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A new flash-charging system for electric buses delivers 15-second-long battery boosts at selected stops

Urban Transport

TOSA tech charges up electric buses in 15 seconds

A new flash-charging system for electric buses delivers 15-second-long battery boosts at selected stops.

Made in Space was first tested aboard a cargo plane using parabolic flights to achieve zero gravity (Photo: Made in Space)

3D Printing

"Houston, we don't have a problem" – Zero-gravity 3D printing heads for space

NASA and Made in Space Inc. of Mountain View, California plan to send a 3D printer to the International Space Station (ISS) next year as part of demonstration to show the potential of the technology.

The intelligentM bracelet monitors the hand-washing activities of healthcare workers, to make sure that they're doing it properly and frequently enough

Wellness and Healthy Living

intelligentM ensures that healthcare workers wash their hands

The intelligentM system monitors the hand-washing activities of healthcare workers, to make sure that they're doing it properly and frequently enough.

Unveiled in Paris, the SMEG 500 is collaborative tribute to the design partnership Fiat and SMEG held in the 1950s

Good Thinking

The SMEG 500 takes a Fiat bonnet, returns with retro styled Peroni chiller

The SMEG 500 is a chilling, retro design collaboration between Italy’s Fiat and appliance manufacturer, SMEG.

Thunderbolt 2 will enable 4K video transfer (Image: Shutterstock/JMiks)

Computing

Thunderbolt 2 twice as speedy for 4K video streaming

Thunderbolt 2 doubles data transfer rates to 20 Gb/s which, with the incorporation of DisplayPort 1.2, will allow the transmission of raw 4K video as well as data.

Computing

Asus ups the ante (and resolution) with new multi-touch All-in-One PCs

Asus has announced that it has updated its range of iMac-alike all-in-one flat-pack PCs with two new models, the 23-in ET2311 and the higher-spec "ultra high-resolution" ET2702.

The map displays solar radiation data with outstanding resolution (Photo: MIT)

Environment

MIT maps solar potential of Cambridge, Massachusetts with record accuracy

With the help of LiDAR data, MIT researchers have charted the most accurate and user-friendly solar map yet.

The Large Magellanic Cloud as taken by the Swift satellite's Ultraviolet/Optical telescope (image: NASA)

Astronomy

NASA's Swift satellite reveals neighboring galaxies in unprecedented ultraviolet detail

Astronomers have used NASA's Swift satellite to produce two stunning ultraviolet images of our nearest neighboring galaxies.

The inflatable hangar deployed for the first time to house the Solar Impulse in St. Louis (Photo: © Solar Impulse | Ackermann | Rezo.ch)

Aircraft

Solar Impulse deploys inflatable hangar for the first time

The Solar Impulse team has deployed an inflatable mobile hangar for the first time to house the Solar Impulse for its stay in St. Louis as part of the solar-powered aircraft's 2013 Across America mission.

Subjects were trained to control the quadcopter by imagining opening or closing their fists

Science

Mind-controlled quadcopter flies using imaginary fists

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have done away with all that tedious joystick work by developing a mind-controlled quadcopter that users can manipulate by imagining they are opening or closing their fists.

Cinch To Hang adds some storage to your yard or campsite

Outdoors

Cinch To Hang: A more Earth-friendly outdoor hanger

Cinch To Hang lets you string your gear up on a tree without nailing, scarring or otherwise damaging that tree.

The AMES device, which has just received FDA approval

Stroke

AMES device helps the paralyzed regain movement

The AMES device, which has just received FDA approval, is designed to help stroke victims' brains get their paralyzed limbs moving again.

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