Gull-wing doors are played out. VW had those strange Thing doors. To really show off you need car doors that disappear! Well, at least doors that retract into a compartment running under the car, sort of like garage doors. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Soldiers who have lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan have been given new hope after doctors fitted a former US marine with a "bionic arm" that can be controlled by thought alone. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

They are pictures from the frontier of medical technology, revealing the interior of the human body with a clarity never seen before. They were taken with a 256-slice X-ray scanner – the latest of its kind. Quite apart from providing stunning three-dimensional images from within the body, the £1million machine also reduces the radiation dose given to patients by up to 80 per cent on oth... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The emergency shelter can withstand storms, extreme cold, and even bullets. It can be set up in 40 minutes as a solid concrete structure.The shelter is delivered in a bag, which is ripped open and water added. The material soaks up the moisture, activating the concrete. But the cloth remains flexible and is inflated by a battery-operated pump. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

They're defeating the whole point of RealDolls!

(These things are awesome, though. Way to scare the crap out of people.) picked by Ellz 2 years ago

Firefox 3 is based on the new Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform and includes nearly 2 million lines of code changes, fixing more than 11,000 issues. Firefox 3 has been built on top of this new platform resulting in a more secure, easier to use, more personal product with a lot under the hood to offer website and Firefox add-on developers. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Inspired by Traumamamma's Post:
picked by sykeo56 2 years ago

Ever since I rode in a chopper, I have loved them. The war choppers are definitely intimidating! Great video of all these workhorses do! picked by TraumaMamma 2 years ago

Pictures of interesting inventions, some pretty funny picked by kamaloo 2 years ago

An animatronic Rocky Mountain goat installed at a Japanese boat-racing enterprise eats 500 losing tickets a day on average, preventing customers from throwing tickets on the floor and creating less of a mess to clean up. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

Worst vehicle ever?

Or the single most awesome ridable mechanical robot tiger ever created?

You decide =) picked by 1krazykorean 2 years ago

A judge has overseen what is thought to have been the world's first divorce via text. The reason behind this odd style of divorce lies with the nature of the couple - they're both deaf and mute. picked by TheStep 2 years ago

SurveillanceSaver is an OS X screensaver that shows live images of over 600 network surveillance cameras worldwide. a haunting live soap opera.

A Windows version is in the works and should be done soon picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Probably the worst one in existence.
And you can actually hire him!
Warning: This site may inflict irreparable damage on your eyes. picked by suckersklub 2 years ago

Three students struggle without technology to accomplish everyday tasks. picked by tchengrox 2 years ago

Two teams have independently succeeded in placing a cloud of chilled rubidium atoms within an optical cavity, which traps light between two opposed mirrors. The combination could one day form a quantum memory element. picked by drnothing 2 years ago

For many years now intelligence agencies have been looking at drones disguised as birds. These days flapping-wing 'ornithopters' are not easy to tell apart from birds – take a look at this video of a robo-peregrine and some seagulls and see how long it takes you to spot the impostor. picked by drnothing 2 years ago

Cool furniture floats in mid air. picked by deepcleanfun 2 years ago

Turtle got me all misty eyed about the days of my old ZX Spectrum with this post here, and that put me in mind of this MJ Hibbett song.

I can still remember how excited I was when my little Spectrum got sent off to be upgraded from 16K to 48K. 48K - can you imagine? picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Humans revel in touch. Touch-spoiled babies grow up healthier; lovers can't keep their hands off each other; and people who master the subtle touch are perceived as friendlier; and THAT could also be key to making robots accepted by humans as social peers, scientists say. (Is it me, or does that demonstrative pic just look 'wrong') picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

A research team at Philips has developed clothes that look good and let others know how you feel. Outfits are equipped with sensors that respond to changes in emotion.

"clothes that look good" is a matter of opinion... picked by marli 2 years ago

The dam project, which would be located over a gorge at Lake Lagoda in north-west Russia, is believed to be the first of its kind. It will generate renewable energy by funnelling the wind through an attached turbine. picked by wildminou 2 years ago

Jonathan Kuniholm's right arm terminates in a carbon-fiber sleeve trailing cables connected to a PC. He has no right hand, unless you count the virtual one on a display in front of him. The CG hand, programmed to look like silvery stainless steel, moves through a sequence of motions: spherical grasp, cylindrical grasp, thumb to forefinger -- all in response to signals from Kuniholm's muscles picke... read full post picked by fogowar 2 years ago

High Voltage Cable Inspection video
A unique Job... picked by wildminou 2 years ago

Strato Cruiser is a concept for a “lifestyle zeppelin” developed by art director Tino Schaedler and Michael J Brown. The luxury helium-filled airship contains a gourmet restaurant, a spa, a swimming pool, a resident DJ and so on. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago