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Automotive

Personalize your car with a scrolling display

June 1, 2007 As one of our colleagues is fond of saying, “people don’t drive cars, they wear them”, and pimping your wheels to reflect your personality is a tr

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

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

Games

Checkers “solved” using up to 200 computers at a time

August 8, 2007 After 18 years of work, Jonathan Schaeffer from the University of Alberta , has announced the completion of Chinook , a checkers playing progra

Boeing's Blended-Wing Body (BWB) X-48B prototype completed its first test flight last week. Photo courtesy of NASA.

Aircraft

Blended-Wing Boeing completes first test flight

July 30, 2007 The traditional airplane shape is well tried and tested, but manufacturers like Boeing are moving beyond the 'tube with wings and a tail' design i

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

Automotive

SANYO car reversing camera improves rear-view perspective

August 3, 2007 Backing up your vehicle is often a 'hit or miss' situation and relying on guesswork can lead to expensive vehicle damage or even danger to life a

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

The Ramphos flying boat with wheels - a true all-rounder.

Aircraft

Drive, float or fly? Your choice with the affordable Ramphos amphibious flying boat

August 1, 2007 With disposable income levels running high, expensive hobbies like aviation are coming within the reach of more and more people – and hobby pil

Magnetic Levitation wind power generator

Environment

Magnetic levitation promises huge efficiency gains in wind power generation

July 31, 2007 Sustainable generation of electric power is the key to realizing the vision of a world free from dependency on fossil fuels - the challenge is

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