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If seeing is believing, then we believe in magic. That’s the only way to describe the recently unveiled IBM T220 LCD monitor, the world’s sharpest display. The 22-inch screen has a whopping resolution of 3,840 by 2,400 pixels — a typical high-end monitor, by contrast, delivers images at 1,280 by 1,024 pixels. The difference shows. [...]

The downside to being wired at home is, well, finding a place for all the wires. But an upstart company called DeCorp promises to make things easier. Its innovation: FlatWire Ready wiring — electrical, audio, and cable wiring built into a ribbon no thicker than a business card. Demonstrated this year, FlatWire mounts right onto [...]

When you have kids, you need eyes in the back of your head. Likewise, it helps if you have them in the back of your car too. The all-new Infiniti Q45 does — it’s the first car equipped with rear-view television. Shift into reverse, and a screen on the instrument panel — which doubles as [...]

A major reason you don’t drive a fuel cell car already: There’s nowhere to get a tankful of hydrogen. This infrastructure problem is not lost on General Motors engineers, who’ve found a new source: the local filling station. They developed a catalytic device that strips hydrogen from regular gasoline. It’s not as efficient as pure [...]

Not only are this plane’s wings made of plastic, they inflate like a balloon . . . in midflight. No, it’s not some daredevil stunt; it’s a NASA plane that may someday be dropped from spacecraft orbiting other planets. During a successful flight earlier this year, a nitrogen canister inflated the I2000’s 32-inch-long wings in [...]

The world altitude record for nonrocket-powered aircraft, formerly held by the Air Force’s mighty SR-71 Blackbird, was shattered this summer by a flying wing. The unmanned Helios aircraft, made up of 14 propellers and 65,000 solar cells, averaged 25 miles an hour as it climbed 96,500 feet over the Hawaiian islands, three times the cruising [...]

Boeing’s X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) is the first of its type — a fighter plane without a pilot. Military experts say UCAVs will play a key role in future warfare, because they are smaller, lighter, cheaper, and more agile than piloted aircraft. Unmanned combat planes are envisioned as a “first day of the [...]

A common virus may increase the risk of developing multiple sclerosis, new research suggests, bolstering evidence linking the nerve disorder with the Epstein-Barr germ.

“Star Trek: Nemesis,” the 10th installment in the sci-fi film franchise, has landed a beastly new villain, with Ron Perlman signing on to play the Romulan Viceroy, Variety reports.

This little town in the deep south doesn’t get much attention, but really is the center of thought for the whole aerspace industry.