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Boeing rolls out first Dreamliner 787-9 27 Aug 2013 | 11:39 am
Boeing has rolled out the first 787-9 Dreamliner variant at its Everett, Washington assembly plant. The second of three variants of the Dreamliner, the 787-9 carries more passengers and has a greater ...
Ford studies space robots to improve car safety 27 Aug 2013 | 08:17 am
Ford has turned to space robots in an effort to make driving safer and more efficient. The motor car company has embarked on a three-year research partnership with the telematics department of St. Pet...
Vauxhall Monza Concept to feature LED projection infotainment system 27 Aug 2013 | 03:10 am
When we last looked at the Vauxhall Monza Concept, Vauxhall/Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann hinted at an innovative infotainment technology and new body design. Now the lid has been lifted a bit, and we ...
NASA brings WISE probe out of retirement to hunt asteroids 26 Aug 2013 | 08:55 am
NASA will be putting another eye on potentially dangerous asteroids in September when it reactivates the retired Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The space telescope, which was deactivated ...
NASA visualizes asteroid capture plan 25 Aug 2013 | 07:02 am
NASA has released new concept images and animations outlining one version of its plan to capture an asteroid with an unmanned craft and return it to lunar orbit for astronauts to study. The plan is pa...
ESA fires surface penetrators at ice target in search of planetary burrowers 23 Aug 2013 | 10:35 am
Normally, a spacecraft slamming into a planet’s surface at the speed of sound is considered a bad thing, but the European Space Agency (ESA) plans to do just that. As part of its Core Technology Progr...
World's most powerful astronomical camera homes in on Andromeda 22 Aug 2013 | 12:27 pm
When taking snapshots, a good telephoto lens can be handy, but when your subject is 2.5 million light years away, it’s invaluable. To show off the capabilities of the new Hyper-Suprime Cam (HSC) locat...
MIT finds exoplanet with an 8.5-hour year 21 Aug 2013 | 12:19 pm
Sometimes it seems as if the year just flies by. On planet Kepler 78b, it does exactly that. According to a team of scientists at MIT, the extrasolar world is so close to its sun that its year is only...
The Charming Bird watch is an automaton for your wrist 21 Aug 2013 | 04:23 am
The Swiss watchmaking firm Jaquet Droz has short-circuited the 18th and 21st centuries with the Charming Bird. It's a wristwatch that includes a tiny automaton bird inside the crystal, that sings and ...
Amazon updates Seattle headquarters design 20 Aug 2013 | 01:15 pm
Architects have revised the design of the biodomes for Amazon's new Seattle headquarters. The curves of old have been replaced with irregular pentagons, resulting in something that looks less futurist...
