Another 3 iconic cars of Hollywood's screens

A car was so important in a movie because it also depicts the story of the film. In fact, many scenes featuring a car also boosted its image and often became an icon of a movie.

Typically, the Hollywood movie iconic cars have a unique look and typical style, not only that iconic cars usually also be the vehicle used by the main character. Are you curious, what cars are famous for being the iconic Hollywood movies? The following description is as quoted from Screenrant on Sunday, February 15, 2015.

1. 1963 Ford Econoline Custom Van

Of course you are familiar with this Ford Ecoline. The multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) or the van that used by 'The Mystery Machine' detectives in 'Scooby Doo' movie. The van which has a blue, green, and orange color combinations is used by Scooby and his friends for an adventure to a mysterious location where many ghosts reside.

Scooby-Doo, Where are You! - 1963 Ford Econoline Custom Van (as used in the cartoon). (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1r0c5jj)

Not only appeared in the animated version, vans manufactured by Ford Motor Corporation is also used in the Scooby-Doo sequel titled 'Scooby-Doo, Where are You?'

2. 1982 Pontiac Trans Am 

For the generation of the '80s or' 90s certainly still remember the KITT is the sophisticated car that can talk on the "Knight Rider" television series starring by David Hasselhoff. This car is so phenomenal at that time because it is told to have the ability to speak.

1982 Customized Pontiac Trans Am on 'Knight Rider' TV serials. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1r0c5jj)

Well, KITT is the customization result of a 1982 Pontiac Trans Am. The drivetrain that used by this Pontiac Trans Am is a Chevrolet's V8 engine with a capacity of 5.0 liters which are capable of generating power up to 165 hp.

3. 2004 Audi RSQ 

The next car that became an icon of Hollywood movie is Audi RSQ. In 2004, product placement reached a new level with Audi's involvement with the movie 'I, ROBOT'. The RSQ is not just a movie car -- those have been done before, with movie designers creating a car and simply attaching the highest-bidding car logo to the hood.

Will Smith and the Audi RSQ. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/19CtkFT)

Audi put the same amount of thought and detail into designing the RSQ as they do into designing any other concept car. It has a fully developed interior and exterior. Audi designers toured the movie sets and got their hands on the futuristic props used in the film.

The result of the collaborative effort is the futuristic RSQ sports coupe, featuring, most notably, spherical wheels, mid-engine design, butterfly-action doors, a color-changing, luminescent paint job and a low, sleek profile. (See another cars). *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | SCREENRANT]

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Is this the most expensive exhaust in the World?

The news about the most expensive car in the world, of course, it's common. But what about the exhaust is priced at exorbitant prices? And how about the sound? A famous brand has been created the devices was QuickSilver who has produced an exhaust for world's class hypercar, such as the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse. The price offered is guaranteed to make you cry.

QuickSilver exhaust system on Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1EjmiiV)

How could it not, according to the news reported from Carscoops on Monday, February 15, 2015, for a set of exhaust just QuickSilver dare to sell up to £26,760 or more than Rp. 500 million. And what about its sensations and quality?

Bugatti Grand Sport Vitesse be lucky hypercar figure to try out the exhaust parts. With the character of a super large engine in the form of a W16 engine with a capacity of 8.0 liters, the roar of the car is really making the heart and ears can not stand. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | QUICKSILVER EXHAUST SYSTEMS | CARSCOOPS]

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An aggressive HIV is found in Cuba

Recently in Cuba, the researchers have found a kind of an aggressive HIV that progresses to AIDS in just three years. They said that progression occurs so quickly so the treatment with antiretroviral drugs may come too late.

Professor Anne-Mieke Vandamme of the University of Leuvan in Belgium said the health officials were first informed about the kind of AIDS forms. They are asking for help to find out what happens.

Blood samples testing to determine whether there is HIV. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1GjDCpg)

"We have a collaborative project with Cuba and the Cuban physicians have observed the presence of HIV patients are growing very fast to AIDS, compared to what they had seen before. In this case, the majority of patients suffering from AIDS even at diagnosis," she said.

Vandamme and her team looked at more than 70 patients and divided into various groups. One group consists of those with the virus rapidly develops into AIDS, although recently infected. "They have tested HIV negative one or a maximum of two years earlier," she said.

