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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

Robotics

Top Three Urban Challenge Finishers to receive US$2 Million, US$1 Million and US$500,000

December 11, 2006 One of the most intriguing contests ever conceived , the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge for autonomous robotic ground vehicles will take place on

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

Games

Avatar technology comes to mobile phones

December 12, 2006 8, 2006: The news of the coming of the first avatar-based mobile game from CBS Interactive and Hong Kong-based Artificial Life (a regular

Wellness and Healthy Living

Computerised Mannequins for medical training

December 7, 2006 The University of Portsmouth has opened a UKP4.85million high-tech teaching facility with computerised mannequins to train the health-relate

Home Entertainment

Wunderbar draught beer dispenser for the home

December 7, 2006 With beer being the most popular alcoholic drink on earth, it’s quite surprising that it has taken 10,000 years for someone to invent an appli

Automotive

The World’s fastest police car – the Brabus Rocket Police Special

December 6, 2006 The Lamborghini Gallardo Police car we wrote up in 2004 holds the title for the world’s fastest police car in actual use – it prowls the Sal

Aircraft

RCV awarded engine contract for Micro Air Vehicle

December 8, 2006 There’s a delicious irony about the success of UK-based RCV Engines . The company achieved international recognition for its range of model

Military

Recoilless technology provides killer app for UAVs

December 12, 2006 The technological progress of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle has been astonishingly rapid. At the beginning of the current Afghanistan and Ira

Automotive

The 6kg RS-X wheel - a carbon fibre rim with a magnesium centre

December 8, 2006 The latest development from the Kahn laboratories is this Carbon fibre RS-X wheel made up from a carbon fibre rim with a magnesium centre. K

Automotive

1,054 bhp Porsche 997 to attempt World Speed Record for Street-Legal Cars

December 6, 2006 MISSION 400 PLUS is attempting to to win the Blue Ribbon for the world’s fastest street-legal sports car next year, with a top speed of more t

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