V Australia Takes to the Skies
At 3pm today the first V Australia flight took off from Sydney Kingsford Smith heading for Los Angeles International
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New HP Enjoys Being Felt Up
True story: they?ve just released a laptop version of the TouchSmart series that, needless to say, requires some touching
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PSP 3000 to Come in Colours
Sony have announced a range of colours for the PSP 3000 as well as some big game titles
Just
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NASA's US$280 Million Satellite Destroyed
Satellite to monitor global warming comes crashing down to earth minutes after launch
NASA
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PopSci to test drive the Nissan GT-R
Also looking for new staff when the current mob fail to return from test drive
Today Nissan will let the eagerly awaited GT-R loose on Eastern Creek. It will be in the hands of ex-F1 driver and Nissan test driver Toshio Suzuki as well as a bunch of F1 driver wannabe
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New Zealand Flights to Become Domestic?
Trans-Tasman flights could be getting a whole lost easier soon
Canadians can hop in and out of
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Dell Releases Inspiron Mini 10
Has also packed it with HDMI and is looking to include a 720p screen soon as well
Today PopSci received the press release for the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 sub-notebook. Coming in a range of colours, prices will start at $799. It?s not just a standard sub-notebook though.
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V Australia Release Celebratory Airfares
V Australia is celebrating its AOC approval with a raft of special airfares
Today V Australia
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Ooops, I Just Blew Up Our Plane?
?is what one Columbian policeman could have said after he accidentally did just that
Olaya Herrera
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Nintendo DSi Aussie Release Date Set
Would you believe it, Australia will be getting the new DSi before America!
Nintendo has
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All About the A380
Everyone is talking about the A380 today. Find out why here
I live in the upper North Shore
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DIY Helicam Takes Awesome Aerial Videos
A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about the BeetleCam, a remote-controlled roving camera that lets photographers take pictures of wild animals up close. While clawed critters present one sort of obstacle to a great photo, the perfect shot is often blocked by something
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Science Confirms the Obvious: Men Look At Porn
Also: The Sky is Blue, Water is Wet?
An overseas study into the differences between the
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Atomtronics, Or Atoms Spun By Laser Beams, Could Replace Electronics
A new type of circuit involving a whirling donut of supercold gas could lead to the world's first "atomtronic" devices, potentially more powerful
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Grandad's Wild Ride!
Meanwhile a motorcycle enthusiast with a passion for the unusual has smashed one of the world's weirdest speed records. Colin Furze of Britain has claimed the new top speed record for a personal mobility scooter, usually driven by the elderly. The rules are
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Hubble 3D IMAX Trailer Released, Looks Amazing
Just refrain from trying to touch the screen
NASA launched one of its boldest space missions in 2009 to repair and save the aging Hubble Space Telescope. Now everyone can get a glimpse of astronaut derring-do in a preview trailer for the upcoming Hubble 3D IMAX film
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A huge week in photography
In the days leading up to the industry-stopping Photokina event, the major players have lifted the lid on all-new and exciting camera bodies that are sure to command the attention of conference attendees when it finally kicks off.
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Video: Military's New Water Guns Can Rip Through Steel, Disabling IEDs
Need to disarm an IED? Make sure you've got your Super Soaker handy. Sorry, make that your "Fluid Blade Disablement Tool."
The Stingray, the military's newest bomb-fighting tech, is a small water gun developed
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Build a life-size paper clone of yourself for under $40
A young German guy has a detailed Instructable online this week that explains how you can exercise your inner narcissist and make a 3D paper clone of yourself.
It's worth checking out
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Three Zero-Emissions Vehicles End Their Round-The-World Tour in Geneva
After 188 days (80 of which were spent driving), four continents, and one defeated team, the Zero Emissions Race--world tour of renewably-powered electric cars--is finally over, with the three remaining teams having pulled into Geneva this morning.
The race took
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Attack of the clones
I was recently reinformed that the word ‘science’ is derived from the Latin word ‘scientia’ which translates simply to ‘knowledge’. This is a rather apt name for science as it is, at its core, concerned with the gathering of knowledge. We can attribute this gathering of knowledge
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Astronauts have it easy
When we’re knee-high to a grasshopper, our dream jobs are often more impractical than we understand at the time. Doubtlessly, many of us can relate to playing the “When I grow up I wanna be…” game, with common responses often along the lines of “Hollywood movie star”, “Prime Minister”,
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Technological advancements aren’t as exciting as they used to be
It was only last week that I was looking for suggestions for science-fiction technologies that could help to advance science actual. But upon reading
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Humans are antiquated technology that should be replaced
Regardless of whether you’re a football (read: soccer) fan, you’ll doubtlessly have some awareness that the World Cup is scheduled to kick off this year. And even though the thought of the 2014 World Cup is far from most minds, it hasn’t stopped news cropping up about a World Cup that
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What’s the deal with the iPad?
You’ve got to hand it to Apple and their cunning marketeers; put simply, they’ve got the formula right. Once upon a time the humble Mac used to be a niche computer when compared to the dominance of the PC, but now it’s difficult to walk into a university or office without seeing a plethora
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LEGO is still the coolest toy for kids (and kids at heart)
For years now I’ve been trying to come to terms with the fact that I find it hard to resist the urge to walk through the so-called ‘kids’ section of your average K-Mart, Target or Big W to check out the toys. Toys have always been of interest to me and even though I’m no longer an adolescent,
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Technology + lifestyle efficiencies = all work and no play
At one point or another in our lives, most of us would have had the hypothetical conversation surround which era of time we’d like to visit or have been born in. For some, living at the time of knights and fair maidens has chivalrous appeal. For others, living at a time when technology was
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Technological advancements continue to encourage ‘irrational’ fears
You know you’re destined to spread your opinions on a larger scale than your average Joe when you find yourself capable of coming up with a darker/weirder/funnier real-life story when partaking in story swapping. I’m sure that most people can relate to having that one friend who seems to
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New approach to treating human disease wins top international computational science prize
Dr Peer Bork, a bioinformatician from
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