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The R-Aide is designed to lift up obese patients' abdominal fat during surgery, allowing them to breathe more easily

Body and Mind

Prototype device could take a load off of obese patients during surgery

A team of bioengineering students have created a device that lifts up obese patients' abdominal fat during surgery, allowing them to breathe more easily.

Carroll Shelby is considered one of the great American success stories of the 20th century. Here he is after winning Le Mans in his Chicken farming overalls

Automotive

Vale Carroll Shelby - Texas chicken farmer, racer, philanthropist, automotive entrepreneur

Automotive legend Carroll Hall Shelby passed away yesterday at age 89. Born in Texas on January 11, 1923, Shelby was a leading race car driver, then race and performance car designer who became a household name for his exploits.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has announced the publication of the latest revision to the IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN Standard

Telecommunications

802.11-2012 Wi-Fi revision offers 600Mbps and mesh networking

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has announced the publication of the latest revision to the IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN Standard.

Fujitsu says that its new Palm Vein Biometric Authentication Sensor has 80 percent less volume than its predecessor, claiming the title of the world's smallest and slimmest

Mobile Technology

Fujitsu develops smallest Palm Vein Biometric Authentication Sensor yet

Fujitsu says that its new Palm Vein Biometric Authentication Sensor has 80 percent less volume than its predecessor, claiming the title of the world's smallest and slimmest.

An eco-minded hotel in the UK has installed a bicycle-powered television in one of its rooms

Environment

Eco-minded hotel installs bicycle-powered television

An eco-minded hotel in the UK has installed a bicycle-powered television in one of its rooms.

The converted Fiat 500 trades its gas engine for an electric forklift motor

Automotive

One Fiat 500 + electric forklift motor = Fiat 500 E

The Fiat 500 E is a converted electric minicar with a forklift motor.

Osram Sylvania has been in touch to tell us about its 100 W-replacement LED light bulb, joining its Sylvania Ultra series: a 20 W, 1600 lumen light bulb with a a warm color appearance of 2700 K - the most compelling spec we've seen

Environment

Osram Sylvania's 100 W-equivalent LED bulb may be pick of the bunch

Osram Sylvania has been in touch to tell us about its 100 W-replacement LED light bulb, joining its Sylvania Ultra series: a 20 W, 1600 lumen light bulb with a a warm color appearance of 2700 K - the most compelling spec we've seen.

Fans of kung fu games and movies trying to emulate their heroes can now add authentic sound effects to simulated fight sequences with Dragon Grip

Children

Heeee-ya: Dragon Grip puts 1970s kung fu in the palm of your hand

Fans of kung fu games and movies trying to emulate their heroes can now add authentic sound effects to simulated fight sequences with Dragon Grip.

Leading end of the Tycho Brahe suborbital vehicle showing the observation dome and a full-sized manikin representing the passenger (Photo: Copenhagen Suborbitals)

Space Systems

Standing room only - the world's tiniest manned suborbital vehicle

The world's smallest suborbital vehicle, Copenhagen Suborbital's Tycho Brahe, offers standing room only for a brave would-be astronaut.

The Smartsense system provides real-time turn by turn navigation indoors (Photo: Fraunhofer IPA)

Mobile Technology

Smartsense navigation system works where GPS won't - indoors

Fraunhofer Research has developed a new technology called Smartsense that provides GPS-like navigation within indoor environments.

The world's most expensive camera - the Leica 0-Series (Photo: WestLicht Photographica)

Photography

World's most expensive camera sells at auction for €2.16 million (US$2.77 million)

Viennese WestLicht Photographica Auction House has broken its own world record for the fifth consecutive time by selling an original Leica 0-series camera for €2,160,000 (US$2.77 million)

Etcher: Etch A Sketch for the Apple iPad

Children

Etcher brings Etch A Sketch to the iPad

Etcher is set to bring nostalgia to the Apple iPad in the form of Etch A Sketch.

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