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Very few world championship winning bikes exist outside the private collections of former world champions, or in factory museums. Now Franco Uncini has decided to auction the Suzuki 500 XR40 on which he won the 1982 title.

The PediSedate is designed to distract children, through giving them something that is fun and familiar, so they are calm and comfortable while they are being sedated in preparation for surgery or some other medical procedure.

The TidalForce M-750 x2.0 is based around the commercially available (and ingenious) Montague Paratrooper folding bike but has an advanced 1kW electric drive, a top speed of over 30 mph and a range of 25 - 28 miles, under electric power only.

A new Belt-Integrated Starter Generator (B-ISG)) offers a multi-mode, variable ratio drive pulley offers cheaper cost and better CO2 reduction than other stop-start systems. It also runs the airconditioning with the engine-off.

Over at The Mobiler, Tim Hanlon has been putting four recently released netbooks to the test - the Asus Eee S101H, HP Mini 2140, Kogan Agora Pro and Sony VAIO P (although Sony doesn't use the the term netbook

This week, Miikka Ermes, Research scientist at VTT in Finland, will publicly defend his doctoral thesis presenting methods for analysing human biosignals, including innovative methods for the verification of brain damage following cardiac arrest.

The Golden-i is Bluetooth headset concept that provides a 15-inch virtual display with a hands-free natural speech recognition interface for wireless remote control over mobile phones, PCs, company networks and wireless systems.

The Archos 2 portable music player has the features and the price to give the iPod Shuffle a run for its money.

A cabinet described as the Cullinan diamond of French furniture will go under the hammer next month. The cabinet was made by Francois Linke, a leading light of the makers of French meubles de luxe in Paris during the Belle Epoque.

A new electronic ink display technology, developed at the University of Cincinnati, overcomes some of the problems associated with traditional electrowetting displays.

Recent studies into the nocturnal gecko may provide insight into building better cameras and contact lenses.

From its mind-bending electronics, to intake and exhaust innovations, smart combined ABS, traction control, super-lightweight engine and advanced valve train, BMW's S1000RR superbike may well be the most technologically advanced bike on the planet.