'So, that's why it's called Bluetooth!' and other surprising tech name origins — www.techhive.com — Readability

'So, that's why it's called Bluetooth!' and other surprising tech name origins — www.techhive.com — Readability: "The startup world is filled with all manner of intentionally misspelled nonwords and incomprehensible baby talk. It’s enough to make one nostalgic for an earlier time when tech names actually meant something.

The stories of how some of the world’s biggest brands and technologies came up with their names open a window to a different era—a simpler time before Web squatters took all the normal names and corporations focus-grouped language to death."

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Two research groups create active invisibility cloaks — www.gizmag.com — Readability

Two research groups create active invisibility cloaks — www.gizmag.com — Readability: "Sometimes everything can seem to happen at once. The new game in town is active invisibility cloaks (AIC), which use electronics and antennas to generate a cloaking field to hide an object. Two types of active cloaks have just been revealed (excuse the pun). While being impressive feats of technology, such cloaks could easily be defeated in practice."

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Lithium-air batteries go viral for greater durability and performance — www.gizmag.com — Readability

Lithium-air batteries go viral for greater durability and performance — www.gizmag.com — Readability: "In recent years, lithium-air batteries that promise improved power density per pound over lithium-ion batteries have been the subject of much research in the quest to give electronic vehicles greater range. By enlisting the help of a genetically-modified virus, researchers at MIT have found a way to improve the performance and durability of lithium-air batteries, which offer the potential of two to three times the energy density of current lithium-ion batteries."

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Hybrid ESTOLAS aircraft combines aspects of a plane, helicopter, hovercraft and airship — www.gizmag.com — Readability

Hybrid ESTOLAS aircraft combines aspects of a plane, helicopter, hovercraft and airship — www.gizmag.com — Readability: "As evidenced by ongoing efforts in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, getting aid and support personnel in and victims out of disaster-stricken areas is a major problem when infrastructure such as runways has been rendered unusable. A new aircraft concept combining features of an airship, plane, helicopter and hovercraft that is being developed as part of the European Commission's Extremely Short Take Off and Landing On any Surface (ESTOLAS) project could help address the problem."

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BXR reveals its garage-built Bailey Blade XTR supercar — www.gizmag.com — Readability

BXR reveals its garage-built Bailey Blade XTR supercar — www.gizmag.com — Readability: "As promised earlier this year, BXR Motors has revealed the Bailey Blade XTR, a garage build turned visceral supercar. After working well into the 11th hour to ready the 750-hp sports car, BXR debuted it at last week's SEMA Show."

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Jupiter mystery solved: Why the giant planet's mysterious Great Red Spot has not disappeared — www.sciencedaily.com — Readability

Jupiter mystery solved: Why the giant planet's mysterious Great Red Spot has not disappeared — www.sciencedaily.com — Readability: "Pedram Hassanzadeh, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, and Philip Marcus, a professor of fluid dynamics at the University of California, Berkeley, think they can explain why. Their work, which Hassanzadeh will present at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics in Pittsburgh on November 25, also provides insight into persistent ocean eddies and vortices that contribute to star and planet formation."

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