Lazer Stunt Chasers pursue a spot of light across your floor

Lazer Stunt Chasers pursue a spot of light across your floor: "If you have both a laser pointer and either a cat or a dog in your home, you probably know how much fun it can be to watch your critter chasing after the laser light point on the floor. If you don't have any pets, however, now there's something else that will chase a laser for you - a toy car."

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BAE Systems to provide new helmet display for F-35 pilots

BAE Systems to provide new helmet display for F-35 pilots: "When it enters service, the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter will lay claim to the title of the most advanced warplane in the world. Its pilots will have the most advanced helmets as well ... and there's more to it than protecting the pilot's head against knocks."

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Tel Aviv University's astounding "quantum levitation" demonstration

Tel Aviv University's astounding "quantum levitation" demonstration: "Maglev trains have been in development since before Luke Skywalker drove his first Land Speeder but, like personal rocket packs, the idea of levitating transport is taking a while to catch on."

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OCZ releases world's first terabyte 2.5-inch SSD

OCZ releases world's first terabyte 2.5-inch SSD: "If you're like me, you're waiting for storage capacities to increase and prices to decrease before ditching the traditional platter-based hard drive and jumping on the SSD (solid-state drive) train to take advantage of lower power consumption and faster boot up and access times."

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AeroShot delivers aerosol caffeine hit without the calories or coffee breath

AeroShot delivers aerosol caffeine hit without the calories or coffee breath: "Science fiction movies would have us believe that, in the future, pills (or possibly green wafers) will meet all our nutritional needs, but Harvard professor David Edwards sees things a little differently. Having already introduced the Le Whif chocolate inhaler, Edwards has now turned his attention to the world's most widely consumed psychoactive drug - caffeine. "

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Manned version of X-37 space plane in the works?

Manned version of X-37 space plane in the works?: "When the Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down for the final time on July 21, 2011, it looked as if the notion of a manned spacecraft capable of going into orbit and then landing like a conventional airplane had been abandoned. "

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