New MIT video camera shoots a trillion frames per second

New MIT video camera shoots a trillion frames per second: "We've been hearing about trillions in the news so much lately, it's easy to become desensitized to just what a colossal number that is. Recently, a team of researchers at MIT's Media Lab (ML) built an imaging system capable of making an exposure every picosecond - or one trillionth of a second."

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Varley evR-450 Electric Supercar set for 2012 launch

Varley evR-450 Electric Supercar set for 2012 launch: "Australia has a new home-grown electric supercar. The recently announced Varley evR-540 is handbuilt around an aluminum monocoque chassis and powered by locally developed and engineered twin Carbon ironless core AC motors with Tritium Wavesculptor inverters claimed to be up to 95% efficient."

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Heat adds volume to the carbon fiber production process

Heat adds volume to the carbon fiber production process: "When the Wright Brothers first took to the skies more than hundred years ago they did so with an aircraft made with a fabric skin. Over the years a variety of materials have been used including sheet metals such as aluminum and titanium, and even ceramics."

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Strap-on macro lens works with any smartphone camera

Strap-on macro lens works with any smartphone camera: "The cameras on most smart phones tend to be rather simple affairs so it's not surprising that savvy inventors have dreamed up numerous add-on attachments such as mini-microscopes and wide/telephoto adapters."

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New 3D transistors could mean faster, lighter, cooler computers

New 3D transistors could mean faster, lighter, cooler computers: "Starting next year, computers will be available with three-dimensional transistors - these will incorporate vertical components, unlike the flat chips that we're used to seeing. "

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MIG 675 draws its power from the water

MIG 675 draws its power from the water: "If money is no object to you, but environmental concerns are, then LUXURY's MIG 675 might be your kind of boat. The 22 x 8-foot (6.7 x 2.5-meter) cruiser seats three, has a top speed of 70 mph (113 km/h), and produces emissions consisting of nothing but water vapor - this sucker is hydrogen-powered."

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Coby announces five new Android 4.0 tablets to debut at CES 2012

Coby announces five new Android 4.0 tablets to debut at CES 2012: "The scramble to take the new flavor of Google's Android operating system for a test drive has been pretty intense since the source code was released in the middle of last month. The first commercial hardware products running on Ice Cream Sandwich, though, will not hit the shelves until early in the new year"

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New software dramatically simplifies addition of objects to photos

New software dramatically simplifies addition of objects to photos: "For more than twenty years, the software program Photoshop has been the industry standard for seamlessly manipulating images, especially the removal of unwanted items like blemishes, wires and telephone poles."

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Scientist Creates Cheap, Effective Medical Tools From Old Toys (Video) : TreeHugger

Scientist Creates Cheap, Effective Medical Tools From Old Toys (Video) : TreeHugger: "Old toys rarely get a second chance for a new life. Most of them head to landfill without a second glance. But Jose Gomez-Marquez of MIT has come up with a way to hack old toys into medical devices for dealing with everything from diabetes to dengue fever, providing cheap solutions for developing nations all while reusing existing products."

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50 things killed by technology - Telegraph

50 things killed by technology - Telegraph: "Ringing the cinema to check film times, owning an encyclopaedia and dialling 1471 are among 50 things killed off by modern technology, according to a new poll."

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Tinyest fuel cell generates power from bacteria | KurzweilAI

Tinyest fuel cell generates power from bacteria | KurzweilAI: "A tiny biological fuel cell, the smallest of its kind (0.3 microliters), has been built by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), powered by bacteria."

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FAA-Conforming HondaJet Achieves Utmost Operating Elevation of 43,000 Ft | Auto Blog, Auto News, Auto Reviews from Auto Industry With AutoUSP.com

FAA-Conforming HondaJet Achieves Utmost Operating Elevation of 43,000 Ft | Auto Blog, Auto News, Auto Reviews from Auto Industry With AutoUSP.com: "Advanced light business jet of Honda attained an utmost speed of 425KTAS (489 mph) during flight testing at the company’s Greensboro, North Carolina, world headquarters facility. Soon after, at the yearly European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Honda Aircraft Company, Inc. announced that it has fruitfully accomplished extra milestone flight tests with FAA-conforming Honda Jet which includes the accomplishment of an utmost operating elevation of 43,000 ft."

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