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If you thought Liquid Petroleum Gas was suited only to taxis, think again. The performance arm of Australian car maker Holden has developed an LPG system for its V8 sports sedans -- and it makes more power at lower revs than the petrol-only version. Holden Special
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We always knew Ferraris were hot, just not this hot. The maker’s latest supercar, the 458 Italia, has been recalled worldwide (1258 all told) after five caught fire. The problem was traced to the type of adhesive used in the car's wheel-arch assemblies. The supplier of the original adhesive
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Nissan’s fully-electric hatchback the Leaf is sold out for two years – two months before it was due to go on sale. The Leaf is due in North American showrooms in December, but Nissan dealers there have been forced to stop taking deposits after receiving 20,000 orders. Nissan in Japan meanwhile
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Volvo’s reputation for crash safety demonstrations took another hit in September after its new pedestrian warning system mistook an inflatable human dummy for a tractor.
It was the Swedish car maker’s second embarrassing failure during a media demonstration of crash avoidance technology
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The WikiLeaks were just the beginning– Popular Science presents the deepest military secrets in the undercover war against terrorism.
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Smart dust that can track anyone and any vehicle anywhere
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Popular Science August 2010 issue presents the most multi-talented helper robots in the world!
• Four-armed robots that perform heart surgery remotely
• Personal assistants, butlers, therapists and robot gym instructors
• Humanoid robots from Japan and South Korea that play soccer
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1. Verbatim Store 'n' Go Portable Hard Drive
320GB of pocket sized storage will make sure Dad can carry all his music, movies and working files with him whenever he needs it. Nero BackitUp and Burn Essentials software is also included to help Dad back up his laptop or
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The vast amount of information at our fingertips these days can be as distracting as it is useful. Tracking something like the movement of an index on the stock market by feverishly checking a ticker all day is often more than you want to deal with. So this cube lets you display data it receives
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Anthony Le, 25, has been a fan of Iron Man since he was a kid, but when he heard that the comic-book superhero was hitting the big screen in 2008, he was inspired to build his own Iron Man suit. That version was more of a costume, but his new one, finished just in time for
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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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In just over a decade, the car industry in China has exploded. As of November 2009, China is the largest automobile market in the world, combining active partnerships with established foreign brands with a thriving, developing domestic market.
China's seemingly
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Anthony Le, 25, has been a fan of Iron Man since he was a kid, but when he heard that the comic-book superhero was hitting the big screen in 2008, he was inspired to build his own Iron Man suit. That version was more of a costume, but his new one, finished just in time for
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The Most Advanced R/C Car LOSI 1/10 TEN-T TRUGGY RTR Top speed: 72km/h Size: 34.3 x 45 cm. Price: US$500 Get it: losi.com
This 18-inch off-roader
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The vast amount of information at our fingertips these days can be as distracting as it is useful. Tracking something like the movement of an index on the stock market by feverishly checking a ticker all day is often more than you want to deal with. So this cube lets you display data it receives
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With all the focus on hybrids and electric cars, you might assume that the internal combustion (IC) engine was headed for extinction. Yet more than 99 per cent of the world's new cars still use one. That includes conventional hybrids, whose batteries and electric motors
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While Toyota and Volkswagen – the world’s two biggest car makers – are locked in a battle for global sales leadership over the next decade, driven by a new generation of hybrid and electric cars, Japanese maker Honda is working on technology that may well leapfrog them both. Most big
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The WikiLeaks were just the beginning– Popular Science presents the deepest military secrets in the undercover war against terrorism.
Top Secret Tech:
Smart dust that can track anyone and any vehicle anywhere
Hypersonic
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Dreaming of running up Mt. Kilimanjaro? Do it today. The NordicTrack X7i Incline Trainer raises and lowers itself to mimic the dips and hills of real-world topography.
The X7i downloads maps over Wi-Fi from a Web site called iFit, which lets you pick popular routes like San Francisco's
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Popular Science August 2010 issue presents the most multi-talented helper robots in the world!
• Four-armed robots that perform heart surgery remotely
• Personal assistants, butlers, therapists and robot gym instructors
• Humanoid robots from Japan and South Korea that play soccer
Discover
Read more...
While Toyota and Volkswagen – the world’s two biggest car makers – are locked in a battle for global sales leadership over the next decade, driven by a new generation of hybrid and electric cars, Japanese maker Honda is working on technology that may well leapfrog them both. Most big
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Anthony Le, 25, has been a fan of Iron Man since he was a kid, but when he heard that the comic-book superhero was hitting the big screen in 2008, he was inspired to build his own Iron Man suit. That version was more of a costume, but his new one, finished just in time for
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The world is ending. Not right now, mind you, but we can rest assured that it will end. Whether from massive star explosions in nearby solar systems, a collision with another body in space or the death of our own sun, life on this planet -- all life -- at one point will
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If you’re a surfer, you’re dependent on Mother Nature to let you glide along the watery curves. So what do you do when the surf is flat? Back in the 1950s, surfers – like the early amphibians of the Ordovician period – came onto land, taking the principles of surfing and attaching wheels
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The 100m sprint is, without doubt, one of the most prestigious events in world sport. The ‘fastest human being on Earth’ is a claim worthy of pride and a title deserving of admiration. But what is it that makes Joe Blow run faster than Joe Slow?
Theoretically, a human being can run at
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War doesn’t always involve guns or high tech weaponry. It doesn’t always end in bloodshed or death. Sometimes war consists of nothing more than an army of lawyers and bullets shaped like patents. And the biggest war being waged at the moment is all about the smartphone.
In early March,
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In just over a decade, the car industry in China has exploded. As of November 2009, China is the largest automobile market in the world, combining active partnerships with established foreign brands with a thriving, developing domestic market.
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In this month's Future of the Car issue, we've envisioned three ambitious concepts for vehicles of the future, based on insights and other concepts from some of the brightest automotive
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The Most Advanced R/C Car LOSI 1/10 TEN-T TRUGGY RTR Top speed: 72km/h Size: 34.3 x 45 cm. Price: US$500 Get it: losi.com
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