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After showing an all-electric version of its ultra-safe C1 scooter, plus several MINI scooter concepts, BMW has unveiled a maxi scooter. Two production scooters will be derived from the concept and maybe an electric version too.

The new dressing material indicates infection by turning purple (Image: Fraunhofer EMFT)

Wellness and Healthy Living

Color changing dressing to indicate infections

Researchers have developed a new material for dressings and plaster that changes color if an infection arises, making it possible to check wounds without changing the dressing.

Those chunky tires help riders take sand dunes with ease

Bicycles

Going all terrain with the Hanebrink electric bike

The Hanebrink all-terrain vehicle sports chunky fat tires, a centrally-positioned brushless electric motor, 14-speed gears and a wide cargo rack for hauling over 100 pounds of cargo or extra batteries to power the motor

Wellness and Healthy Living

A scientific assessment of the harmfulness of the 16 most commonly used drugs

The Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs’ first piece of research was released this week using science to answering the perpetually vexing question of exactly how much harm certain drugs do to their users and those around them.

Project leader Nasser Peyghambarian with a refreshable, holographic image of an F-4 Phantom jet (Photo: University of Arizona)

Telecommunications

Researchers transmit holographic images in near-real-time

Researchers have created a system for transmitting holographic images in near-real-time.

The Bikamper replaces tent poles with the user's bicycle

Bicycles

When biking and camping collide – the Bikamper

The Bikamper is a tent that replaces tent poles with the user's bicycle.

Siemens Healthcare and Olympus Medical Systems Corporation are collaborating on the development of a technology for a magnetically guided capsule endoscope (MGCE) system (Image: Siemens)

Wellness and Healthy Living

Magnetically-guided pill sends pictures from inside the stomach

Siemens and Olympus have collaborated on the development of a magnetically guided capsule endoscope that may make stomach examinations more comfortable for patients.

Skyfire 2.0 for iPhone "sold out" in just five hours

Mobile Technology

Flash video-capable Skyfire 2.0 for iPhone browser “sells out” in five hours

Looks like the legion of iPhone users are pretty keen to get Flash video on their device with the news that the Skyfire 2.0 mobile web browser for iPhone that is capable of playing Flash videos has effectively “sold out.”

Conceptual design of the Fermilab holometer

Astronomy

Is the Universe real or just an illusion? The holometer aims to find out...

Is reality a 3D hologram of a 2D universe? This is a question that a team of researchers at the US Department of Energy's Fermilab are asking.

The 3D-Spheric-Mouse from axsotic offers digital artists one-handed, high resolution manipulation of objects in a 3D workspace

Computing

The 3D-Spheric-Mouse simplifies 3D workflow navigation

The 3D-Spheric-Mouse from axsotic offers digital artists one-handed, high resolution manipulation of objects in a 3D workspace using a trackball-like setup monitored over six axes

Toyota's Prius C&A Custom Concept vehicle

Automotive

A Prius that looks cool?

Toyota is presenting the North American debut of the Prius C&A Custom Concept vehicle, a super-customized Prius.

Bicycles

Sir Clive Sinclair's X-1 pedal-electric hybrid

Sinclair Research has recently unveiled its X-1 electric vehicle, which is essentially an electric-assist recumbent bicycle with an open-sided fairing.

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