Bean Bag Sled protects your posterior on bumpy rides

Bean Bag Sled protects your posterior on bumpy rides: "Winter is starting to rear its ugly head in the Northern Hemisphere, and that means it's time to get out and enjoy the snow with your trusty sled. As many of us already know, however, a fun day of sledding can lead to a bruised and battered body the day after. The solution - surround your posterior with the Bean Bag Sled."

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The Car Interior Preheater could make winter a little more tolerable

The Car Interior Preheater could make winter a little more tolerable: "Of the various "joys" of winter, one of the biggest has got to be getting into a frozen-solid automobile, then sitting and shivering as you wait for the inside of the windshield to defrost."

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The Spartan Ducati V-twin track car

The Spartan Ducati V-twin track car: "We see many small one-off cars with high-performance motorcycle engines, but there has never been one quite like the Spartan. The Spartan uses Ducati's 1198 cc V-twin in a light race chassis. The engine that won this year's World Superbike title sits just behind the driver's left ear ... it appears to be the perfect four-wheeled execution of the Ducati ethos."

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Review: The Kitara digital guitar synthesizer

Review: The Kitara digital guitar synthesizer: "Way back in January 2010, a short demo video of a new digital instrument prototype was posted on YouTube by its creator Michael Zarimis, and went viral. From the millions of views, a list of prospective buyers was drawn up and the Misa Digital Guitar soon began its journey towards commercial availability."

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Rearview mirror kit adds Bluetooth, GPS, multimedia playback and touchscreen gaming

Rearview mirror kit adds Bluetooth, GPS, multimedia playback and touchscreen gaming: "We've already seen rearview mirrors from the likes of Ford, Toyota and Mazda that display the vision from rear-mounted cameras, along with a GPS-enabled rearview mirror that includes a 4-inch touchscreen and Bluetooth. Now Hong Kong-based gadget wholesalers Chinavasion has started selling a kit that replaces any standard rearview mirror with a GPS and Bluetooth 2.1 enabled unit featuring a 4.3-inch touchscreen for multimedia playback and even playing touchscreen games (seriously), while DVR capabilities let you record what goes on inside and outside the car."

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Autonomous Wave Gliders begin their Pacific crossing

Autonomous Wave Gliders begin their Pacific crossing: "It may sound like the premise for the latest Pixar movie, but it's actually happening - four small autonomous aquatic robots have embarked on a 60,000-kilometer (37,000-mile) journey across the Pacific ocean. The Wave Gliders, built by California-based Liquid Robotics, left San Francisco last Thursday. All four will travel together to Hawaii, at which point they will split into two pairs - one of those pairs will proceed to Australia, with the other heading for Japan. Called PacX (for "Pacific Crossing"), the project will constitute the longest voyage ever completed by an unmanned ocean vessel."

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VESTAS Sailrocket 2 sets its sights on world speed sailing record

VESTAS Sailrocket 2 sets its sights on world speed sailing record: "If floating along in a boat propelled only by the gentle push of an ocean breeze is your idea of relaxing, then you might want to steer clear of the aptly named VESTAS Sailrocket 2. Designed and built from the ground up with a focus on speed, the boat and the VSR2 team have headed to Walvis Bay in Namibia with the aim of breaking the outright world speed sailing record for the short distance 500 meters (1,640 ft) of 55.65 knots (64 mph/103 km/h) set in October 2010 by American kite-surfer, Rob Douglas."

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USAF takes delivery of the GBU-57A/B Penetrator - now there's nowhere to hide

USAF takes delivery of the GBU-57A/B Penetrator - now there's nowhere to hide: "Military technology has created some fearsome weapons, such as the 5,000 lb GBU-28 Deep Throat bunker buster, 15,000 lb BLU-82 Daisycutter, 15,650 lb Russian ATBIP (Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power), 22,000 lb Grand Slam earthquake bomb, and the 22,600 lb GBU-43 MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Blast), but if you were hiding under 50 meters of hardened concrete, none of them were going to bother you."

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OPERA confirms earlier claims of faster-than-light neutrinos

OPERA confirms earlier claims of faster-than-light neutrinos: "On September 23rd, researchers from the European OPERA project made the now-famous announcement that they had observed neutrinos traveling faster than the speed of light. "

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LEDO offers LED lighting in a bulb-like form

LEDO offers LED lighting in a bulb-like form: "LEDs last far longer than incandescent bulbs, are much more energy-efficient, and contain less toxic substances. Compact fluorescents give them a run for their money in some areas, although LEDs tend to have a warmer, "nicer" light. In the past few years, a number of companies have started marketing LED light fixtures that screw into traditional incandescent receptacles - these have included products from Geobulb, Switch, GE and Sharp."

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Versatile new material combines "best qualities" of glass and resin

Versatile new material combines "best qualities" of glass and resin: "Synthetic resins start out as viscous liquids that eventually solidify or "cure" into clear or translucent solids. These materials, which combine the desirable properties of strength, durability and light weight, are so useful that you can find them in thousands of applications, particularly aircraft, automobiles and electronic circuits. But for all that versatility, there's one thing that's remained elusive: once cured, resins can not be reshaped."

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First flight test of Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW) concept

First flight test of Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW) concept: "Following the two test flights of the unmanned Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle (HTV-2) earlier this year, both of which ended prematurely with the vehicle making a "controlled descent" into the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command last week conducted the first test flight of the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW) concept."

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New tech allows lithium batteries to charge faster, and hold charge longer

New tech allows lithium batteries to charge faster, and hold charge longer: "For those of us using smart phones, an all-too-familiar problem is that of a dead battery. The computing power, as well as the multi-purpose abilities of modern-day phones is nothing short of amazing."

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What's good about the new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 droptop?

What's good about the new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 droptop?: "As affordable convertibles go, the Chevrolet Camaro does pretty well, says Kelsey Mays of Cars.com, who gave the car a thorough going-over at the Los Angeles Auto Show last week. That's the good news. Next comes the bad news. Mays points out that the ZL1 convertible is:"

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Entire Computer Built Into USB Thumb Drive | Fox News

Entire Computer Built Into USB Thumb Drive | Fox News: "Norwegian company FXI Technologies showed off an amazing USB stick-sized portable computer prototype on Friday, Nov. 18. Code-named Cotton Candy because its 21 gram weight is the same as a bag of the confection, the tiny PC enables what its inventor calls "any-screen computing": the ability to turn any TV, laptop, phone, tablet, or set-top box into a dumb terminal for its Android-powered operating system."

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Amazon to Sell 4M Kindle Fires For Holiday Quarter: Munster - Desktops and Notebooks - News & Reviews - eWeek.com

Amazon to Sell 4M Kindle Fires For Holiday Quarter: Munster - Desktops and Notebooks - News & Reviews - eWeek.com: "Amazon could sell 4 million Kindle Fires this holiday season, said Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who originally said the e-commerce giant would only sell 2.5 million units."

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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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