Quimera's 700 bhp AEGT (All Electric Grand Tourer)

Quimera's 700 bhp AEGT (All Electric Grand Tourer): "Quimera will show its long-awaited AEGT (All Electric GT) prototype at the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) this week. The AEGT runs three UQM electric motors developing a total 700 bhp and delivering a top speed currently limited to 300 km/h. "

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Sealander amphibious camping trailer gears up for production

Sealander amphibious camping trailer gears up for production: "Designed and built by a German-based industrial designer Daniel Straub, Sealander is a clever two-in-one vehicle that combines features of an electric power boat and a camping trailer."

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Lamborghini's most outrageous Gallardo yet

Lamborghini's most outrageous Gallardo yet: "The Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale is the most extreme V10 yet produced by Volkswagen's Italian supercar subsidiary. Only 150 of the four wheel drive 570 bhp carbon fiber projectiles, no doubt due to the extreme effort required to shave another 70 kilograms off the already anorexic Gallardo LP 560-4"

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Lexus claims Nordschleife production car lap record with LFA Nürburgring Edition

Lexus claims Nordschleife production car lap record with LFA Nürburgring Edition: "Toyota is continuing to make its mark at the Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit. Just over a week after its Toyota Motorsport GmbH division claimed the lap record for an electric vehicle at the circuit in the TMG EV PV001, its Lexus luxury vehicle division is claiming the even more illustrious lap record for a production car."

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Sixteen super-Earths among fifty new exoplanets discovered by HARPS

Sixteen super-Earths among fifty new exoplanets discovered by HARPS: "The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has announced its exoplanet-hunting HARPS (High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher) has discovered 50 new exoplanets, making it the largest amount of exoplanets that has been announced at the one time."

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Selk'Bag is a sleeping bag that you wear

Selk'Bag is a sleeping bag that you wear: "If you've done much camping, chances are that you've probably seen fellow campers sitting around the chilly campsite first thing in the morning, wearing their sleeping bag like it's a dressing gown."

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Can Redbox steal marketshare from Netflix with unlimited movie streaming?

Can Redbox steal marketshare from Netflix with unlimited movie streaming?: "Those of us in the U.S. already know how powerful the tiny red kiosks really are. Redbox and Netflix are directly responsible for the demise of offline movie rental giant Blockbuster. Will Redbox's new streaming plan now steal significant marketshare from Netflix?"

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Evolve recumbent trike folds up in seconds, fits in trunk of smart car

Evolve recumbent trike folds up in seconds, fits in trunk of smart car: "Relatively obscure though recumbent bicycles are, many people appreciate the ergonomic and aerodynamic advantages of the quirky two-wheelers."

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SpaceX to develop a fully and rapidly reusable launch system

SpaceX to develop a fully and rapidly reusable launch system: "SpaceX, the space transport company that made history by building the world's first private reusable spacecraft, is now embarking on a quest to build the holy grail of space engineering - a reusable launch rocket. Elon Musk, the company's CEO and Chief Technology Officer, announced recently at the National Press Club that computer simulations show their design to be technically feasible"

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Brain implant lets monkeys control virtual hand and feel virtual objects

Brain implant lets monkeys control virtual hand and feel virtual objects: "In a development that could have huge implications for quadriplegics, paraplegics and those with prosthetic limbs, researchers from Duke University and the Ecole Polytechnic Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed technology that has allowed monkeys to control a virtual arm and touch and feel virtual objects using only their brain activity. "

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Gordon Murray designs an electric sportscar

Gordon Murray designs an electric sportscar: "In the world of automotive design, Gordon Murray has a resume like no other. Murray designed, built and raced his first car in 1964 as an 18 year old engineering student in South Africa."

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SpaceX Dragon to be first private spacecraft to dock at ISS

SpaceX Dragon to be first private spacecraft to dock at ISS: "Although we will never see another space shuttle docking at the International Space Station, that doesn't mean that there are no plans for other American spacecraft to be visiting the facility. In fact, one should be up there on or around December 9th. "

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787 Dreamliner completes flight testing

787 Dreamliner completes flight testing: "It's been bent, scraped along the runway, frozen to -42 degrees C, flown over 1700 flights and spent almost 5000 hours in the air - now the 787 Dreamliner has completed the final flight tests required for type certification."

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Star Trek ride to headline new theme park in Jordan

Star Trek ride to headline new theme park in Jordan: "Trekkies might soon find themselves donning Starfleet-issue jumpsuits and beaming off to the Middle East with news that funding has been secured for an entertainment resort in Aqaba, Jordan, where the main attraction will be a Star Trek themed adventure ride."

