Video profile: The Lithium Hawk homebuilt EV

Video profile: The Lithium Hawk homebuilt EV: "Four years ago, Canadian electronics engineering technologist Nap Pepin decided to buy a kit for a BugE electric vehicle. Not content with its out-of-the-box performance, he swapped in a lithium battery pack, and his own custom battery management system."

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APEN digitizes content written on paper in ink

APEN digitizes content written on paper in ink: "Computer styluses are certainly handy, but it can be kind of tricky when you're writing or drawing on a stylus pad, yet you can only see what you're doing up on the screen. The resulting scrawls often have ... shall we say, a child-like appeal."

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Film-maker's Camera Eye is up and shooting

Film-maker's Camera Eye is up and shooting: "When he was nine years old, Toronto film-maker Rob Spence received a severe injury to his right eye in a shotgun accident. After a period of hiding the aftermath under an eyepatch, six years ago he had the eye replaced with a prosthesis."

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Kia attempts to set fuel economy record for driving across the U.S.

Kia attempts to set fuel economy record for driving across the U.S.: With gasoline prices steadily heading into the stratosphere, fuel economy is forefront in the minds of the majority of car buyers, prompting automakers to perform all kinds of stunts to highlight the efficiency of their vehicles.

Click and Grow computerized pot-plant hits the market

Click and Grow computerized pot-plant hits the market: "The Click and Grow computerized pot-plant system that first caught our eye last year in prototype form has had a few refinements and has now gone into full-scale production and is ready for sale"

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