Exagon's 155 mph Furtive-eGT electric supercar

Exagon's 155 mph Furtive-eGT electric supercar:

Electric cars haven’t exactly stolen the limelight at this year's Geneva Motor Show, but Exagon Motors is bucking the trend with the highly customizable, “haute couture” Furtive-eGT electric sports car... Continue Reading Exagon's 155 mph Furtive-eGT electric supercar

Section: Automotive

Tags: Electric Vehicles, Geneva Motor Show 2013, Luxury, Supercars

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Chevrolet unveil soft-top Corvette Stingray at Geneva Motor Show

Chevrolet unveil soft-top Corvette Stingray at Geneva Motor Show:

This year’s Geneva Motor Show seems to be littered with motoring anniversaries from the Porsche 911 to Italdesign Giugiaro. Now it’s the Chevrolet Corvette’s turn as it hits 60 years on the market, and Chevrolet’s commemoration is the 2014 Corvette Stingray. Last month, we looked at the coupé version and now, at Geneva, it’s the turn of the Corvette Stingray convertible. .. Continue Reading Chevrolet unveil soft-top Corvette Stingray at Geneva Motor Show

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New Porsche 911 GT3 unveiled at Geneva

New Porsche 911 GT3 unveiled at Geneva:

The Porsche 911 has been around for 50 years. With its classic design and tendency to eat up racing trophies, it’s hard to miss, and Porsche is marking the anniversary at this month’s Geneva Motor Show by unveiling the latest 911 GT3. The new high performance race track version of the 911 features a newly-engineered boxer engine, transmission, body and chassis to create what Porsche calls the “sportiest 911” with “a highly emotional fun factor.".. Continue Reading New Porsche 911 GT3 unveiled at Geneva

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Giugiaro's Parcour concept – a Lamborghini-powered off-roader

Giugiaro's Parcour concept – a Lamborghini-powered off-roader:

This year marks the 45th anniversary of Italdesign Giugiaro opening its doors, and to celebrate the occasion the Italy-based design firm has premiered its Parcour supercar at this year's Geneva Motor Show. Taking its name from the obstacle-clearing sport of parkour and powered by the same powerplant found in the Lamborghini Gallardo, its creators have billed the vehicle as the first all-terrain GT, which fuses the high-performance of a track car with the go-anywhere capabilities of the 4X4... Continue Reading Giugiaro's Parcour concept – a Lamborghini-powered off-roader

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German robots could team up to explore lunar craters

German robots could team up to explore lunar craters:

While Japan is gearing up to send a miniature humanoid robot to the International Space Station, the DFKI Robotics Innovation Center and the ZARM (Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity) are working on a pair of robots that may one day help explore craters on the Moon in search of water ice. The RIMRES (Reconfigurable Integrated Multi Robot Exploration System) project combines a six-legged robot that can be picked up and moved with a faster wheeled transporter... Continue Reading German robots could team up to explore lunar craters

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Toyota rips the lid off the FT-86

Toyota rips the lid off the FT-86:

We've been following Toyota’s FT-86 from its concept days to its production debut as the GT86. Now it's gone topless, with Toyota unveiling the FT-86 Open Concept Geneva Motor Show. .. Continue Reading Toyota rips the lid off the FT-86

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Robotic bat wing reveals flight secrets of bats

Robotic bat wing reveals flight secrets of bats:

Recently, we've seen a robotic ostrich. Now, there’s a robot bat – or at least, part of one. Joseph Bahlman, a graduate student at Brown University, with the help of Professors Kenneth Breuer and Sharon Swartz, has developed a robotic bat wing that mimics the ligaments, skin and structural supports of the real thing. The purpose of the motorized plastic bat is to gain a better understanding of how bats are engineered and fly. .. Continue Reading Robotic bat wing reveals flight secrets of bats

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Taxation by whim

How to get businesses to relocate abroad and not trade with you?  Rolls Royce is learning that lesson.  THe company paid no corporate taxes and now MPs and the MSM are howling for its blood.

