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US Military FCT contract for High Speed Amphibians

June 19, 2006 It was only a matter of time really – Gibbs Technologies’ High Speed Amphibian (HSA) technology has wowed the world with the Aquada sports car ,

Urban Transport

World's smallest and lightest foldable bicycle

June 26, 2006 Fold-up bikes are certainly not new though none to date have deserved the moniker “portable”. Most use the same heavy chain sets and bulky 16 to

Urban Transport

Bicycle design eliminates chain, derailleur and sprocket

June 20, 2006 Most childhoods would be incomplete without an incident involving lost skin and a bicycle. Indeed, given that the bicycle is the world’s favourit

Marine

Installing a 45 tonne, 20 cylinder engine

June 21, 2006 Next time you’re belly-aching about the problems associated with pulling a motor out of the engine bay of your automobile, spare a thought for th

Remarkable People

The Talking Camera - new handheld electronic reader will change the lives of millions

June 27, 2006 There are 174 million visually impaired people in the world , accounting for approximately 2.6 percent of the population, with around 0.6% bein

Marine

The flight of the Manta Ray

July 14, 2006 Last month we ran a story on the Kite Tube, a human-bearing inflatable towable water kite and within a week we’ve been sent another one – the Man

Military

Airborne Laser demonstrates optical beam train

June 27, 2006 The United States’ Airborne Laser (ABL) program sounds so fantastic that it’s hard to believe that it’s on track to be operational within two year

Good Thinking

Personal Biometric Device offers access to multiple facilities

June 30, 2006 Now this is an interesting key-fob-sized device designed to eliminate the need for employees to use multiple access cards and passwords. The plusI

Pets

Window extension maximizes space for pets and indoor gardens

June 30, 2006 If you live in a small apartment, have a primarily indoor pet, or want to build a mini-greenhouse, the aptly-named Wonderful Window could be just

Automotive

Jaguar's supercharged 4.2 litre XKR sports car

July 1, 2006 Jaguar yesterday revealed its new supercharged sports car – the Jaguar XKR. Building on the XK that debuted in 2005, the XKR will be available as

Good Thinking

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference Free PodCasts available

June 28, 2006 Once a year, 1000 people are invited to the TED Conference in Monterey, California, to exchange something of incalculable value: their ideas. Wh

Automotive

1906 land speed record holder to go under the hammer

June 28, 2006 Bonhams was founded in 1793 and is one of the world's oldest and largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. Appropriately, Bonhams will aucti

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