Amy Jaffe is surprised that only very few people think she and her colleagues are crazy. What the Massachusetts Technology Institute senior, about 400 other students and 30 faculty members from around the world want to do is not a small feat. The group plans to build, in just three years, a hyperefficient, supersafe four-passenger to six-passenger car called VDS Vision that will be produced and used with 95 percent less energy and toxic materials throughout its lifetime than an average existing vehicle.
moreJanuary 16, 2007 - New Free Software Will Help Close Digital Divide in Education
Teachers worldwide will be able to share educational materials, form communities
Washington -- Software that will enable teachers worldwide to share educational materials, form communities and collaborate on projects will be available for free early in 2007, says its developer, the nonprofit organization Teachers Without Borders (TWB).
According to the organization, these new tools will provide the world’s 59 million teachers with easy access to online educational materials that previously have been available only in developed countries with access to high-speed Internet connections and elaborate computer networks and platforms (software that provides the framework for various applications and programs). more 