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IBM experimental chips emulate the human brain

IBM experimental chips emulate the human brain: "In April, the University of Southern California made the headlines when it announced that researchers there had created a functioning synthetic synapse circuit using carbon nanotubes. "

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Floating tsunami capsule is designed to save lives

Floating tsunami capsule is designed to save lives: "New Cosmopower, a small Japanese company, has created a floating capsule to be used in the event of earthquakes or tsunamis. Following the devastating loss of life during the Tohoku earthquake in March this year, the "Noah" capsule was designed to preserve life in the face of another major catastrophe - just like its biblical namesake"

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Student-built electric car sets world land speed record of 155.8 mph

Student-built electric car sets world land speed record of 155.8 mph: "Brigham Young University (BYU) students are celebrating after setting a new land speed record for an electric car in the "E1" (under 1,100 lbs/499 kg) class. The record of 155.8 mph (250.7 km/h) set by the "Electric Blue" streamliner at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah was averaged over the two required qualifying runs, one of which saw the car reach a speed of 175 mph (281.6 km/h)."

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Experimental sub-$50 I-slate tablet proceeding to full-scale production

Experimental sub-$50 I-slate tablet proceeding to full-scale production: "Last year, a unique new educational device was tested with a group of school children. The device was the I-slate, an ultra-low-cost tablet computer that is being developed by the Institute for Sustainable and Applied Infodynamics (ISAID), a joint venture of Houston's Rice University and Singapore's Nanyang Technological University."

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F-35B completes first vertical landing at sea

F-35B completes first vertical landing at sea: "The F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has successfully made its first at-sea vertical landing. With Marine Corps test pilot Lt. Col. Fred Schenk at the controls, the short-take-off-vertical -landing (STOVL) variant of the F-35 touched-down on the deck of the USS Wasp on October 3 as part of an initial two week ship-trial period in which the aircraft's take-off and landing capabilities will be evaluated along with its ability to integrate with the ship's flight deck operations."

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New cloaking device is no mirage – but it's like one

New cloaking device is no mirage – but it's like one: "You have no doubt seen mirages on the distant surfaces of hot highways before, looking like pools of water shimmering on the asphalt."

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Toshiba's new child-friendly Satellite L735D laptop

Toshiba's new child-friendly Satellite L735D laptop: "It's only been a few short years since kids who wanted to mimic grown ups and tap away on a laptop had to resign themselves to a bulky imitation from the likes of V-Tech. Nowadays, youngsters are able to get their hands on something a little more convincing - whether it's a fully-fledged, ruggedized laptop or a child-friendly tablet. "

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LaCie LaPlug converts USB drive into a network storage device

LaCie LaPlug converts USB drive into a network storage device: "LaCie has unveiled a local network-based bridge unit called the LaPlug, that allows users to share any USB-powered storage drive over a local network. It also enables the sharing of private files outside the LAN through an external address, and the wireless streaming of files to UPnP/DLNA-certified products such as gaming consoles, LaCinema Classic HD, or any other compatible equipment."

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Waterproof fabric anntena could save people lost at sea

Waterproof fabric anntena could save people lost at sea: "A patch about the size of the leather name tab on a pair of jeans could save your life one day - should you be stranded at sea, that is. In a project overseen by the European Space Agency (ESA), researchers from Finnish company Patria and the Tampere University of Technology have created a flexible fabric antenna, that can be sewn into life vests"

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everest webcam

everest webcam:

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E-cyclist pedals over 1600km into record books

E-cyclist pedals over 1600km into record books: "The CEO of Australia's Hahn Environmental Services, the largest producer of biodiesel in Queensland, has smashed the distance set by Guinness for the Longest Distance Traveled by Electric Bicycle in One Week."

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Fire Scout UAV makes first biofuel-powered flight

Fire Scout UAV makes first biofuel-powered flight: "The US Navy has successfully flown its MQ-8B Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) on biofuel. The unmanned helicopter became the Navy's first UAV to use biofuel technology when it took-off on Friday over Webster Field in St. Inigoes, Maryland, running on a blend of JP-5 aviation fuel and plant-based camelina"

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New heat-harvesting material made in $40 microwave oven

New heat-harvesting material made in $40 microwave oven: "Virtually all electrical devices and industrial processes create heat as they operate, which is typically wasted. In the past several years, various thermoelectric technologies have been developed to address that situation, by converting such heat into electricity."

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