Sony's New SmartWatch Brings Android to Your Wrist | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

Sony's New SmartWatch Brings Android to Your Wrist | News & Opinion | PCMag.com: "Do you find it too much of a hassle to pull out your phone every time you need to read a text or email? Well, luckily now you can just check your watch."

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Feature: Small modular nuclear reactors - the future of energy?

Feature: Small modular nuclear reactors - the future of energy?: "This year is an historic one for nuclear power, with the first reactors winning U.S. government approval for construction since 1978. Some have seen the green lighting of two Westinghouse AP1000 reactors to be built in Georgia as the start of a revival of nuclear power in the West, but this may be a false dawn because of the problems besetting conventional reactors."

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Modular home comes delivered in a 10 foot box and is assembled “like an IKEA house”

Modular home comes delivered in a 10 foot box and is assembled “like an IKEA house”: "House Arc, by Bellomo Architects, is a prefabricated off-the-grid housing solution that facilitates compact living. The project was originally designed as an environmentally sensitive and affordable method of housing that is not only functional but also attractive to the eye"

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Magnic Light claims new form of no-contact bicycle dynamo lighting

Magnic Light claims new form of no-contact bicycle dynamo lighting: "Despite the continuous advances being made in lithium-ion battery technology, many cyclists still prefer to use dynamo-powered lights on their bikes - there's no having to remember to recharge the batteries, no subsequent forgetting to put the light back on the bike, and no worrying about the batteries unexpectedly giving out mid-ride."

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Studio H:T's off-grid Shipping Container House

Studio H:T's off-grid Shipping Container House: "Studio H:T's Shipping Container House is, unsurprisingly, a house made from shipping containers - at least partially. But perhaps most impressive about the design is that it operates entirely off-grid."

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Bugatti releases promo video for world's fastest roadster

Bugatti releases promo video for world's fastest roadster: "As much as we love reading a spec sheet spouting figures such as 1,200-hp, nought to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 2.6 seconds, and a top speed of 255 mph (410 km/h), what we really want to see is the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse in action."

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Adastra superyacht launches in China

Adastra superyacht launches in China: "Last July, we provided readers with specs and renderings of the Adastra superyacht, which was being constructed in China by boat builder John Shuttleworth. While it might have seemed like a fanciful concept at the time, yesterday the completed yacht was launched in China’s Pearl River."

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Monster Tajima preparing an electric race car for the 2012 Pike's Peak Hill Climb

Monster Tajima preparing an electric race car for the 2012 Pike's Peak Hill Climb: "He might look like a friendly old Japanese grandpa with a crazy giggle, but Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima is the undisputed king of the mountain that matters: Pike's Peak in Colorado. For the last six years, Monster has dominated one of the world's most spectacular and death-defying hill climb races in a series of ever-crazier souped-up Suzuki race cars."

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Porsche to show 420 bhp Cayenne GTS in Beijing

Porsche to show 420 bhp Cayenne GTS in Beijing: "Porsche is to debut another high performance variant of its Cayenne SUV at the important Auto China Show in Beijing on April 23. The Cayenne GTS will use a 309 kW V8 engine (15 kw more than the Cayenne S and 59 kW less than the Cayenne Turbo) but with a tauter chassis, lower ride height and more general sportiness than the S."

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NYX – an ultralight, collapsible cot and chair for camping and backpacking

NYX – an ultralight, collapsible cot and chair for camping and backpacking: "Not only does the NYX give you a place to sit, it doubles as a cot for when it's time to retire to the tent. It stands 5 inches (12.7 cm) off the ground, stretches just over 6 feet (185 cm) in length and holds weights up to 325 lbs (147.4 kg)."

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New "PowerPot" Can Cook Food and Double as a Portable Electric Generator

New "PowerPot" Can Cook Food and Double as a Portable Electric Generator: "Following the trend of new outdoors products that seek to provide multi-purpose tools for the “wired” outdoorsperson, the PowerPot has entered the fray. The product was designed by materials science engineers who are avid campers. The PowerPot works on the principle of the Seebeck effect - essentially, the thermoelectric generator at the base of the pot creates a voltage when there is a temperature difference between the two sides of the plate."

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Kirin topping drinks with "soft serve" frozen beer foam

Kirin topping drinks with "soft serve" frozen beer foam: "We've seen plenty of innovative ways to keep beer cold in recent months, with everything from a refrigerator with a built-in blast chiller to a can that cools itself at the push of a button. But these have all involved cooling the beer's container, leaving the liquid inside to warm up at the same rate as any other beverage."

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