SpaceX Dragon to be first private spacecraft to dock at ISS

SpaceX Dragon to be first private spacecraft to dock at ISS: "Although we will never see another space shuttle docking at the International Space Station, that doesn't mean that there are no plans for other American spacecraft to be visiting the facility. In fact, one should be up there on or around December 9th. "

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787 Dreamliner completes flight testing

787 Dreamliner completes flight testing: "It's been bent, scraped along the runway, frozen to -42 degrees C, flown over 1700 flights and spent almost 5000 hours in the air - now the 787 Dreamliner has completed the final flight tests required for type certification."

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Star Trek ride to headline new theme park in Jordan

Star Trek ride to headline new theme park in Jordan: "Trekkies might soon find themselves donning Starfleet-issue jumpsuits and beaming off to the Middle East with news that funding has been secured for an entertainment resort in Aqaba, Jordan, where the main attraction will be a Star Trek themed adventure ride."

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IBM experimental chips emulate the human brain

IBM experimental chips emulate the human brain: "In April, the University of Southern California made the headlines when it announced that researchers there had created a functioning synthetic synapse circuit using carbon nanotubes. "

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Floating tsunami capsule is designed to save lives

Floating tsunami capsule is designed to save lives: "New Cosmopower, a small Japanese company, has created a floating capsule to be used in the event of earthquakes or tsunamis. Following the devastating loss of life during the Tohoku earthquake in March this year, the "Noah" capsule was designed to preserve life in the face of another major catastrophe - just like its biblical namesake"

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Student-built electric car sets world land speed record of 155.8 mph

Student-built electric car sets world land speed record of 155.8 mph: "Brigham Young University (BYU) students are celebrating after setting a new land speed record for an electric car in the "E1" (under 1,100 lbs/499 kg) class. The record of 155.8 mph (250.7 km/h) set by the "Electric Blue" streamliner at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah was averaged over the two required qualifying runs, one of which saw the car reach a speed of 175 mph (281.6 km/h)."

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Experimental sub-$50 I-slate tablet proceeding to full-scale production

Experimental sub-$50 I-slate tablet proceeding to full-scale production: "Last year, a unique new educational device was tested with a group of school children. The device was the I-slate, an ultra-low-cost tablet computer that is being developed by the Institute for Sustainable and Applied Infodynamics (ISAID), a joint venture of Houston's Rice University and Singapore's Nanyang Technological University."

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F-35B completes first vertical landing at sea

F-35B completes first vertical landing at sea: "The F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has successfully made its first at-sea vertical landing. With Marine Corps test pilot Lt. Col. Fred Schenk at the controls, the short-take-off-vertical -landing (STOVL) variant of the F-35 touched-down on the deck of the USS Wasp on October 3 as part of an initial two week ship-trial period in which the aircraft's take-off and landing capabilities will be evaluated along with its ability to integrate with the ship's flight deck operations."

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New cloaking device is no mirage – but it's like one

New cloaking device is no mirage – but it's like one: "You have no doubt seen mirages on the distant surfaces of hot highways before, looking like pools of water shimmering on the asphalt."

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Toshiba's new child-friendly Satellite L735D laptop

Toshiba's new child-friendly Satellite L735D laptop: "It's only been a few short years since kids who wanted to mimic grown ups and tap away on a laptop had to resign themselves to a bulky imitation from the likes of V-Tech. Nowadays, youngsters are able to get their hands on something a little more convincing - whether it's a fully-fledged, ruggedized laptop or a child-friendly tablet. "

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LaCie LaPlug converts USB drive into a network storage device

LaCie LaPlug converts USB drive into a network storage device: "LaCie has unveiled a local network-based bridge unit called the LaPlug, that allows users to share any USB-powered storage drive over a local network. It also enables the sharing of private files outside the LAN through an external address, and the wireless streaming of files to UPnP/DLNA-certified products such as gaming consoles, LaCinema Classic HD, or any other compatible equipment."