She said that on average, without treatment, HIV infection need five to 10 years before it grows become AIDS. It was determined by the scarcity of immune cells CD-4 and the number of opportunistic infections in the patient's body.

Typically, she said, the progression of HIV to AIDS more quickly is due to a weak immune system rather than the presence of HIV-specific sub-types. What happens in Cuba is different. 

"There is a variant of HIV that we find in the group that growing rapidly. This virus is a recombinant of three kinds of different sub-types," she said. This new form of HIV is the combination of sub-types A, D and G. This type of virus called CRF19. 

The good news is this aggressive strain of HIV that responds to most antiretroviral drugs. The bad news, people may not realize they have AIDS until it was too late for therapies to treat them.

Vandamme said this variant has previously been seen in Africa, but when the patients are still very few and not visible spread there. But this time the widespread distribution in Cuba and now can be easily researched. She said it was important for people who perform unprotected sex with multiple partners for HIV testing early and often. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | VOA NEWS]

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This marvelous supercar has no transmission and reverse gear

After successfully presenting the first mass-produced Megacar called One:1. Now, Koenigsegg has launched their latest product, also cited as the replacement of Agera series and given a name 'Koenigsegg Regera'. As reported from Inautonews on Wednesday, March 3, 2015, the Swedish supercar immediately took a lot of attention from visitors of the 2015 Geneva Motor Show.

Koenigsegg Regera debuted in the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. (PIcture from: http://bit.ly/1AZCJ4y)

When viewed from the outside, the supercar design is not as fierce as the One:1. However, that does not mean people can underestimate its ability. From the specifications mentioned by Koenigsegg, the Regera supercar carrying the fastest hybrid ever made to date.

Interior and dashboard view of Koenigsegg Regera at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. (PIcture from: http://bit.ly/1AZCJ4y)

An eight-cylinder engine that has a capacity of 5,000 cc and coupled with two turbochargers make this supercar is capable of producing power up to 1,100 hp. Not just stop there, Koenigsegg also installed three electric motors, so that the total power to spur this supercar reaches 1,520 hp. With this extraordinary power, so the supercar can reach speeds of up to 400 kph, only in less than 20 seconds. To store the energy that required by its electric motors, Regera equipped with a battery with a capacity of 9.27kWh, the largest number ever made for an electric car.

Rear side view of Koenigsegg Regera at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. (PIcture from: http://bit.ly/1AZCJ4y)

There is something unique from the Koenigsegg Regera, the supercar has no gearbox like cars in general. There is no automatic transmission, torque converter, or dual clutch moreover CVT. That's because 8 months before Regera launched, Christian Von Koenigsegg as the owner of the Koenigsegg brand comes with a brilliant idea for Regera which only made 80 units worldwide.

The idea is the engine immediately drives the rear axle without aided by the transmission system, so Regera only had one fixed ratio gear coupled hydraulic clutch, three Rimac electric motors and 9.27 kWh battery, and all of which can help Regera achieve any speed required. Koenigsegg named this system as 'Koenigsegg Direct Drive (KDD)', and KDD weighs was 220 kg lighter than a dual clutch transmission.

Furthermore because no transmission, Regera also has no reverse gear. And what if you have to parked it backwards? By using two electric motors that located on the rear axle, can make it backwards without the need to activate its petrol engine.

Although the supercar is not a track-focused, the use of carbon fiber is preferred. As a result, the Regera has a weight of 1,628 kg, lighter than the Lexus RC-F. If you want to know the Regera top speed, maybe we'll tell you later, because Koenigsegg itself has yet to get the Regera top speed.

Well for those prospective customers who are interested can start ordering the Koenigsegg Regera at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. For the price is quite fantastic. For one unit of the Regera supercar will be sold at priced of US. $1.89 million, or approximately Rp.24,5 billion. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | INAUTONEWS]

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There is an ancient mummy inside a Buddha statue

A Buddha statue on display at the Museum of Drent, Netherlands, has recently attracted the attention of the public. Because the statue of meditating Buddha, there is a mummified body in it.

This is no ordinary Buddha statue. As the CT scan at the right clearly shows, there's a mummy concealed inside! (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1BzehbO)

This was confirmed after the Buddha statue from China was scanned by using a CT-scan in a Dutch hospital. As reported by the IO9.com on Monday, February 23, 2015, according to Drent Museum, inside the statue there is a mummified Liuquan monk who lived around 1100 BC. The Buddha statue is a historical objects of 11th to 12th century belonged to a Chinese Meditation School.

