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US retailer to trial 3D foot footwear measurement system

December 7, 2006 Stride Rite , the leading US children's footwear retailer and manufacturer, has begun a trial to evaluate a 3D foot gauge, a system designed

Dr Andrew Weller from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath (UK)

Environment

Safe Hydrogen storage at room temperature

December 7, 2006 Hydrogen-powered cars that do not pollute the environment are a step closer thanks to a new discovery which promises to solve the main problem

Automotive

Volvo safety system for avoiding collisions at low speeds

December 7, 2006 Volvo has announced more innovative safety technology – a unique ‘City Safety’ system that could help drivers avoid 50 per cent of all rear-en

Robotics

GoldenEye 80 ducted fan UAV makes successful first flight

December 7, 2006 Flying saucer sightings are certain to be on the increase from this point forth as a new type of aerial vehicle comes into existence. The Au

Automotive

Ricardo’s new Cross-axle Torque Vectoring Audi A6 4.2l V8 Quattro Avant demonstrator

December 8, 2006 Delegates at Berlin’s prestigious 5th International CTI-Symposium, “Innovative Automotive Transmissions” , were this week given the opportuni

Children

The world's best selling fuel cell product - FUN!

December 8, 2006 Hobby R/C racing enthusiasts will soon operate 1/10th scale radio controlled competition grade vehicles on clean hydrogen fuel cell power. The

Photography

Nikon's DS-Qi1 Digital Camera offers high speed and sensitivity for seamless live cell research

December 8, 2006 Nikon has released first details of its new DS-Qi1 Monochrome Digital Camera, an ultra high-quality scientific grade digital camera specif

Remarkable People

Modern tools recreate a mediaeval art form

December 8, 2006 Glass is a jewel-like substance made sand and transformed by fire. Its origins are as distant as the discovery of the wheel, and within a shor

Robotics

First UAV to use High-Resolution Synthetic Aperture Surveillance Radar

December 7, 2006 Lockheed Martin recently accomplished a first for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), demonstrating that high-resolution, broad-area imaging from

Computers

Lexmark X9350 Wireless Office All-in-One (AIO) with Duplex printing

December 7, 2006 The availability of the new Lexmark X9350 Wireless Office All-in-One (AIO) with Duplex printing seems to have been largely overlooked by the

Motorcycles

HONDA unveils RC212V – 2007 MotoGP machine

December 7, 2006 Having wrestled the World MotoGP Riders and Manufacturers Championships away from Valentino Rossi and Yamaha, Honda’s next big challenge is to

Figure 1 - World Wealth Levels in Year 2000

Good Thinking

How the world's wealth is distributed - the top two percent own half

A new study on The World Distribution of Household Wealth by the Helsinki-based World Institute for Development Economics Research of the Un

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