Electrically heated vest, where power is supplied by electric street contacts. Developed for the American traffic police, 1932.
Tag Archives: Electricity
Sounds of Otherwise Silent Scooter
18 AprDomino’s pizza in the Netherlands is experimenting with adding promotional sounds to their otherwise soundless electrical scooters.
The History of Nikola Tesla
17 Mar
The story of inventor Nikola Tesla, a significant contributor to the development of commercial electricity.
WSJ Markets
- Jefferson County Debt Plan Is CostlyThe plan by Jefferson County, Ala., to emerge from bankruptcy protection hinges in part on the sale of $1.9 billion of new debt this fall to refinance debt tied to its troubled sewer system. But some observers are calling terms of the new debt onerous.
- Thai Rice Aid CriticizedThailand's government took a step toward revealing the full cost of its contentious rice-price support program, saying it had lost $4.4 billion on the subsidy from fall 2011 to September 2012.
- KPMG Ex-Partner Is ArraignedFormer KPMG LLP senior partner Scott London was arraigned here Monday in federal court, where a not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf, although he is expected to plead guilty once certain procedural matters are resolved.
- Co-op Bank Plans a Novel 'Bail-In'Co-operative Bank said it would ask subordinated bondholders to take heavy losses in an effort to raise £1.5 billion ($2.36 billion) in fresh capital and stave off a potential collapse.
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