At planned Sunny Isles Beach condo, cars and drivers ride elevator home - Business - MiamiHerald.com

At planned Sunny Isles Beach condo, cars and drivers ride elevator home - Business - MiamiHerald.com: "Pull over into the designated space. Turn off the engine. And enjoy the oceanfront view as you escalate in a glass elevator that takes you, while you are sitting in your car, to the front door of your apartment."

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Google Body Browser - YouTube

Google Body Browser - YouTube: ""

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Coloring Pages and Worksheets - Twisty Noodle

Coloring Pages and Worksheets - Twisty Noodle:

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Newly developed metallic "micro-lattice" material is world's lightest

Newly developed metallic "micro-lattice" material is world's lightest: "Earlier this year we looked at a "multiwalled carbon nanotube (MCNT) aerogel" -also dubbed "frozen smoke" - that, with a density of 4 mg/cm3, became the world's lightest solid material. Now frozen smoke has been knocked off its perch by a new metallic material with a density of just 0.9 mg/cm3, making it around 100 times lighter than Styrofoam. Despite being 99.99 percent open volume, the new material boasts impressive strength and energy absorption, making it potentially useful for a range of applications."

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650 horsepower, 200 mph 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 debuts at L.A. Auto Show

650 horsepower, 200 mph 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 debuts at L.A. Auto Show: "The latest high performance variant of the Ford Mustang bearing the Shelby name has been unveiled at the 2011 LA Motor Show, and it's a beast. Packing a 5.8-liter supercharged V8 producing a headline-grabbing 650 horsepower and 600 lb-ft of torque, Ford claims the new 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 is the most powerful production V8 in the world."

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Infiniti developing range-extended sports EV

Infiniti developing range-extended sports EV: "As the luxury brand of the most aggressive major automotive producer of EVs (Nissan-Renault), Infiniti has been hinting that it would go beyond its hybrid offerings and develop an all-electric sedan and more specifically, an all-electric sports car."

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The SWAT Sniper - YouTube

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Using solar power to keep runways ice-free

Using solar power to keep runways ice-free: "When it comes to keeping airport runways clear of ice, there are several options, including the use of chemical, thermal, electric and microwave technologies. All of these methods can be expensive, as they require either a considerable amount of electricity, or a number of human workers."

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DARPA's FastRunner robotic ostrich is in the works

DARPA's FastRunner robotic ostrich is in the works: "Fast as the FastRunner may become, it will never be able to escape the comparison to an ostrich. One day, thanks to a joint effort by MIT and the Florida Institute of Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC), this bipedal sprinting robot is going to assume its rightful place in the DARPA-funded robotic zoo, right next to the robotic cheetah and the mule-like BigDog."

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Radiator Booster redirects hot air from the wall to the room

Radiator Booster redirects hot air from the wall to the room: "The basic idea with radiators is that they should, well, radiate heat out into the room. Given that they're almost always located against walls, however, much of the heat coming off the back of them is just absorbed by those walls."

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Robotic bear pillow tickles sleepers to stop snoring

Robotic bear pillow tickles sleepers to stop snoring: "Demonstrated during this month's International Robot Exhibition (IREX) in Tokyo, Jukusui-Kun is a polar bear-shaped robotic pillow that, like Paro the seal-bot, masks a serious purpose beneath its cute and cuddly exterior. Jukusui-Kun is designed to help snorers and those who live with them - whenever snoring becomes too loud (and sleep apnea becomes a danger), the robot raises its paw and gently touches the sleeper's face to trigger a change of sleeping position."

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Russia's MiG Aircraft Company develops 3D flight simulator for the MiG-29 Jet Fighter

Russia's MiG Aircraft Company develops 3D flight simulator for the MiG-29 Jet Fighter: "Russian Aircraft Company's MiG is best known for its fighter planes which have been used by the USSR, China, North Korea and North Vietnam since the beginning of WWII."

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LuminAID solar-powered inflatable lantern - simply a good idea

LuminAID solar-powered inflatable lantern - simply a good idea: "Although it can be considered as a basic human need alongside food, water and shelter, 1.6 billion people all over the world have no access to stable and safe source of light. It's a situation that two bright young Architecture graduates are aiming to combat with the LuminAID solar-powered lantern."

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Robothespian humanoid robot delivers human-like stage performances

Robothespian humanoid robot delivers human-like stage performances: "Engineered Arts Ltd.'s Robothespian is probably one of the first professional robotic actors who made it into the real world (sorry, T-1000). Its elegant movements, extraordinary body language and emotion-conveying skills make it a great communicator"

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Burton rolls out True 3D laser plasma display

Burton rolls out True 3D laser plasma display: "Engineers from Burton Inc. in Japan have rolled out a "True 3D" display, which evolved from work begun five years previously by teams at Keio University and Japan's national institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). While most 3D displays available today involve a form of optical illusion that depends on the parallax or disparity inherent in human binocular vision, this new system, which can function in air or under water, needs no screen of any sort, and the effect is quite impressive."

