Flying is safer than ever.
You may still encounter air rage and sleepy controllers, but when it comes to accidents on the runway, airplane safety is at an all-time high. Last year’s accident rate was 0.61 percent—one for every 1.6 million flights.
Evatran wireless charging system for cars
Evatran’s Plugless Power electric vehicle charging system.
When it comes to technology, the old adage of “bigger is better” died a long time ago. “Smaller is smarter” thinking is being applied to products and prototypes across the board. Today’s “smaller is smarter” wonder is Evatran’s Plugless Power electric vehicle charging system: now smaller, more efficient, and primed for its first trial phase.
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Scientists prove time travel is impossible
Scientists say time travel is impossible by showing a single photon cannot travel faster than the speed of light.
Physicists in Hong Kong say they have proved that a single photon obeys Einstein’s theory that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light — demonstrating that outside science fiction, time travel is impossible.
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Frii bicycle made of recycled plastic
Frii plastic bike
The ultimate green machine will not only be human-powered, but will be made of recycled materials like the Frii prototype plastic bike, despite various takes on the perfect mode of eco-friendly city transport.
Mumbai to Delhi train travel time could be cut to only 7 hours
At present the train travel time from Mumbai to Delhi runs 16 hours.
Train travel time between the national and the commercial capitals of India could soon come down by at least half to only seven hours. The infrastructure for the Golden Rail Corridor, which will have trains running at semihigh speed (160-200 kmph) between New Delhi and Mumbai, is likely to cost around Rs 5,000 crore, according to railway officials. They say the cost is relatively low as the railways will not have to acquire land for the project.
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The INgSOC hybrid bike that is out of this world!
INgSOC advanced hybrid bike
The INgSOC, by designers Edward Kim and Benny Cemoli, is an electric bicycle concept is out of this world! It combines the aerodynamic shapes of triathlon designs, flexible handling of traditional bikes, and advanced hybrid power technology into one super-efficient commuting machine that (to say the least) looks, well… unearthly! (Pics)
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Talking cars coming soon!
Tests suggest it could reduce motorway pile-ups by 40%.
“Talking” cars coming soon, say Italian scientists who claim to have developed a software that lets vehicles “communicate” with one another on the road.
The Diwheel – gravity-defying electric vehicle
The Diwheel
The Diwheel is a strange-looking vehicle, which places the rider between two giant wheels, has moved from science fiction to reality.
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Road trains are the future of hands-free driving
Vehicle platoons (aka “road trains”) will allow software-equipped cars to automatically follow a professional driver in a “lead car”.
There will be platoons of vehicles lead by a professional driver that will let you take your eyes off the road and save fuel before cars are driven fully by computers. By 2020 they will be on the road in Europe. (video)
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New Zealand Inventor Readies “Jetski For the Skies” That Could Revolutionize Aviation
The jetpack is expected to be commercially available in the next 18 months.
New Zealand inventor Glenn Martin aims to have his “jetski for the skies” on the market within 18 months. He has created a jetpack suitable for everyday use by ordinary people with no specialist pilot training. (video)
6 of 10 Americans Say No to Electric Cars Despite the Price of Gas
All electric cars could have trouble getting a foothold in the U.S.
According to a USA Today/Gallup Poll nearly six of 10 Americans — 57% — say they won’t buy an all-electric car no matter the price of gas.
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Eurocopter X3 is the World’s Fastest Helicopter
Eurocopter X3
How could you make a helicopter go faster? You could probably add another engine. The answer is so simple and dead right. The engineers at Eurocopter also seem to have that same mentality and it worked.
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