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An experimental new direct solar steam generation power plant generates electricity by using the Sun's rays to heat water and create steam

Environment

Experimental direct solar steam generation power plant opens in Spain

A new experimental solar steam generation power plant that opened last week in southern Spain is aiming to improve on the efficiency of existing concentrated solar power systems.

Vestas has revealed plans to build the largest dedicated offshore wind turbine in the world - the 164 m diameter V164

Environment

Vestas launches design for world's largest offshore wind turbine

Vestas has revealed plans to build the largest dedicated offshore wind turbine in the world.

A Japanese scientist has created an almost painless hypodermic needle, inspired by the mosquito's proboscis

Wellness and Healthy Living

Mosquito inspires near-painless hypodermic needle

A Japanese scientist has created an almost painless hypodermic needle, inspired by the mosquito's proboscis.

The Global Observer before its maiden flight in August 2010

Aircraft

Global Observer UAS crashes during flight-testing

In a setback for AeroVironment's four-year Global Observer demonstrator program, the first Global Observer unmanned aircraft system has crashed during flight-testing.

The CO2 collecting smokestack with Michigan Tech chemical engineering PhD student Brett Spigarelli (Photo: George Olszewski)

Environment

CO2 scrubber turns carbon emissions into building materials

Students design and construct a smokestack that halves CO2 emissions and produces a money-making byproduct

The Lensbaby Composer Pro - drop in an optic and tilt away to your creative heart's content

Photography

Lensbaby's Composer Pro: Lo-fi and distorted lens effects for your DSLR

The Composer Pro is a lens body that features a tilting head which bends light and distorts the focal plane of whatever lens optic you drop into it, giving you a bunch of ways to creatively mess with your photography in-camera.

Automotive

BMW M5 Concept showcases next generation performance sedan

BMW will show a new Concept M5 at Auto Shanghai a fortnight from now. Based on the new F10 5-series, it's essentially a preview of the next production M5. Also on show will be the new BMW 6 Series Coupe

Sony has dipped into DAB for the first time with the launch of a new retro-styled portable radio and a clock radio

Home Entertainment

Sony launches its first DAB+ radios

Sony has dipped into DAB+ for the first time with the launch of a new retro-styled portable radio and a clock radio.

Eindhoven University researcher Bart Gysen and a test car fitted with the new suspension system

Automotive

Electromagnetic automobile suspension demonstrated

Dutch researchers have demonstrated an electromagnetic active automobile suspension, which is said to offer a 60 percent better ride than existing hydraulic systems.

The Infant Warmer is a sleeping bag-like device that uses a phase-change material to keep premature infants at a proper body temperature for up to four hours, without electricity (All photos courtesy Embrace)

Children

Infant Warmer would keep premies safe and warm in developing nations

The Infant Warmer is a sleeping bag-like device that uses a phase-change material to keep premature infants at a proper body temperature for up to four hours, without electricity.

The uniquely shaped and textured Michelin Protek Max bicycle inner tube is said to compress punctures closed, instead of blowing them open

Bicycles

New Michelin bike inner tube squeezes punctures closed

The uniquely shaped and textured Michelin Protek Max bicycle inner tube is said to compress punctures closed, instead of blowing them open.

HandStand for iPad fits to a hand like a catcher's mitt

Mobile Technology

HandStand case puts iPad in the palm of your hand

Hub International's HandStand case makes things more comfortable for those using an iPad unsupported for extended periods by attaching an iPad to your hand like a catcher's mitt.

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