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Waterproof fabric anntena could save people lost at sea

Waterproof fabric anntena could save people lost at sea: "A patch about the size of the leather name tab on a pair of jeans could save your life one day - should you be stranded at sea, that is. In a project overseen by the European Space Agency (ESA), researchers from Finnish company Patria and the Tampere University of Technology have created a flexible fabric antenna, that can be sewn into life vests"

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everest webcam

everest webcam:

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E-cyclist pedals over 1600km into record books

E-cyclist pedals over 1600km into record books: "The CEO of Australia's Hahn Environmental Services, the largest producer of biodiesel in Queensland, has smashed the distance set by Guinness for the Longest Distance Traveled by Electric Bicycle in One Week."

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Fire Scout UAV makes first biofuel-powered flight

Fire Scout UAV makes first biofuel-powered flight: "The US Navy has successfully flown its MQ-8B Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) on biofuel. The unmanned helicopter became the Navy's first UAV to use biofuel technology when it took-off on Friday over Webster Field in St. Inigoes, Maryland, running on a blend of JP-5 aviation fuel and plant-based camelina"

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New heat-harvesting material made in $40 microwave oven

New heat-harvesting material made in $40 microwave oven: "Virtually all electrical devices and industrial processes create heat as they operate, which is typically wasted. In the past several years, various thermoelectric technologies have been developed to address that situation, by converting such heat into electricity."

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Samsung Galaxy Xcover: waterproof touchscreen Android smartphone

Samsung Galaxy Xcover: waterproof touchscreen Android smartphone: "Samsung has announced its plans to update the Galaxy lineup with the Galaxy Xcover, one of the world's few rugged Android touchscreen smartphones. It's an IP67-certified dust- and waterproof 3.65-inch device running Android 2.3. It looks like the Motorola DEFY/DEFY+ and the upcoming Sony Ericsson Xperia Active rugged Android smartphones could be getting some "tough" competition."

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Gemini-Scout mine rescue robot to lead the way to trapped miners

Gemini-Scout mine rescue robot to lead the way to trapped miners: "The Chilean and Pike River Mine disasters in 2010 highlighted the dangers of sub-surface mining and the difficulties faced in extracting those trapped beneath the Earth."

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Graphene in space could hold clues to development of life on Earth

Graphene in space could hold clues to development of life on Earth: "Human beings may have only discovered how to create the one-atom-thick sheets of carbon atoms known as graphene in 2004 but it appears the universe could have been churning out the stuff since much earlier than that"

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1200 bhp 1200 kg Hennessy Venom GT makes a 267 mph 1888 kg Bugatti Veyron GT look obese

1200 bhp 1200 kg Hennessy Venom GT makes a 267 mph 1888 kg Bugatti Veyron GT look obese: "The US$950,000 Hennessey Venom GT has perhaps the most spectacular set of numbers of any supercar: 1200 horsepower shoehorned into a mid-engined chassis that weighs just twelve hundred kilos (2,685 lbs)."

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What next for the International Space Station?

What next for the International Space Station?: It's a challenging time for the International Space Station (ISS). The single most expensive engineering project in human history and one of the most complex pieces of machinery ever assembled, the future of the ISS remains uncertain after the ending of the Space Shuttle program and the grounding of Russia's Soyuz fleet following an accident last month.

Organic waste-powered 'Coffee Car' breaks speed record

Organic waste-powered 'Coffee Car' breaks speed record: Martin Bacon and his team of Teesdale Conservation Vounteers from Durham, England, must have drank copious amounts of coffee when developing this project. It was definitely a sacrifice worth making though.

Researchers install world’s highest webcam to provide a view of Everest

Researchers install world’s highest webcam to provide a view of Everest: After starting out producing security cameras, German-based Mobotix is now taking video surveillance to new heights - literally.

New material claimed to store more energy and cost less money than batteries

New material claimed to store more energy and cost less money than batteries: Researchers from the National University of Singapore's Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI) have created what they claim is the world's first energy-storage membrane.