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Avon China recruits 114,000 licensed direct sales promoters in four months

July 17, 2006 We just love a successful business model and when that distinctly American direct sales institution Avon was awarded its direct-selling license

Aircraft

Little Bird - helicopter without a pilot

July 13, 2006 Just three months ago we wrote about the AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter demonstrating the ability to control an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Electronics

Privacy-enabled RFID labels for product tracking

July 13, 2006 IBM and Marnlen RFiD are collaborating on enabling consumer privacy protection for RFID tags -- the potential production of smart radio frequ

A Sony Ericsson T68 that has been glitzed by Peter Aloisson

Mobile Technology

The world's most expensive mobile phone

July 16, 2006 Russian company JSC Ancort has teamed with celebrity jeweller Peter Aloisson to create a very upmarket version of Swiss Crypto Telecommunic

Music

The Boom Bag Portable Speaker

July 12, 2006 The Boom Bag came about as part of a design study loud speakers. Designed as an iPod/MP3 player accessory, it’s made from weatherproof speaker f

Urban Transport

How far can a human travel under their own power in 24 hours?

July 15, 2006 Last week we reported on Fast Freddy Markham’s world one hour human powered vehicle record of 53.43 miles, set on a recumbent bicycle with carb

Military

Skyguard uses lasers to create a protective bubble that defends against rockets, missiles and mortar attacks

July 14, 2006 Northrop Grumman unveiled its Skyguard laser-based air defense system yesterday offering near-term defense against short-range ballistic missiles

Computing

Bite-sized Micro Vault USB Drive

July 17, 2006 Personal storage devices continue to get smaller as can be seen from this picture of Sony’s 'byte-sized' Micro Vault Tiny drive family. We’re fa

Automotive

New all-wheel drive Porsche 911 Targa models

July 17, 2006 Porsche is to add two new variants of the eleven series in November – the 911 Targa 4 and the 911 Targa 4S. Both Targa models will be available e

Mobile Technology

Water Resistant Aquadock MP3 Dock AM/FM Radio

July 16, 2006 This is one of the most cost effective iPod accessorioes we’ve ever seen, and it’ll look after your iPod at the beach or the pool or anywhere outd

Laptops

MacBook Pro goes Core 2 Duo

October 24, 2006 Apple has updated their entire range of MacBook Pro laptops, all of which are now powered by Intel's new Core 2 Duo line of dual-core CPU's. A

Mobile Technology

LG FUSIC – why isn’t this phone more popular?

October 24, 2006 The LG FUSIC mobile phone has a distinctly musical bent – it delivers entertainment services at broadband-like speeds and looks, feels, and p

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