Flybus to start testing flywheel hybrid bus

Flybus to start testing flywheel hybrid bus: "Gas/electric hybrid vehicles tend to be pricier than their conventional counterparts, and many people still worry about the limited range of all-electrics. If you want to move away from purely petrol-powered vehicles, though, is there any alternative? "

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Simplified ContourROAM actioncam goes underwater and costs less

Simplified ContourROAM actioncam goes underwater and costs less: "Amongst the various actioncam brands currently in existence, Contour is certainly one of the better-known. Today, the company introduced a new addition to its family, the ContourROAM."

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Nike is actually making the MAG shoes from Back To The Future II

Nike is actually making the MAG shoes from Back To The Future II: "Well, you may have heard rumblings about hints made at a mysterious press event that just took place in Los Angeles, but now it's official: Nike will be auctioning off 1,500 pairs of NIKE MAG high-top sneakers, just like the ones worn in the year 2015 by Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future II."

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Seagate and Hitachi GST unveil 4TB external hard drives

Seagate and Hitachi GST unveil 4TB external hard drives: "On Wednesday, Seagate announced it was shipping the world's first 4TB external hard drive in the form of the 4TB GoFlex Desk Drive, which offers a high speed USB 3.0 interface. "

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Nanoscale magnetic waves could replace microwave technology

Nanoscale magnetic waves could replace microwave technology: "The microwave technology used in applications such as mobile phones and wireless networks may be on its way to being replaced - with parts that are smaller, less expensive, and that consume less resources."

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Spectacular Jaguar C-X16 sports car concept to launch at Frankfurt

Spectacular Jaguar C-X16 sports car concept to launch at Frankfurt: "It's clear from the styling of the XF and XJ saloons that design chief Ian Callum has been developing and evolving a new design vocabulary for Jaguar that, while it may make an occasional nod to the marque's enviable heritage, looks decisively towards the future."

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Play video memo pad drags the fridge-magnet into the digital age

Play video memo pad drags the fridge-magnet into the digital age: "Not so long ago, leaving a message for other members of the household would often involve sticking a note on the fridge and hoping they saw it. Now that just about everybody has a mobile phone, hastily scribbled notes have given way to hastily thumbed text messages or a quick voice, or even video call."

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Motorola Droid Bionic arrives on Verizon tomorrow

Motorola Droid Bionic arrives on Verizon tomorrow: "First unveiled this January at CES, Motorola's flagship Droid Bionic smartphone will finally be available to consumers as of tomorrow. Featuring a dual-core 1 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM and a 4.3-inch qHD display, the Android phone utilizes Verizon's new LTE 4G network, which is claimed to be the fastest in the U.S. Its other specs aren't too shabby, either."

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Acer unveils Android-powered liquidmini Ferrari Edition smartphone

Acer unveils Android-powered liquidmini Ferrari Edition smartphone: "Acer has announced its next Ferrari-branded product in the form of the liquidmini Ferrari Edition smartphone, which features a 3.2-inch screen and runs Android 2.3. The new arrival will expand Acer's lineup of products featuring the Ferrari logo, including laptops, LCD monitors and last year's Liquid E Ferrari Edition Android-based smartphone."

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Full-duplex technology could double wireless capacity with no new towers

Full-duplex technology could double wireless capacity with no new towers: "Earlier this year, Stanford University researchers created a full-duplex radio that allowed wireless signals to be sent and received simultaneously, thereby doubling the speed of existing networks. Using the same approach, researchers at Rice "

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BMW to introduce laser headlights

BMW to introduce laser headlights: "n the past decade, LEDs have become increasingly popular for use on cars, mainly for use as turn signals, brake and park lights, and daytime running lamps, but more recently, also for use in headlights."

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Manipulating plants' internal clock offers possibility of all-season crops

Manipulating plants' internal clock offers possibility of all-season crops: "Circadian rhythms are a roughly 24-hour cycle governing biochemical, physiological, or behavioral processes that have been widely observed not only in humans, but other animals, fungi, cyanobacteria and plants."

