Researchers cloak free-standing 3D object using plasmonic metamaterials

Researchers cloak free-standing 3D object using plasmonic metamaterials: "We've previously seen - or should that be "not seen" - invisibility cloaks in the laboratory that are able to render two-dimensional objects invisible to microwaves. "

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Futuristic Navy railgun with 220-mile range closer to reality | Geek Gestalt - CNET News

Futuristic Navy railgun with 220-mile range closer to reality | Geek Gestalt - CNET News: "Imagine a Naval gun so powerful it can shoot a 5-inch projectile up to 220 miles, yet requires no explosives to fire."

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The family home made of salvaged car scraps

The family home made of salvaged car scraps: "While the McGee house may look like any other new designer home in the neighborhood, its walls tell a different story. Designed by husband and wife team Karl Wanaselja and Cate Leger of Leger Wanaselja Architecture, the upper outside walls of the house are made from over 100 salvaged car roofs."

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New magnetic soap could be used to clean up oil spills

New magnetic soap could be used to clean up oil spills: "When oil gets spilled in a waterway, clean-up crews will often introduce a solution known as a surfactant. This is a detergent that lessens the surface tension between the water and the overlaying oil slick, causing the oil to form into individual droplets which then sink or get dispersed by wave action."

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Use your iPhone to change the effects on the iStomp pedal

Use your iPhone to change the effects on the iStomp pedal: "The never-ending quest for killer effects pedals is an expensive and time-consuming passion that most electric guitar players will have to endure for much of their playing careers (unless you're lucky enough to hit on the perfect setup early on, of course). Effects veteran DigiTech has developed a stompbox that could well put that quest to bed."

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ViewRanger outdoor GPS app combines mapping, social networking and trail guidebooks

ViewRanger outdoor GPS app combines mapping, social networking and trail guidebooks: "Imagine the power of a US$500 outdoor GPS built into a $5 app available on iOS and Android devices. In a nutshell, that's ViewRanger. The advanced mapping GPS app has been around for years in Europe and just launched in the United States."

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New version of the Brutus electric motorcycle unveiled

New version of the Brutus electric motorcycle unveiled: "Chris Bell has just put the finishing touches to a new version of his Brutus electric sport cruiser. Brutus 2.0 will continue to be tweaked for improved performance ahead of an end of year production window, but has already managed a zero to 60 mph (96.56 km/h) test run in just 4.74 seconds"

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Toyota unveils its hybrid 2012 Le Mans Challenger

Toyota unveils its hybrid 2012 Le Mans Challenger: "Last October Toyota announced its participation in the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship with a hybrid prototype race car. Today the company revealed some of the details of the TS030 HYBRID with surprises galore. The car uses a normally-aspirated 3400cc V8 petrol engine and a supercapacitor energy storage system developed by Nisshinbo."

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Stunt pilot hopes to build a vertical-winged airplane

Stunt pilot hopes to build a vertical-winged airplane: "Matthew Tanner is a Colorado-based air show pilot who also competes in aerobatics competitions and teaches Air Force pilots how to fly. His current stunt aircraft of choice is a Laser Z300. Much as he is able to do with the nimble little airplane, he wants to be able to perform aerial maneuvers that no one has ever seen before. In order to do so, he intends to equip the plane with a pair vertical wings"

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cellCONTROL keeps mobile phones from working in moving cars

cellCONTROL keeps mobile phones from working in moving cars: "Don't want your teenage kids using their mobile phone while they drive? Well, hopefully explaining the dangers to them will do the trick. If it doesn't, however, you could always install Scosche's cellCONTROL in your car."

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Concept Fujitsu Lifebook comes with removable smartphone, tablet, and digital camera

Concept Fujitsu Lifebook comes with removable smartphone, tablet, and digital camera: "These days, your average tech enthusiast typically has at their disposal a smartphone, a laptop, a tablet, and a digital camera; and that's listing the bare minimum. That's quite a bit of processing power and storage space spread out among different gadgets. What if it were possible to link all those devices together into one convenient package that uses all that computing power at once?"

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Mitsubishi reduces friction on ship hulls by blowing bubbles

Mitsubishi reduces friction on ship hulls by blowing bubbles: "In February last year, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and transport company Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) announced plans to investigate the effectiveness of a system intended to reduce the frictional resistance between a vessel's bottom and the seawater using a layer of air bubbles."

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