Jaguar adds speed to Goodwood with Project 7 concept car

Jaguar adds speed to Goodwood with Project 7 concept car: "Based on the all-new 2014 F-Type convertible, the Jaguar Project 7 concept car makes its world debut at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The new race-inspired single-seat concept adds some extra power and speed to the F-Type's sexy curves and hopes to recreate some of the excitement of the seven Le Mans wins that it's named after."

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Good vibrations turn almost any flat surface into a low-cost multi-touch screen

Good vibrations turn almost any flat surface into a low-cost multi-touch screen: "Culminating four years of research, a team at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University has developed a technology that can turn a multitude of surfaces including wood, glass, aluminium, steel and even plastics into a low-cost multi-touch screen. The technology, named STATINA (for Speech Touch and Acoustic Tangible Interfaces for Next-generation Applications), is only a couple years away from reaching mass production."

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This exoplanet looks like Earth from afar, but you wouldn't want to live there | TechHive

This exoplanet looks like Earth from afar, but you wouldn't want to live there | TechHive: "As it turns out, Earth isn’t the only Blue Marble floating out in space. For the first time ever, a team of European and American scientists have captured the first-ever true color image of an azure blue exoplanet called HD 189773b."

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Driverless cars yield to reality: It's a long road ahead | TechHive

Driverless cars yield to reality: It's a long road ahead | TechHive: "Take a drive on Highway 101 between Silicon Valley and San Francisco these days and you might see one of Google’s driverless cars in the lane next to you. The vehicles are one of the most visible signs of the increasing amount of research going on in the area related to automated driving technology."

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Solar-powered aircraft completes cross-US journey | TechHive

Solar-powered aircraft completes cross-US journey | TechHive: "A one-of-a-kind solar-powered aircraft completed a two-month journey across the United States at just after 11 p.m. EDT Saturday evening (3 a.m. GMT Sunday) when it landed at New York's JFK Airport."

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X-47B makes historic first carrier landing

X-47B makes historic first carrier landing: "The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator put another page in the history books on Wednesday with its first unmanned arrested-wire carrier landing. The drone flew 35 minutes from Patuxent River Naval Air Station to the carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of Virginia, where is landed at about 145 knots (167 mph, 268 km/h) with an arresting wire catching its tail hook and bringing it to a stop in 350 ft (107 m)."

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Isowalk reinvents the walking cane with new design and wireless

Isowalk reinvents the walking cane with new design and wireless: "The project does not exactly reinvent the wheel, but it sets out to improve on a device that is almost as old. The traditional walking cane is undergoing a design revolution that draws inspiration from the latest developments in ergonomics and even aerospace engineering. Isowalk, currently fundraising on Indiegogo, is a new design aimed at taking the walking cane to a new level of sophistication, besides making it more user-friendly and safer. Its designer also wants to enable it with wireless technology and create different models for different needs."

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Glyde Gear's Fly combines a backpack and a scooter

Glyde Gear's Fly combines a backpack and a scooter: "So, let’s see. We’ve already got a suitcase with a built-in scooter, and a bike that can be carried in its own backpack, so that would leave ... a backpack with an integrated scooter? Anyhow, that’s just what the Glyde Gear’s Fly is."

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Drone It Yourself turns random objects into RC quadrotors

Drone It Yourself turns random objects into RC quadrotors: "If, like me, you've always felt that your books, record collection and years' of otherwise accumulated matter was lacking flight capability, you might be interested in Jasper van Loenen's Drone It Yourself project which turns more or less anything into a quadrotor drone with addition of a few motors and a control unit."

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iPad 5 reportedly on track for September

iPad 5 reportedly on track for September: "Common sense tells us that a new iPad isn't far away. With last November's 4th-generation model being little more than a minor spec-bump, we're going on 16 months since the last significant update to the 9.7-inch iPad. Previous rumors have given us a pretty clear idea of what the next model will look like, and now we may also have a clearer idea of when Apple will announce it."

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Garmin's portable HUD throws smartphone app directions on the windshield

Garmin's portable HUD throws smartphone app directions on the windshield: "While many high-end modern cars are now coming with a sophisticated Head-Up-Display (HUD) built in, owners of older (or cheaper) models are stuck with a dedicated navigation device or cradled smartphone blurting out directions and pointing the way."

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Curiosity begins long trek to uncover Red Planet's secrets

Curiosity begins long trek to uncover Red Planet's secrets: "After over six months exploring the Glenelg area of Gale Crater on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover is on the move. The nuclear-powered robot began a months-long drive on July 4, which will take it to Mount Sharp to fulfill the major part of its its two-year mission to seek out areas where life could have, or still could, exist on the Red Planet."

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