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Motorcycles

First ride: the Vectrix Electric Maxi-Scooter

September 17, 2007 It’s a special sort of road test when you get to try out not only a brand new bike, but one of the first viable examples of a whole different

Biofuels excreted by genetically re-engineered bacteria may become part of the solution to the looming oil crisis.

Science

Bioengineers rebuilding bacteria to produce crude oil

August 2, 2007 If you ever doubt the creativity of modern science, just throw a serious challenge at it and watch the myriad responses you receive. Rising oil p

Good Thinking

Mixed reality chainsaw simulator provides safe, effective training platform

August 4, 2007 Simulation has proven an effective method for training in many mission critical scenarios so it makes sense that this approach be adopted for the

Around The Home

Vornado room air circulator

August 3, 2007 From palm leaf waving ancient Egyptians to the punkah fans of the Middle East and the first appearance of the electric desk fan in the late ninet

Mobile Technology

Panasonic's new In-Dash LCD Monitor/DVD Receivers and CD Player

August 1, 2007 Panasonic has introduced its next generation of mobile video entertainment systems for the vehicle including two new in-dash DVD monitor receiver

Aircraft

Passenger plane design set to evolve in the name of efficiency and emissions control

July 31, 2007 The standard aircraft design with which we have all become so familiar throughout the 20th century is headed for the scrap heap. Despite its ubiqu

DVExperts' MOTA system records learner performance on a number of exercises in a scientific manner. This graphs shows a strong, smooth and well-executed stop under hard, controlled braking.

Motorcycles

High-tech motorcycle training system puts learner skills under the microscope

August 1, 2007 Those who choose to ride motorcycles , including many of us in the Gizmag team, choose to accept a higher level of risk in our daily transport t

Automotive

All-new five-door MINI Clubman a technophile’s dream

August 2, 2007 Mini seems very keen to pack all the technology it can into the newest addition to its range – the Mini Cooper Clubman. Almost but not quite a

Science

The human battery: turning body heat into electric power

August 6, 2007 Previously ignored energy sources are being revisited as both the global will to conserve energy and the technological means to generate it radic

Motorcycles

All new Aussie Yamaha motorcycles to come with free DataDot theft protection

July 31, 2007 Motorcycles offer a boundless sense of freedom to their owners – and they’re also seen as boundlessly free by bike thieves who know it only take

Science

Smallest capacitance type pressure sensor used to detect absolute pressure

August 2, 2007 Alps Electric has completed development of the industry’s smallest (4.8mm long x 4.8mm wide x 1.8 mm high) capacitance type pressure sensor to

Domain wall pattern for a ferromagnet. The technical use of the magnet is determined by the ease with which the walls can be moved, or equivalently, by the force with which they are pinned. Strong pinning gives a hard magnet, soft pinning a soft magnet. T

Electronics

Using a magnet to tune a magnet

August 2, 2007 An international research team, led by scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN), has found a way to switch a material’s magnetic

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