Jaguar adds speed to Goodwood with Project 7 concept car

Jaguar adds speed to Goodwood with Project 7 concept car: "Based on the all-new 2014 F-Type convertible, the Jaguar Project 7 concept car makes its world debut at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The new race-inspired single-seat concept adds some extra power and speed to the F-Type's sexy curves and hopes to recreate some of the excitement of the seven Le Mans wins that it's named after."

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Good vibrations turn almost any flat surface into a low-cost multi-touch screen

Good vibrations turn almost any flat surface into a low-cost multi-touch screen: "Culminating four years of research, a team at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University has developed a technology that can turn a multitude of surfaces including wood, glass, aluminium, steel and even plastics into a low-cost multi-touch screen. The technology, named STATINA (for Speech Touch and Acoustic Tangible Interfaces for Next-generation Applications), is only a couple years away from reaching mass production."

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This exoplanet looks like Earth from afar, but you wouldn't want to live there | TechHive

This exoplanet looks like Earth from afar, but you wouldn't want to live there | TechHive: "As it turns out, Earth isn’t the only Blue Marble floating out in space. For the first time ever, a team of European and American scientists have captured the first-ever true color image of an azure blue exoplanet called HD 189773b."

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Driverless cars yield to reality: It's a long road ahead | TechHive

Driverless cars yield to reality: It's a long road ahead | TechHive: "Take a drive on Highway 101 between Silicon Valley and San Francisco these days and you might see one of Google’s driverless cars in the lane next to you. The vehicles are one of the most visible signs of the increasing amount of research going on in the area related to automated driving technology."

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Solar-powered aircraft completes cross-US journey | TechHive

Solar-powered aircraft completes cross-US journey | TechHive: "A one-of-a-kind solar-powered aircraft completed a two-month journey across the United States at just after 11 p.m. EDT Saturday evening (3 a.m. GMT Sunday) when it landed at New York's JFK Airport."

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