jungle. It is the oldest lost city in Cambodia, predating the nearby Angkor Wat by some hundreds of years. It is also the main reason for Angkor Wat was able to be built in the first place.

Photo set about Anchor Wat is HERE.

RIver Transport in Sarawak

Rajang river is the longest river in Malaysia. To travel along the mighty river, powerful boats are needed to carry passengers and goods. As shown above, the express boat is loaded with all types of goods on top of the roof.



Since the express boat is the main mode of transport, most of the time the boat is overcrowded with passengers especially during peak season. However, the express boat is also the main attraction for tourists to travel to the interior of Sarawak.

It is a must for the boat operators to ensure that the boat is not overloaded either with goods or passengers to ensure any untoward incidents such as the one reported recently along the same river.

Electronic Road Pricing

IMG_1107, a photo by wanhashim on Flickr.

Electronic road pricing is a mechanism to control number of vehicles entering city center. During peak hours, road users usually avoid from entering the city center due to very high charge rate. However, the road users have several other alternatives such as via very efficient public transportation system to enter the city center.