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The Lancia di Lancia ... 1120hp of boating pleasure

Marine

Lancia speedboat boasts 1120hp of exhiliration

It’s touted as the biggest and most powerful Lancia ever built, boasting a 1120hp engine, fast, sleek lines, no regard for speed limits and impeccable Italian heritage. It’s the soon-to-be-released Lancia di Lancia – or Motor Launch.

Good Thinking

Transforming Fotel armchair rocks

Design innovation Rocking chair converts to arm chair in seconds

The DualView Samsung TL225 and its 1.5-inch front LCD screen

Photography

Samsung DualView cameras put the photographer in the picture

Samsung has unveiled two compact digital cameras that feature dual LCD screens – one on the back and one on the front – to make taking self-portraits and profile picture shots easier.

The Stem Glass Tray holds eight wine glasses in balanced formation and has a hole for your thumb

Good Thinking

Stem Glass Tray - the wine-drinker's palette

The stem glass tray is a clever item for waiters that makes carrying up to eight wine glasses so much easier. It’s basically a tray with little holes in which you place the wine glass stems and a ninth hole for your thumb.

On test: the lunar truck simulator at the Rock Yard of Houston's Johnson Space Center

Good Thinking

NASA and Goodyear develop puncture proof tire for the 21st Century

A team of researchers from Goodyear and NASA has created a resilient airless tire for future missions to the moon and beyond.

Automotive

Spyker C8 Aileron Spyder prototype let loose

Exclusive sportscar-maker Spyker Cars has kept true to its promise made in March at the Geneva Auto Show by debuting the first prototype of the open-top Spyder version of its second-generation Spyker C8 Aileron.

Under wraps ... the flying taxi. Inventor Michael Robert Dacre has died testing a prototype

Aircraft

Flying taxi inventor dies in test crash

Sadly, the inventor of the ‘flying taxi’, Michael Robert Dacre, has died after a crash during a test flight of a new Jetpod prototype in Taiping.

The success of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles like the Predator means the US Air Force will, this year, train more virtual pilots than real pilots(Image: General Atomics)

Aircraft

Video games finally pay off: Air Force needs more virtual flyers than real pilots

The success of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles like the Predator means the US Air Force will, this year, train more virtual pilots than real pilots

President Obama toured Southern California Edison in March 2009 to see the first of the F-550 Eaton-powered plug-in hybrid utility trucks to be placed in service

Automotive

Eaton announces major development of plug-in hybrid commercial vehicles

Eaton Corporation’s truck and electrical businesses will play a major role in producing 378 plug-in hybrid electric power vehicles, the largest commercial hybrid deployment to date in the U.S.

Paul Teutul Snr. cruises on the the Siemens Smart Chopper

Motorcycles

The quietest Orange County Chopper yet: the electric Siemens Smart Chopper

Commissioned by Siemens, the fully electric Siemens Smart Chopper features a 27hp brushless motor good for a top speed in excess of 100mph, and enough battery life for a 60-mile range.

The AVerMedia twin HD TV tuner for your PC

Computers

AVerMedia’s twin HD TV tuner turns your PC into a set-top box

The AVerTVHD Duet is an HD Dual Digital TV tuner for your PC that lets you watch one show while recording another or record them both simultaneously. And by recording your HD content to your HTPCs hard drive it becomes a PVR.

The AstroScope DSLR night vision adapter (shown on Canon EOS)

Photography

AstroScope gives your DSLR night vision

The AstroScope night vision adapter quickly converts your DSLR camera for low-light shooting.

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