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Dragon Drive! will provide hands-free control of various in car features

Automotive

Dragon Drive! aims to deliver distraction-free driving for the connected car

Nuance Communications, the company responsible for the Dragon line of speech recognition software, has announced Dragon Drive! - a new natural-language voice platform designed specifically for in car use.

Motorcycles

Video road test: Ducati Diavel

Ducati's new muscle cruiser breaks all the rules for the cruiser class. Loz and Noel throw a leg over for our latest video road test.

Siemens is currently testing its eHighway of the Future concept in Germany - where commercial vehicles retro-fitted with a diesel/electric power train receive electric power from overhead cables via a new pantograph system

Automotive

Siemens tests "eHighway of the Future" vision with tram-like overhead cables

Siemens is currently testing its eHighway of the Future concept in Germany - where commercial vehicles retro-fitted with a diesel/electric power train receive electric power from overhead cables via a new pantograph system.

Portugal's Catarina Mota has created a 12-key synth with note-responsive LEDs from paper, some electronics and open source and custom code

Music

Taking the lid off the Piano Box 12-note paper synth

Portugal's Catarina Mota has created a 12-key synth with note-responsive LEDs from paper, some electronics and open source custom code.

The Blink/Steady Bike Light automatically comes on once it's dark enough for a light to be required, and the bicycle is in motion

Bicycles

Theft-resistant Blink/Steady bike light turns on and off automatically

The Blink/Steady Bike Light automatically comes on once it's dark enough for a light to be required, and the bicycle is in motion.

Xavier Chevrin recently began a journey through Africa in an electric Citroën Berlingo to demonstrate the reliability and energy efficiency of electric vehicles under extreme conditions

Environment

Frenchman Xavier Chevrin begins 3,000-mile African EV adventure

Xavier Chevrin recently began a journey through Africa in an electric Citroën Berlingo to demonstrate the reliability and energy efficiency of electric vehicles under extreme conditions.

A research group at MIT has developed LiquiGlide, a slippery, non-toxic coating that makes sure every last drop of any condiment flows right out of the bottle

Good Thinking

LiquiGlide coating means you'll never waste a drop of ketchup again

A research group at MIT has developed LiquiGlide, a slippery, non-toxic coating that makes sure every last drop of any condiment flows right out of the bottle.

100YSS will attempt to develop the capabilities needed for human interstellar flight in the next century to take us to other stars (Image: Shutterstock)

Astronomy

DARPA funds 100 Year Starship to develop human interstellar flight capabilities

DARPA has just awarded funding to form 100 Year Starship (100YSS), an organization whose aim is to make human interstellar travel a reality within the next century.

Tesla has announced the first of its Model S sedans will be delivered to customers from June 22

Automotive

Tesla Model S gets June release date and personalization updates

Tesla Motors has announced it will begin deliveries of its Model S sedan next month, with the vehicle also getting some updates that will allow drivers to personalize the feel of their ride.

Will antimatter fuel the interstellar spacecraft of the future? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Aircraft

Beamed core antimatter propulsion - more efficient, but don't hold your breath!

An Ohio high school student has designed a magnetic exhaust nozzle that would double the velocity of an antimatter-powered rocket.

Hybrid Blue, competing earlier this month in New Hampshire

Automotive

Students build an award-winning hybrid racecar

A team of engineering students have created an award-winning hybrid racecar.

Seth Kettleman's turboshaft-powered, jet fuel-burning 1983 Datsun 280ZX

Automotive

"Jet-powered" 280ZX could be yours for $16,000

A surplus aircraft parts dealer is selling a Datsun 280ZX, equipped with an ex-US Air Force Garrett GTP turboshaft engine.

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