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OVO-4 brings full-motion flight simulation to your rec room

OVO-4 brings full-motion flight simulation to your rec room: "Chances are, you will never get to try out the new 3D MiG flight simulator. If you have almost US$60,000 that has nothing better to do, however, you can now buy something almost as impressive - the OVO-4 Home Flight Simulator. The egg-shaped capsule contains a full simulated light aircraft cockpit, with three linked 24-inch monitors displaying the output of Microsoft's Flight Simulator X. Best of all, however, the capsule pitches and rolls according to what's happening in the simulation - users presumably have to supply their own barf bags."

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Three new tilting narrow-track vehicles from EICMA - including a tilting offroad quad scooter

Three new tilting narrow-track vehicles from EICMA - including a tilting offroad quad scooter: "Tilting three- and four-wheelers make a lot of sense - they're almost as narrow and light as motorcycles, and perhaps even more maneuverable, but they offer enormous amounts of grip and stability. There's so many new narrow track vehicle designs sprouting up all over the world right now that it's easy to see them becoming a significant part of the commuting mix in the congested cities of tomorrow."

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Panasonic details Toughpad FZ-A1 rugged Android tablet

Panasonic details Toughpad FZ-A1 rugged Android tablet: "Pricing, availability and technical details have now emerged for Panasonic's new rugged tablet that we briefly covered in June. The Toughpad FZ-A1 has been designed to meet the needs of a modern mobile workforce, and features a multi-touch screen bright enough to use in daylight, has been drop-tested at Panasonic's own labs to MIL-STD-810G standards, and is both waterproof and dust resistant to IP65 standards."

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New technique turns 2D patterns into 3D objects using nothing but light

New technique turns 2D patterns into 3D objects using nothing but light: "Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for transforming two-dimensional print output into 3-D structures, using nothing but light. A pre-stressed polymer sheet is fed into a conventional inkjet printer, which applies black stripes to areas designed to be used as hinges."

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Solid Gray armadillo-inspired backpack designed to keep your gadgets safe

Solid Gray armadillo-inspired backpack designed to keep your gadgets safe: "There are loads of precious and fragile electronics in our lives that require appropriate protection when used on-the-go, and therefore the range of gadget-tailored bags is pretty huge. If you need greater protection than a typical case provides, however, a hard shell-equipped backpack may be your best bet. Designed for heavy use, the Solid Gray backpack comes with a rigid body yet is lightweight at the same time, given that it's made from a single sheet of copolymer."

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Teenage Honduran builds open source eye-tracking computer interface for the disabled

Teenage Honduran builds open source eye-tracking computer interface for the disabled: "This unique and worthwhile project was put together by a 17-year-old electronics and programming whiz from Honduras, of all places. The Eyeboard system is a low-tech eyeball-tracking device that allows users with motor disabilities to enter text into a computer using eye gestures instead of a physical interface"

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Why Is China Building These Gigantic Structures In the Middle of the Desert? (Updated)

Why Is China Building These Gigantic Structures In the Middle of the Desert? (Updated): "This is crazy. New photos have appeared in Google Maps showing unidentified titanic structures in the middle of the Chinese desert. The first one is an intricate network of what appears to be huge metallic stripes. Is this a military experiment?"

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Amazing Time-lapse Flight Over Earth from the Space Station – PictureCorrect

Amazing Time-lapse Flight Over Earth from the Space Station – PictureCorrect: "This now viral video released in the last few days has been stunning viewers worldwide. It was created using multiple time-lapse sequences of photographs captured with a special low-light 4K-camera by the astronaut crew of expedition 28 & 29 on-board the International Space Station from August to October, 2011. Take a moment and enjoy (for those of you reading this by email, you can see the video here):"

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Amazon Kindle Fire Review - Watch CNET's Video Review

Amazon Kindle Fire Review - Watch CNET's Video Review: "The good: The Kindle Fire is a 7-inch tablet that links seamlessly with Amazon's impressive collection of digital music, video, magazine, and book services in one easy-to-use package. It boasts a great Web browser, and its curated Android app store includes most of the big must-have apps (such as Netflix, Pandora, and Hulu)."

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Jelly Pad Holds a Phone on Your Car's Dashboard Almost Vertically

Jelly Pad Holds a Phone on Your Car's Dashboard Almost Vertically: "There are binder clips, bean bags, air vent clips and dashboard suction cups, but this jelly car non-slip dashboard sticky mat seems to be the most elegant way to hold your phone in your car that I've seen."

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giha woo: constrained ball

giha woo: constrained ball: "constrained ball' is a drawing aid created by korean product designer giha woo.
once attached to the pen, this device helps to draw straight lines without using a ruler.
normally, a ball point pen rolls freely in accordance with the ball located at the tip of
the pen. however, this writing tool prevents winding lines by helping to move
the ball in one direction only. using the installed measuring wheel indicated on the
product, users can draw the exact desired line length in both a horizontal and vertical
direction, as well as strokes in 45 degree angles. "

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Digital Hourglass Stopwatch Tells Time in Sand Pixels | Designs & Ideas on Dornob

Digital Hourglass Stopwatch Tells Time in Sand Pixels | Designs & Ideas on Dornob: "Talk about retro design, how about a watch that goes all the way back to the ages of the hourglass? Digital does not have to mean LED when it comes to watches as this cool contemporary Hourglass Watch concept demonstrates.
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