Aston Martin is well into the fun stages of testing with its upcoming DBX SUV, and has released photos and video of the heavily disguised prototype getting nicely sideways on a Welsh rally stage with Chief Engineer Matt Becker behind the wheel.
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During a recent Beijing event focused on the future of housing, Open Architecture and Xiaomi unveiled a tiny shelter for Mars. It's all very conceptual and there's no suggestion the dwelling will actually be installed on the Red Planet, but it's interesting to see architects tackle the idea.
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Last month, Volvo trundled an all-electric excavator called the EX1 into a quarry to begin a 10 week Electric Site trial with haulers, a crusher and a wheel loader. Now Cummins and Hyundai Construction Equipment have teamed up to develop an electric mini excavator.
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We've been following the work of Italian 3D-printing firm WASP (World's Advanced Saving Project) for some time but its latest creation is its most fascinating to date. It consists of a 3D-printed mud hut that was produced for just €900 (roughly US$1,000).
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A few years ago, designers from Yamaha Corp and Yamaha Motor switched for a while. For the company's &Y project, engineers from both have collaborated on concept models, the latest being a music device made of vehicle parts.
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Listening to some tunes while driving is great if you're on your own, but if you have passengers with varied tastes then pleasing everyone can be a problem. The dynamic focused sound system being tested by car maker Seat promises to wirelessly deliver sound direct to a driver or passenger's ears.
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3D-printed construction is portable and inexpensive, and could help build a safe barracks in a shorter time. With this in mind, the US Marine Corps Systems Command recently constructed a prototype concrete barracks in under two days with what it says is the world's largest 3D printer.
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Running heavy machinery in a quarry is a dirty business, involving massive diesel trucks belching out exhaust fumes. But it doesn't have to be. Volvo CE has teamed up with Skanska to test its Electric Site concept, where electric and autonomous machinery will operate in a real quarry environment.
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Scotrenewables Tidal Power has announced that its SR2000 floating tidal stream turbine prototype has managed to generate more than 3 GWh of renewable electricity during its first year of continuous operation.
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Just a few months after its Sun Flyer 2 prototype completed its maiden flight, Bye Aerospace reports that another of its aircraft has completed its first test flights: the StratoAirNet medium altitude solar electric demonstrator.
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