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1300 bhp monster truck delivers 50-60 yards per gallon (and fires refrigerators)

1300 bhp monster truck delivers 50-60 yards per gallon (and fires refrigerators): "Modern technology is capable of creating some astounding vehicles, as is evidenced by a behemoth of remarkable proportions that will be one of the attractions at the forthcoming Top Gear Live shows in the U.K. "

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Pico Flex Dolly makes for smooth moves

Pico Flex Dolly makes for smooth moves: "Few things add to the production value of a video like a good tracking shot - you know, where the camera is on wheels, and moves around or towards the subject. While full-size dolly systems for 35 mm movie cameras are financially out of reach for most low-budget and hobbyist film-makers, guess what?"

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BAE's ADAPTIV technology renders vehicles invisible to infrared

BAE's ADAPTIV technology renders vehicles invisible to infrared: "Infrared imaging is used for a range of military applications - such as target acquisition, night vision, homing and tracking - which means that any vehicle with some kind of infrared "invisibility cloak" would hold significant advantages on the battlefield"

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The airship finally takes off - Hybrid Air Vehicles has first civil customer

The airship finally takes off - Hybrid Air Vehicles has first civil customer: "The famous and well documented Hindenburg disaster of 1937, when the hydrogen-filled airship burst into flames whilst attempting to tether to its moorings in New Jersey, killed off the 'lighter-than-air' aircraft industry, as well as 35 unfortunate souls."

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The all-conquering smartphone seems headed for ubiquity

The all-conquering smartphone seems headed for ubiquity: "Over the last decade, mobile telephones have gone from being a rarity in most countries, to being carried by the vast majority of human beings. Following closely behind the mobile phone, cameras have gone from being an expensive (both to buy and to operate) image recording device which got pulled out of the cupboard on special occasions, to being incorporated in almost every phone (with zero operating cost), and are hence now carried by nearly everyone at all times."

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Softshelter provides disaster relief housing with a personal touch

Softshelter provides disaster relief housing with a personal touch: "Canadian design firm Molo has created a cheap and comfortable housing innovation for disaster relief situations. Dubbed "softshelter," the system has been designed to create personal space within in a communal shelter, thus providing individuals or families with some privacy during a time of hardship."

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iHealth helps manage your blood pressure and weight on your iPhone

iHealth helps manage your blood pressure and weight on your iPhone: "For many people, a key part of their personal health management routine involves monitoring their blood pressure and weight. Frequently going to get one's blood pressure measured at a pharmacy or clinic, however, can be a hassle."

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'World's smallest electric motor' consists of a single molecule

'World's smallest electric motor' consists of a single molecule: "Remember back in the old days, when nano-scale motors were a clunky 500 nanometers across? That record was subsequently broken with a 200-nanometer model, but has now been broken again, by a motor that's just one nanometer wide. By comparison, the width of a human hair is about 60,000 nanometers."

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Electric Audi A2 concept to light up Frankfurt Motor Show

Electric Audi A2 concept to light up Frankfurt Motor Show: "Audi's A2 electric car will be among the huge list of concept vehicles taking the stage at the 64th International Motor Show in Frankfurt later this month."

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Flight time of Stalker small UAS quadrupled with ruggedized propane fuel cell

Flight time of Stalker small UAS quadrupled with ruggedized propane fuel cell: "Small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have become an increasingly important intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance tool for the military and their use will only continue to expand."

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HTC TITAN - 4.7-inch smartphone screen is HTC's largest ever

HTC TITAN - 4.7-inch smartphone screen is HTC's largest ever: "While not quite the match of the 5.3-inch Samsung Galaxy Note, the newly unveiled HTC TITAN still sports HTC's largest smartphone screen to date - a 4.7-inch WVGA 480x800 pixel display."

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