Tel Aviv University's astounding "quantum levitation" demonstration

Tel Aviv University's astounding "quantum levitation" demonstration: "Maglev trains have been in development since before Luke Skywalker drove his first Land Speeder but, like personal rocket packs, the idea of levitating transport is taking a while to catch on."

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OCZ releases world's first terabyte 2.5-inch SSD

OCZ releases world's first terabyte 2.5-inch SSD: "If you're like me, you're waiting for storage capacities to increase and prices to decrease before ditching the traditional platter-based hard drive and jumping on the SSD (solid-state drive) train to take advantage of lower power consumption and faster boot up and access times."

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AeroShot delivers aerosol caffeine hit without the calories or coffee breath

AeroShot delivers aerosol caffeine hit without the calories or coffee breath: "Science fiction movies would have us believe that, in the future, pills (or possibly green wafers) will meet all our nutritional needs, but Harvard professor David Edwards sees things a little differently. Having already introduced the Le Whif chocolate inhaler, Edwards has now turned his attention to the world's most widely consumed psychoactive drug - caffeine. "

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Manned version of X-37 space plane in the works?

Manned version of X-37 space plane in the works?: "When the Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down for the final time on July 21, 2011, it looked as if the notion of a manned spacecraft capable of going into orbit and then landing like a conventional airplane had been abandoned. "

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Researchers create car that can be steered by thought | MNN - Mother Nature Network

Researchers create car that can be steered by thought | MNN - Mother Nature Network: "The case for outlawing the practice of talking on cell phones while driving got a boost from the latest breakthrough from the innovation labs of Freie Universität Berlin. "

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Amazing Video: Robotic Swarms That'll Infest Your Home Entertainment Center | Fast Company

Amazing Video: Robotic Swarms That'll Infest Your Home Entertainment Center | Fast Company: "Rather than a single screen, she envisions a swarm of autonomous blocks that occasionally join up to form a TV--but which can also disperse to highlight other information, such as what your schedule looks like, or even where your keys are. I can't wait for the future!!!"

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MAKE | $25 USB Stick PC

MAKE | $25 USB Stick PC: "Frustrated with a curriculum change away from traditional CS courses in public schools, game developer David Braben built an ultra-low cost single board computer on a USB stick to facilitate a return to programming and learning how computers actually work."

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Toyota and Peugeot announce plans for hybrid race cars

Toyota and Peugeot announce plans for hybrid race cars: "Toyota is going sports car racing, and it intends to enter the hotly-contested LMP1 class from next year with a car powered by a petrol hybrid power-train. Though rumors have predicted a Toyota LMP1 car even before the company closed its calamitous F1 effort at the end of 2009, Toyota's presence appears certain to invigorate Le Mans racing which has been a battle of the diesel cars of Peugeot and Audi for the last few years."

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Haptic shoe could replace the white cane

Haptic shoe could replace the white cane: "Within just the past few years, scientists have developed an impressive number of experimental systems designed to help the blind navigate city streets. These have included devices that mount on the wrist, are incorporated into glasses, are worn as a vest, and that augment a traditional white cane."

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GM developing vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications systems

GM developing vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications systems: "Basic car safety systems designed to save lives in the event of an accident like seatbelts and airbags are being supplemented in modern vehicles by increasingly sophisticated preventative technologies such as ABS and lane departure warning systems."

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DeLorean to be resurrected with US$100,000 EV

DeLorean to be resurrected with US$100,000 EV: "If you fell in love with the De Lorean in the Back to the Future movie series, the good news is that in 2013, you'll be able to buy a real one again. It won't have a flux capacitor, won't time-travel and it'll still be a thirty year-old design, albeit styled by Giugiaro himself, and structurally redesigned by Colin Chapman of Lotus fame after De Lorean himself screwed up the first design."

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Volvo V60 diesel plug-in hybrid to launch next year

Volvo V60 diesel plug-in hybrid to launch next year: "At its unveiling at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show earlier this year, Volvo said its V60 plug-in hybrid was "virtually production-ready." This was an accurate statement as it turns out, with the Swedish automaker announcing that from next year it will begin selling what is likely to be the world's first diesel plug-in hybrid production car. The V60 plug-in hybrid has a range of up to 50 km (31 miles) when driven purely by the electric motor, with the car's total operating range extending up to 1,200 km (745.6 miles) when combined with the ICE."

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