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The Acer AS5738 comes with a 3D screen, 3D glasses and software to project your media and videogames into the third dimension.

Venom Eco Alkaline batteries are the world's first certified carbon neutral batteries

Environment

Venom introduces world's first carbon neutral alkaline battery

Venom Eco Alkaline batteries are free from mercury, cadmium and lead, and are recyclable

Zegna Sport's new eco-friendly jacket powers your handheld devices

Outdoors

Zegna Sport’s Ecotech Solar Jacket is made from recycled plastic

Zegna Sport's new Ecotech Solar jacket powers your MP3 player and is made almost entirely from 100% recycled plastic

The Virtual Autopsy Table is demonstrated by Prof Anders Persson, CMIV, at the Health ministerial meeting in Jönköping, Sweden (Images: Norrköping Visualization Center/CMIV)

Body and Mind

The interactive 3D Virtual Autopsy Table

Swedish researchers have incorporated technology used in criminal investigation into a touchscreen interface that allows users to conduct a virtual autopsy.

The basket - a tiny take on a kind of pick-up truck crossed with a roadster

Automotive

Inside the box: Daihatsu Concepts at the Tokyo Motor Show

Daihatsu's stand at the opening day of the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show featured six mini concept cars focused very much on practicality in an urban environment.

Apple's new wireless Magic Mouse features a multi-touch surface sitting atop an aluminum base

Computing

Apple introduces world’s first multi-touch wireless ‘Magic Mouse’

The entire top of Apple’s new Magic Mouse is a seamless hard acrylic multi-touch surface that lets users navigate using the finger gestures made popular on other Apple devices.

The original MotionPower prototype undergoing testing at a Burger King drive-thru

Automotive

Promising tests for MotionPower system to generate electricity from traffic

New Energy, the company developing the MotionPower technology, reports it can produce a 25-fold increase in the system’s capacity to capture kinetic energy from moving vehicles.

The Philips Wireless HDTV Link replaces cables for wireless viewing up to 1080p

Home Entertainment

Philips' Wireless HDTV Link transmits up to 1080p

The Philips Wireless HDTV Link, which wirelessly delivers high-definition TV picture quality (up to 1080p) should appeal to viewers who enjoy HDTV but have suffered from a lack of flexibility with their set-ups.

The full-scale see through model of the Lexus LFA on display in the "art gallery" at the Tokyo Motor Show

Automotive

The Lexus LFA supercar – the long awaited production version arrives

The Lexus LFA that first appeared as a concept car at the 2005 Detroit Auto Show is finally production ready. Lexus made the announcement at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show where a full-scale see through model of the car was also on display.

Bicycles

Lexus HB Concept 2WD pedal-assist, carbon-fiber racing bike

Designed totally inside Lexus by Lexus designers, this sleek electric pedal assist bicycle is among the many hidden gems to be unearthed at the 41st Tokyo motor show.

Motorcycles

Yamaha's Super Tenere 'art installation' baffles Tokyo crowds

A twin-cylinder "Super Tenere" is in the pipeline which will compete against the BMW R1200GS.

The Cyclops mobile robotic platform is designed to be used as a surrogate for blind persons in the testing of visual prostheses (Image: Caltech/Wolfgang Fink, Mark Tarbell)

Robotics

Cyclops - the visually-impaired robot

Scientists at the Caltech have created a remote-controlled robot to help test the effectiveness of visual prostheses, such as an artificial retina, which are implanted into visually-impaired patients.

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