The Drents Museum, an art and history museum in Assen, The Netherlands, arranged for it to be viewed through a CT scanning machine. The certainty of the existence of the mummified body behind the statue known as the famous hospital in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, ie Meander Medical Centre to scanning and endoscopic tests to the meditating Buddha statue.

Meditating Buddha statue just before scanned with CT-Scan. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1BbHsSP)

With the assistance of some hospital employees, a medical expert examine the chest and abdominal cavity of the mummy and then take samples of liver and abdomen.

"He (the physician) made a spectacular discovery in the (mummy) organs. There are found all kinds of rotten, the rest of the paper is printed in the ancient Chinese character," said an official statement from the Dutch hospital as reported from Robswebstek.com.

Hospital researchers also took the bone samples for DNA testing. This mummy research will be published in a Master Liuquan monograph. After having exhibited in the Netherlands, the mummy will be exhibited at the Museum of Natural History, Budapest, Hungary until May 2015. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | IO9]

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Nissan's newest sport car rushes off

After some time ago Nissan introduced their new sports sedan concept car at the Detroit Auto Show 2013, and finally the latest Nissan sport sedan has entered precisely in the Super Bowl, an electronic media advertising with themed 'With Dad'.

As it has been known that Nissan sports car that appears in the advertisement is nothing but the all-new Nissan Maxima, which is a production version of the sports sedan for the 2016 model year is known from the ad, which is a sister car of Nissan Teana (in United States version known as Altima) was performed with a form of mass production that does not have any camouflage or other elements such as an other concept car that still undisclosed.

All-new Nissan Maxima 2016 concept car. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/17cJRPk)

This car is actually a sport car for the family because it fits with the ads theme 'With Dad'. With a more modern and sporty appearance than the previous generation of this car is not yet known what the engines uses.

Rear view of all-new Nissan Maxima 2016. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/17cJRPk)

However possibility the All-New Nissan Maxima 2016 is going to use a V6 petrol engine which has a capacity of 3.5 liters that have been updated and optimized so capable of spewing power is expected to more than 300 hp. There are also other possibilities that are offered in the Hybrid Pathfinder version which has a capacity of 2.5-liter engine with supercharged and 4 electric motors as a all-wheel drive car.

But even so the TV commercial advertising is actually not review this sport sedan. But rather to review their race cars that will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship 2015 ie the Nissan GT-R Nismo LM that has an engine capacity of 3.0-liter V6 Twin Turbo with a device capable of spraying power reaches a maximum of 1,250 hp.

As for the all-new Nissan Maxima plan will officially debut at the event ofof the New York International Auto Show 2015 in April this year. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | WORLDCARFANS]

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Spider venom as the impotence panacea

Impotence is often regarded as the most shameful disease for men. Since the days of ancient Egypt, people keep trying to find the cause and the panacea to cure it. There was a time when people assume that impotence is caused by evil spells. And to treat it, humans must grind the heart of baby alligators, then rub the results of the penis.

More recently, scientists from the Catholic University of Korea finding promising compounds that could potentially be a panacea impotence. This compound is found in the venom of the most poisonous spider in the world.

Brazilian wandering spider (Phoneutria nigriventer). (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1AX9nUI)

Scientists first discovered the potency of these compounds when studying human cases were stung by a poisonous spider (Phoneutria nigriventer) in Brazil. These men reported experiencing priapism or prolonged erection. Parse the spider venom, scientists discovered a protein that is responsible for priapism, called PnTx2. Then, by using baculovirus bacteria, scientists produce the protein.

As reported by IFLScience.com sites on Thursday, February 19, 2015, scientists then tested the compound to treat impotence in rats. The results of the study published in the Urology journal on September 2014 ago.

According to the study results, the PnTx2 protein expressed can treat impotence in rats with improving the blood flow to the penis. Not only that, the protein was also not cause side effects such as muscle stiffness.

With the results of the study, Ae Ryang Jung and colleagues who conducted the research states that PnTx2 could be a panacea impotence. However, a number of tests, including clinical trials, are needed to prove efficacy. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | IFLSCIENCE]

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