Beyond military drones – the future of unmanned flight

Beyond military drones – the future of unmanned flight: "In April of this year, a BAE Systems Jetstream research aircraft flew from Preston in Lancashire, England, to Inverness, Scotland and back. This 500-mile (805 km) journey wouldn't be worth noting if it weren't for the small detail that its pilot was not on board, but sitting on the ground in Warton, Lancashire and that the plane did most of the flying itself."

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KeyMe stores keys digitally, cuts them when you forget yours

KeyMe stores keys digitally, cuts them when you forget yours: "Getting locked out of the house is especially frustrating when you’ve forgotten the “safe” place where you hid the spare key. As an alternative to sleeping in the garden shed or emergency locksmith fees, KeyMe allows you to store a digital version of your house key in the cloud from which a duplicate key can be cut on demand."

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Wi-Vi system uses Wi-Fi to see through walls

Wi-Vi system uses Wi-Fi to see through walls: "Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed what could become low-cost, X-ray vision. The system, known as "Wi-Vi," is based on a concept similar to radar and sonar imaging, but rather than using high-power signals, this tech uses reflected Wi-Fi signals to track the movement of people behind walls and closed doors."

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All systems go for Planetary Resources' Arkyd 100 space telescope

All systems go for Planetary Resources' Arkyd 100 space telescope: "Planetary Resources, Inc., the asteroid mining company based in Bellevue, Washington, completed its Kickstarter campaign on Sunday after a 33-day run that raised US$1,505,366 from 17,600 backers. The purpose of the campaign was to raise public interest in the company and asteroid mining in general by crowdfunding an Arkyd 100 space telescope that will be made available to the public."

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James Bond’s submersible Lotus Esprit going under the hammer

James Bond’s submersible Lotus Esprit going under the hammer: "While the pursuit to develop flying cars and Star Warsian land-speeders rages on, the dilemma around developing a functioning underwater vehicle was solved decades ago … by the British Secret Service's Q Branch. In the film The Spy Who Loved Me, James Bond escapes from the obligatory hoard of bad guys by driving one very versatile white Lotus Esprit into the ocean. That fully submersible vehicle, is now set to go to auction this September"

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Is it a Jeep? Is it a speedboat? No, it's WaterCar's Panther amphibious vehicle

Is it a Jeep? Is it a speedboat? No, it's WaterCar's Panther amphibious vehicle: "Recreational amphibious vehicles are nothing new, but most are one-offs, and most tend to be boats that can creep on land, or cars that slosh slowly through water. There are exceptions, notably entries from Gibbs, but arguably, amphibious vehicles have not made the grade as true all-round vehicles that can be driven to work during the week, and on the lake on weekends. WaterCar's new Panther straddles the divide."

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New cancer treatment beats chemotherapy without the toxic side effects

New cancer treatment beats chemotherapy without the toxic side effects: "If a locked door must be opened, explosives can be used, but normally it is better to use a key. The conventional treatments for cancer, surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, have a range of terrible side effects that resemble the use of explosives. Now a key has been found to treat various forms of leukemia and lymphoma with only very minor side effects. The drug ibrutinib has proven sufficiently safe and effective in early clinical tests by physicians at Ohio State University that it has been given breakthrough drug status by the FDA."

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How Life Will Be | Science Fiction Writers Tell All | Popular Science

How Life Will Be | Science Fiction Writers Tell All | Popular Science: "Pickle-jar technology hasn’t moved an inch in nearly three hundred years, and the cap on the jar in my hands won’t move either. The kids find it hilarious, and their fingers fly above the table as they sketch ghostly images for my benefit. My visual augments display their bright illusions in the air around me—there’s the framework of an unlikely Rube Goldberg device, along with a caricature of me caught in the grip of a huge anthropomorphic pickle jar about to twist my head off."

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Sharp unveils THX-certified, 70-inch Ultra HD television

Sharp unveils THX-certified, 70-inch Ultra HD television: "Sharp has opened CE Week in New York by unveiling a new flagship for its AQUOS line of televisions – the 70-inch AQUOS Ultra HD LED TV.

Boasting four times the pixel resolution of high definition displays, the new model makes use of its dual core processor to optimize the original picture quality which is then interpolated and upscaled to a "4k-like" 3840×2160 image."

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SRT releases $460,000 Viper GT3-R race car

SRT releases $460,000 Viper GT3-R race car: "First there was the 2013 SRT Viper. That Viper attacked time. Then SRT attacked the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Viper GTS-R. Now it's opening the races up to private teams and drivers with the Viper GT3-R."

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‘Magical’ Ultra-Waterproofing Spray Now Coming to a Hardware Store Near You | Video | TheBlaze.com

‘Magical’ Ultra-Waterproofing Spray Now Coming to a Hardware Store Near You | Video | TheBlaze.com: "Earlier this year, we wrote about an amazing demonstration of a water-repelling substance that kept any surface it was applied to clean and dry. Now, a similar concept is being brought to some local hardware stores under a popular paint and coatings brand."

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Even an Insect Expert Was ‘Terrified’ Confronting This Massive Wasp Nest | Video | TheBlaze.com

Even an Insect Expert Was ‘Terrified’ Confronting This Massive Wasp Nest | Video | TheBlaze.com: "A Florida entomologist — a fancy name for an insect expert — is giving an up close and personal look at a wasp nest that he estimates to data back to the time of the dinosaurs."

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