Are Bananas Becoming Extinct?

A couple of years ago, people started to fear that bananas would be extinct within the next ten years. While the existence of over 300 different varieties of bananas suggests that this fruit is not in danger of extinction, one particular type is.

So Long, Cavendish?

Cavendish

Design work

I have recently granuated from Tafe with a Diploma of Engineering Technology and looking for a Cad /drafting design position.I have 1 years experience with Autocad 2009,Solidworks 2009.Autodesk inventor 2009 and UG NX5.

I have many years experience in the engeering field as a tradesman ,chargeh

Pluto

I am out of touch with the latest look on the controversial "planet" status of Pluto and what is being taught in schools these days.

Does anyone know what the latest textbooks of elementary/high school/college say about the status of Pluto? Have they all been rewritten, or simply footnoted, or .

Radiation Detection

I have an elderly friend who collects a lot of junk. He has all kinds of metal bits lying around. He recently told me that he had severe anemia (red blood cell count low) but they don't think it's Leukemia. Exposure to radiation might be the cause but I don't have a Geiger counter to investigate we

Reconditioning Cutters

I am trying to find a way to recondition cutters that we use in production. We have about 70 people right now and growing. Everyone has there own cutters "mostly this style" and at $50-60 a pop we cant just buy new ones every time they get dull so we have been grinding them in-house.

We have tr

Joining PVC and XLPE Cables

can I join cables made of PVC and XLPE ( of same cross section, say 300 mmsq Aluminum) ? Old cable is of PVC and new one is XLPE. Both cables are armoured. Service voltage is 415VAC. If service voltage is 3.3 KV any additionel precautions are required?

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Classic Snow Vehicles

In the wake of the recent massive snowfall along the U.S. East Coast, we bring you a few wintry links today. First, there's the circa 1926 photo of a Model T snowmobile, which was spotted among the National Postal Museum's collection on Flickr. Next, there's the video of the Armstead Snow Motors c

Free IEC Publications?

Good day.

I wonder if some of you people could direct me to some free sources of IEC publications

Happens that I am interested in develop a electric vehicle , and need some IEC regulations with relevance to it. Have not enough coin to pay for those.

And I am wr

VHS to CD

Is there a way to copy info from a VHS tape to a CD without a major investment in

equipment? I have a vhs player and a computer capable of burning cd's.

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