Airhead insert increases helmet ventilation, eliminates "helmet hair"

Airhead insert increases helmet ventilation, eliminates "helmet hair": "The Airhead is a simple accessory designed to fit inside a helmet and increase air circulation, keeping you cooler. By limiting your head heat and perspiration, Airhead also promises to combat "helmet hair.""

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Super accurate nuclear clock proposed

Super accurate nuclear clock proposed: "The NIST-F1 atomic clock that currently serves as primary time and frequency standard for the U.S. is expected to neither gain nor lose a second in more than 100 million years. That might sound pretty accurate, but a proposed nuclear clock could make it look like a cheap digital wristwatch. It is claimed that the proposed clock would neither gain nor lose 1/20th of a second in 14 billion years. To put that in context, that’s the estimated age of the universe."

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Board of Imagination: A mind-controlled skateboard. Seriously | Digital Media - CNET News

Board of Imagination: A mind-controlled skateboard. Seriously | Digital Media - CNET News: "First, they wowed CES with their Board of Awesomeness, a Microsoft Kinect-powered skateboard that the rider controls with various gestures. They parlayed that into a shopping cart that can follow you around a grocery store, scan your groceries, and possibly even check you out automatically. But all that was just January's work."

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NASA and GM develop power-assisted Robo-Glove

NASA and GM develop power-assisted Robo-Glove: "Having trouble getting the lid off that pickle jar? Well, perhaps the Human Grasp Assist device can help. Designed through a collaboration between GM and NASA - and also known as Robo-Glove or K-Glove - the device is based on grasping technology initially developed for the hands of the space-going Robonaut 2. Essentially a power-assisted work glove, Robo-Glove is designed to minimize repetitive stress injuries in both astronauts and autoworkers."

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Delta Shelter provides almost indestructible living space

Delta Shelter provides almost indestructible living space: "What do you do when you want to build a worry-free home on land that also happens to be a 100-year flood plain? If you're smart, you'll do what the owner of Delta Shelter did and have Olson Kundig Architects build you a metal fortress to withstand the elements in style."

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The world's fastest ever (open top) roadster - 1200 bhp and 255 mph

The world's fastest ever (open top) roadster - 1200 bhp and 255 mph: "Whether you think the Bugatti Veyron is the pinnacle of sports car development or agree with Professor Gordon Murray that it's the "most pointless exercise on the planet", we all somehow seem drawn to the name and its continuing outrageous deeds."

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Camera gun would let "harmless hunters" get killer wildlife shots

Camera gun would let "harmless hunters" get killer wildlife shots: "Not too long ago, brothers Randy and Michael Gregg were out on a hunting expedition. It was the day after deer season had ended, yet they spied a handsome animal bedded down in the snow."

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Turn 2D photos into 3D relief scupltures

Turn 2D photos into 3D relief scupltures: "Those looking to bring a little more "depth" to their photos might want to check out the custom-made photo reliefs from Portland, Oregon, based BumpyPhoto. Using 3D-printing technology, the company will produce a full-color 3D relief sculpture from a 2D photo to give an even better indication of the size of that sun dial that Uncle Barry calls a nose."

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Lotus unveils soft top Exige S Roadster

Lotus unveils soft top Exige S Roadster: "Lotus unveiled its Exige S Roadster at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show this week, marking the sports car manufacturer's first Exige model with a soft top equipped straight out of the factory. Lotus claims that the "mesmerizing grunt" of the coupé is matched in this new Roadster. Very probably - it is equipped with the same supercharged 3.5-liter V6 of the regular Exige S."

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Hyundai's 80 kW four-seater i-oniq electric sports hatchback picture gallery

Hyundai's 80 kW four-seater i-oniq electric sports hatchback picture gallery: "Hyundai's 80 kW four-seater i-oniq electric sports hatchback concept rolled out at Salon International de L'Automobile this week, using a range-extending petrol engine to boost the electric-only range of 120 km (75 miles) to beyond 700 km (435 miles) at just 45 g/km of CO2. Big gallery."

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Koenigsegg upgrades the Agera R to 1140 bhp (and plans to attempt 273 mph/440 km/h top speed run)

Koenigsegg upgrades the Agera R to 1140 bhp (and plans to attempt 273 mph/440 km/h top speed run): "One of the contenders for the world's fastest car is the Koenigsegg Agera R which has been reworked for the 2013 model year, raising peak horsepower from 1115 to 1140hp on E85, giving it a top speed claimed to be in the vicinity of 440 km/h (273 mph) which Koenigsegg intends to prove sometime soon."

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James Cameron performs deepest-ever solo sub dive, with a deeper one on the way

James Cameron performs deepest-ever solo sub dive, with a deeper one on the way: "Well-known film director and deep-sea explorer James Cameron is no stranger to setting records, but this time, instead of box office gross, he's setting his sights on something more akin to a single-handed lunar landing - a solo trip to the ocean's deepest point, the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench off Guam. "

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