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Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that by openly sharing its patent portfolio with the rest of the world, his company will help expand the market for electric cars.
On June 12th, the FIFA 2014 World Cup in Brazil will be kicked off by a paralyzed person using a highly innovative brain-controlled robotic exoskeleton.
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To see the future of technology, all you have to do is pay close attention to sci-fi movies. Tablets, video conferencing, air gestures — these are all technologies that were predicted by films. So where are our holograms?
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With swooping curves, a bulbous windshield, and prominent pod-like headlights, the "Deliver" van built by Liberty Electric Cars is certainly a distinctive-looking vehicle.
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If you enjoy the simple pleasure of walking but wish it got you from A to B as quickly as cycling then the Walking Bicycle may be your dream machine.
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Flying car concepts come in all shapes and sizes, but the GF7 is a breed all its own. Designed for folks with pockets as deep as Bruce Wayne's, this matte black four seater is a personal jet that also happens to be a street legal luxury sedan.
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He's conquered Wolverine's retractable claws and fashioned himself some Magneto-inspired boots, but this time Colin Furze may have gone a little too far.
Last time we checked in with the researchers at the University of Tokyo, they were using speakers to suspend tiny objects in mid-air. Very cool. The latest version adds a dose of projection mapping to the mix, effectively turning all those tiny objec
At Solar Flight's test facility in the countryside outside of Milan, Sunseeker Duo has completed its first series of test flights taking off with its own battery power.
Scientists at the Fudan University in Shanghai, China, have developed a high-performance Li-ion battery made of carbon nanotube fiber yarns.
Artificially replicating the biological process of photosynthesis is a goal being sought on many fronts, and it promises to one day improve light-to-energy efficiencies of solar collection well beyond what's possible with photovoltaic cells.
These are "ear binoculars." Pan across a view of the city, in this case Newcastle, and the headphones play pre-recorded sound from the area where you're looking.
Just as SpaceX has shaken up Southern California's anemic aerospace industry, other space entrepreneurs are starting to use miniature satellites to provide Earth-monitoring services at a fraction of the cost of more established government contractors
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