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X-50A Dragonfly Canard Rotor/Wing prototype completes hover flight

December 6, 2005 Boeing’s second canard rotor/wing (CRW) X-50A Dragonfly unmanned air vehicle (UAV) has successfully completed a four-minute hover flight at th

Military

The cannon of the 21st century - the Howitzer M777

December 5, 2005 The Chinese were the first to experiment with explosive powders around 300 AD but it was not until 1252, when the secret ingredients of those p

Electronics

Plastic Active-Matrix SVGA flexible e-paper Display

December 6, 2005 Plastic electronics developer Plastic Logic has developed the world's largest flexible organic active matrix display. The display consists of a

Around The Home

Translucent roofing system uses aerogel to allow full spectrum, natural light into living spaces with comfort and energy efficiency

December 8, 2005 Nanotechnology threatens some radical changes to the way we live – indeed, it threatens to change some of our fundamental belief systems. Anyo

Automotive

Nissan develops self-repairing paint

December 3, 2005 Nissan has developed the world’s first clear paint that repairs scratches on painted car surfaces, including scratches from car-washing machine

Space

Stratospheric airship reaches near-space altitude during demonstration flight

December 4, 2005 A team led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) successfully demonstrated powered flight of the HiSentinel stratospheric airship at an alti

Mobile Technology

General Motors Advanced Design Group envisages “the mobile home”

January 7, 2005 General Motors Advanced Design's GMC PAD has won the California Design Challenge at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The GMC PAD is a futuristic-look

Around The Home

For the man with everything - the V8 snowblower

December 2, 2005 If you’re tired of anaemic, one-lung snowblowers with their slipping drive belts, you might consider Kai Grundt’s V8 snow blower which raises

Automotive

FIAT shows new macho off-roader concept based on military vehicle

December 2, 2005 Fiat dropped a bombshell yesterday at Italy's biggest motoring event, the Bologna Motor Show, by showing an off-road vehicle that looks to be

Urban Transport

StreetSurfer offers a new two-wheeled experience

December 8, 2005 “The bicycle has effectively been the same since the safety bicycle evolved from the Penny farthing more than a century ago”, says Mark Palmer

Automotive

James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 for sale

December 6, 2005 The original and most memorable of secret agent James Bond’s gadget-festooned automobiles, the Aston Martin DB5 which starred in the films Thu

Computing

The first left-handed mouse - shaped, cordless, laser, US$60

March 9, 2006 Roughly 13% of the population is left-handed, meaning there are around 850 million people on planet earth with a preference for using their left h

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