Three new tilting narrow-track vehicles from EICMA - including a tilting offroad quad scooter

Three new tilting narrow-track vehicles from EICMA - including a tilting offroad quad scooter: "Tilting three- and four-wheelers make a lot of sense - they're almost as narrow and light as motorcycles, and perhaps even more maneuverable, but they offer enormous amounts of grip and stability. There's so many new narrow track vehicle designs sprouting up all over the world right now that it's easy to see them becoming a significant part of the commuting mix in the congested cities of tomorrow."

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Panasonic details Toughpad FZ-A1 rugged Android tablet

Panasonic details Toughpad FZ-A1 rugged Android tablet: "Pricing, availability and technical details have now emerged for Panasonic's new rugged tablet that we briefly covered in June. The Toughpad FZ-A1 has been designed to meet the needs of a modern mobile workforce, and features a multi-touch screen bright enough to use in daylight, has been drop-tested at Panasonic's own labs to MIL-STD-810G standards, and is both waterproof and dust resistant to IP65 standards."

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New technique turns 2D patterns into 3D objects using nothing but light

New technique turns 2D patterns into 3D objects using nothing but light: "Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for transforming two-dimensional print output into 3-D structures, using nothing but light. A pre-stressed polymer sheet is fed into a conventional inkjet printer, which applies black stripes to areas designed to be used as hinges."

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Solid Gray armadillo-inspired backpack designed to keep your gadgets safe

Solid Gray armadillo-inspired backpack designed to keep your gadgets safe: "There are loads of precious and fragile electronics in our lives that require appropriate protection when used on-the-go, and therefore the range of gadget-tailored bags is pretty huge. If you need greater protection than a typical case provides, however, a hard shell-equipped backpack may be your best bet. Designed for heavy use, the Solid Gray backpack comes with a rigid body yet is lightweight at the same time, given that it's made from a single sheet of copolymer."

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Teenage Honduran builds open source eye-tracking computer interface for the disabled

Teenage Honduran builds open source eye-tracking computer interface for the disabled: "This unique and worthwhile project was put together by a 17-year-old electronics and programming whiz from Honduras, of all places. The Eyeboard system is a low-tech eyeball-tracking device that allows users with motor disabilities to enter text into a computer using eye gestures instead of a physical interface"

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Why Is China Building These Gigantic Structures In the Middle of the Desert? (Updated)

Why Is China Building These Gigantic Structures In the Middle of the Desert? (Updated): "This is crazy. New photos have appeared in Google Maps showing unidentified titanic structures in the middle of the Chinese desert. The first one is an intricate network of what appears to be huge metallic stripes. Is this a military experiment?"

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Amazing Time-lapse Flight Over Earth from the Space Station – PictureCorrect

Amazing Time-lapse Flight Over Earth from the Space Station – PictureCorrect: "This now viral video released in the last few days has been stunning viewers worldwide. It was created using multiple time-lapse sequences of photographs captured with a special low-light 4K-camera by the astronaut crew of expedition 28 & 29 on-board the International Space Station from August to October, 2011. Take a moment and enjoy (for those of you reading this by email, you can see the video here):"

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Amazon Kindle Fire Review - Watch CNET's Video Review

Amazon Kindle Fire Review - Watch CNET's Video Review: "The good: The Kindle Fire is a 7-inch tablet that links seamlessly with Amazon's impressive collection of digital music, video, magazine, and book services in one easy-to-use package. It boasts a great Web browser, and its curated Android app store includes most of the big must-have apps (such as Netflix, Pandora, and Hulu)."

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Jelly Pad Holds a Phone on Your Car's Dashboard Almost Vertically

Jelly Pad Holds a Phone on Your Car's Dashboard Almost Vertically: "There are binder clips, bean bags, air vent clips and dashboard suction cups, but this jelly car non-slip dashboard sticky mat seems to be the most elegant way to hold your phone in your car that I've seen."

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giha woo: constrained ball

giha woo: constrained ball: "constrained ball' is a drawing aid created by korean product designer giha woo.
once attached to the pen, this device helps to draw straight lines without using a ruler.
normally, a ball point pen rolls freely in accordance with the ball located at the tip of
the pen. however, this writing tool prevents winding lines by helping to move
the ball in one direction only. using the installed measuring wheel indicated on the
product, users can draw the exact desired line length in both a horizontal and vertical
direction, as well as strokes in 45 degree angles. "

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Digital Hourglass Stopwatch Tells Time in Sand Pixels | Designs & Ideas on Dornob

Digital Hourglass Stopwatch Tells Time in Sand Pixels | Designs & Ideas on Dornob: "Talk about retro design, how about a watch that goes all the way back to the ages of the hourglass? Digital does not have to mean LED when it comes to watches as this cool contemporary Hourglass Watch concept demonstrates.
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Honda's electric Canopy (Gyro) 3-wheeler

Honda's electric Canopy (Gyro) 3-wheeler: "Honda has finally added electric propulsion to one of its most enduring and successful commuter vehicles - the Japan-only three-wheeled scooter. Used extensively throughout Japan's congested urban environment as a commuter and delivery vehicle with a 50cc four-stroke motor, the Honda Canopy (aka Gyro) delivers 100 mpg."

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