Jay Leno’s 3D Printer Makes Old Car Parts - NextEngine 3D scanner and Dimension 3D printer - Popular Mechanics

Jay Leno’s 3D Printer Makes Old Car Parts - NextEngine 3D scanner and Dimension 3D printer - Popular Mechanics: "Jay Leno has a lot of old cars with a lot of obsolete parts. When he needs to replace these parts, he skips the error-prone machinist and goes to his rapid prototyping 3D printer. Simply scan, print and repeat."

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The War Against Counterfeit Money | MintLife Blog | Personal Finance News & Advice

The War Against Counterfeit Money | MintLife Blog | Personal Finance News & Advice:

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Cornell Chronicle: Universal robotic gripper

Cornell Chronicle: Universal robotic gripper: "The human hand is an amazing machine that can pick up, move and place objects easily, but for a robot, this "gripping" mechanism is a vexing challenge. Opting for simple elegance, researchers from Cornell, the University of Chicago and iRobot Corp."

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U.S. deploys the Switchblade Kamikaze Drone

U.S. deploys the Switchblade Kamikaze Drone: "U.S.Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are beginning initial deployment of the Switchblade unmanned aerial system (UAS). A product of AeroVironment, the aircraft is light enough to be man-packable, simple enough to be deployed in minutes and can fly off over the horizon sending back video. It can loiter and watch silently (it's electric) and is so small that it is very difficult to detect at night, even at close range."

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Living-in-nature pod can be transported to the mountain peak of your choice

Living-in-nature pod can be transported to the mountain peak of your choice: "his stunning alpine modular lodge is the creation of Italian design firm LEAPfactory. Dubbed LEAP (living ecological alpine pod) the modules are built entirely off-site, ready to be transported by helicopter to the summit of choice. Breaking away from traditional alpine structures, the pod is fitted with high-tech features and "at the end of its life cycle [it] can be lifted away by helicopter without leaving any permanent trace of its presence in the natural environment" says LEAPfactory."

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Analogue computer chip mimics brain's neural function

Analogue computer chip mimics brain's neural function: "The human brain contains approximately 100 billion neurons, and each one of those communicates with many others by releasing neurotransmitters. Those neurotransmitters cross a gap - properly known as a synapse - between the sending (presynaptic) and receiving (postsynaptic) neurons."

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New nanoparticle electrode could bolster large-scale storage of renewable energy

New nanoparticle electrode could bolster large-scale storage of renewable energy: "There's no doubt that sources of renewable energy such as wind and solar are critical to a clean energy future, but just as important is a way to store the energy generated for use when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing. "

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Mazda announces world first capacitor-based regenerative braking system

Mazda announces world first capacitor-based regenerative braking system: "While Toyota took out the Tokachi 24-Hour Race in 2007 with a Supra HV-R hybrid race car featuring a quick-charging supercapacitor-based regenerative braking system, battery storage has so far been the norm for these systems in production vehicles."

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The Iguana 29 - the upmarket amphibian 10-seat tender vessel

The Iguana 29 - the upmarket amphibian 10-seat tender vessel: "The Iguana 29 is a new take on amphibious vehicles, using retractable caterpillar tracks to deliver surefooted drive across extreme terrain at up to 8 km/h (5 mph) while on water it is quick to plane and has 35 knot speed."

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EnviroTech's Lightning electric hot rod breaks cover

EnviroTech's Lightning electric hot rod breaks cover: "While modifying cars for fast acceleration over a short distance is said to date back to the 1930s, many will associate the rise of the American hot rod with the James Dean era of the 1950s"

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Klingons take note - nanotubes could allow spaceships to disappear

Klingons take note - nanotubes could allow spaceships to disappear: "Although Klingon-style disappearing spaceships may not be in our neighborhood any time soon, the technology that could allow a spaceship to vanish from sight may be here now. Scientists from the University of Michigan have successfully made a three-dimensional etched silicon image of a tank appear as a featureless black void, that completely blended in with the backdrop surrounding it. The secret: good ol' carbon nanotubes."

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Harvesting energy from insects in quest to create tiny cyborg first responders

Harvesting energy from insects in quest to create tiny cyborg first responders: "Insects have served as the inspiration for a number of Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) that could be deployed to monitor hazardous situations without putting humans in harm's way. Now researchers at the University of Michigan College of Engineering are proposing using actual live insects enhanced with electronic sensors to achieve the same result."

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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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