Honda's Mean Mower hits 130 mph

Honda's Mean Mower hits 130 mph: "Sporting a 1000cc engine borrowed from a Honda VTR Firestorm and wearing all-terrain rubbers, the one-off Mean Mower from Honda UK and its British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) partner, Team Dynamics, just turned grass removal into an extreme sport."

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Hubble finds tiny new moon orbiting Neptune

Hubble finds tiny new moon orbiting Neptune: "The small moon orbits Neptune every 23 hours at a distance of around 65,400 miles (105,250 km). It was discovered almost by accident when Mark Showalter of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, extended his analysis of the faint ring-arcs of Neptune beyond the ring system itself, and noticed a small unidentified dot between the orbits of the moons Proteus and Larissa."

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Hyperloop design to be revealed next month

Hyperloop design to be revealed next month: "If like us, you've been eagerly anticipating more details on Elon Musk's proposed Hyperloop high-speed transport system, the wait is almost over. Musk has revealed via Twitter that the initial design will be published on August 12."

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Britain invests £60 million in Skylon spaceplane

Britain invests £60 million in Skylon spaceplane: "The British government announced on Tuesday that it has authorized an investment of £60 million in Reaction Engine’s Skylon spaceplane. The funding boost comes after a successful feasibility test of a core component of the spacecraft’s revolutionary engine managed by the European Space Agency (ESA) last November and will be used to further develop the revolutionary SABRE engine, which is designed to power the Skylon into orbit and back without the need for outside boosters or tanks."

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Steerable paper planes and maple seeds the basis for life-saving, disposable UAVs

Steerable paper planes and maple seeds the basis for life-saving, disposable UAVs: "The term "UAV" generally leads us to think about expensive, high-tech military drones like General Atomics' Predator, but a Robotics team led by Dr. Paul Pounds at Australia's University of Queensland has created a pair of UAVs that are so cheap and easy to manufacture that they'll literally be disposable, single use items. One's basically a high-tech paper plane, while the other follows the form factor of a maple seed with both designed to help save lives in the event of a forest fire."

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They Say it is the, "Worlds Most Scenic Bicycle Tour"

They Say it is the, "Worlds Most Scenic Bicycle Tour": "
If you love scenic canyon views, Lagbrau Tours has a few remaining opening for their eight-day tour starting August 31, 2013, in Utah. This event offers six full days of cycling and almost two full days of hiking in both Bryce Canyon National Park and then Zion National Park. Adding two days of hiking expands what you will see on this southern Utah's trip."

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McLaren’s track-only 12C GT Sprint surfaces at Goodwood

McLaren’s track-only 12C GT Sprint surfaces at Goodwood: "McLaren engineers like to show off their prowess, which they were happy to display in their 12C model, including the 12C GT3 and the limited edition 12C GT Can-Am Edition. This weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed sees Mclaren GT roll out its track-only variant, the 12C GT Sprint. Boasting enhanced handling, aerodynamics and track focus, McLaren bills it as the bridge between the standard 12C and the all-out racing versions."

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Lightning's Electric Superbike takes 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

Lightning's Electric Superbike takes 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb: "Innovation through competition. That is the corporate motto of Lightning Motorcycle Corp., the designers and manufacturers of the Electric Superbike. A production version of the Electric Superbike has won this year's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb among two wheelers (both gas and electric) with a time of 10 minutes and 0.964 seconds. The nearest competitor, racing a Ducati Multistrada, finished with a time nearly 20 seconds slower."

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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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