By (author unknown), Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine – September 21, 2010 at 09:28PM
The account in Exodus of Moses and the Israelites fleeing the Pharoah’s advancing chariots is one of the most well known stories from the Bible. It tells of a body of water – variously translated as the Red Sea or the Sea of Reeds – parting to leave a passage of dry land with walls of water on both sides that allows the Israelites to flee to the other shore, before the waters rush back to drown the pursuing soldiers. The account also tells of a mighty east wind that blows all night and a new computer modeling study that applies physics to the escape route shows how the movement of wind as described in the book of Exodus could have parted the waters. ..
Continue Reading Computer modeling suggests parting of Red Sea may have been caused by the wind
Tags: Model,
NCAR,
Physics,
Water,
Wind
Related Articles:
- MIT designs giant wind turbines for use at sea
- Zeppy 3: wind-powered airship to attempt Mediterranean crossing
- Hot, cold and sparkling water cooler (and heater)
- World’s largest offshore wind farm
- World’s biggest wind turbine to take a spin in Norway
- Aquasolo self-watering system
If taking notes isn’t quite your style, you can import conversations, interviews, lectures, or any other voice recording into free service VoiceBase, which will transcribe them and make them searchable.
While lots of newsletters and mailing lists fall into the “spam” category, sometimes you want to read them but don’t want them cluttering up your inbox. Filter them out in Gmail by including these oft-used phrases.
As the editor of 
Wired’s How-To Wiki has a nice roundup of time-tested relaxation advice, touching on the benefits of getting outside, quick 
iOS: iPhone users unhappy jailbreaking to get the immensely popular, formerly-rejected GV Mobile can now get it from the App Store and integrate Google Voice with their device.
Before the age of the Internet consumers had to contend with sending complaint letters to businesses and the national Better Business Bureau. But unless the media picked up a complaint, it might usually go unheard about by other consumers.