The strange thing about this is that there's no indication that Rolls Royce did anything illegal.  Surely if the government feels it should pay higher taxes, then it's the law that needs changing.

Unless, of course, Britain is now an openly Fascist Socialist state where the law is merely a pretense.

Land Rover introduces first 9-speed automatic gearbox

Land Rover introduces first 9-speed automatic gearbox:

Land Rover has announced that it will demonstrate the world's first nine-speed automatic transmission for a passenger car at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. The ZF HP9 9-speed gearbox has a higher top gear in a more compact design, in order to fit in the same space as conventional 6-speed transmissions. According to Land Rover, it will also provide smoother gear shifts with improved accelerations and lower fuel consumption... Continue Reading Land Rover introduces first 9-speed automatic gearbox

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Dragon docks with ISS a day late

Dragon docks with ISS a day late:

Today at 8:56 AM EST, the Spacex Dragon CRS-2 mission berthed with the International Space Station (ISS). The unmanned cargo ship was captured using the station’s robotic arm at 5:31 AM by ISS Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford and Tom Mashburn of NASA before being secured to the Earth-facing port of the station’s Harmony module... Continue Reading Dragon docks with ISS a day late

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Dragon docking with ISS rescheduled after malfunction

Dragon docking with ISS rescheduled after malfunction:

SpaceX has announced that its Dragon spacecraft’s docking with the International Space Station (ISS) has been rescheduled for 6:01 AM EST (11:01 GMT). Today (Mar. 2), SpaceX managers and NASA gave clearance for the rendezvous, which will see the craft captured by NASA Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford and NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn using a robotic arm... Continue Reading Dragon docking with ISS rescheduled after malfunction

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Dragon's thrusters now operational, but rendezvous with ISS delayed

Dragon's thrusters now operational, but rendezvous with ISS delayed:

At a teleconference today (Mar.1) at 3:00 PM EST (2000 GMT), SpaceX and NASA confirmed that the malfunction of three of the four thruster pods of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft has been corrected. Though the cause of the failure remains unknown, a note received during the conference from Dragon mission control stated that all four pods are working nominally with two of the pods preparing to come online this afternoon... Continue Reading Dragon's thrusters now operational, but rendezvous with ISS delayed

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SpaceX Dragon launches, but thrusters malfunctioning

SpaceX Dragon launches, but thrusters malfunctioning:

This morning (Mar. 1), the SpaceX Dragon CRS-2 mission lifted off successfully from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida at 10:10:13 AM EST (1010:13 GMT) only to experience a major malfunction in Dragon’s thruster pods. SpaceX reported at 10:43 AM (1543 GMT) that three of the unmanned Dragon spacecraft’s four thruster pods have failed to activate – placing Dragon’s rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS) in peril... Continue Reading SpaceX Dragon launches, but thrusters malfunctioning

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Volvo's permanent high beams keep other drivers in the shade

Volvo's permanent high beams keep other drivers in the shade:

Being dazzled by car high beams is no joke. Having someone come around the corner and forget to dip their headlamps isn't just annoying, it’s potentially dangerous. To be featured at next week's Geneva Motor Show, Volvo’s Active High Beam Control is a mechanical system installed in the headlamps that actively and selectively shields oncoming or cars being followed from the lights. This allows Volvo drivers to keep their high beams on continually without fear of dazzling others or being unable to see a suddenly darkened road. .. Continue Reading Volvo's permanent high beams keep other drivers in the shade

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NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

From the BBC:

Whisky galore flushed down drain: Thousands of litres of whisky are flushed down the drain by accident at a bottling plant in Dumbarton.

VIDEO: Drinkers sue over 'watered-down' Bud

From the BBC:

VIDEO: Drinkers sue over 'watered-down' Bud: Beer drinkers in the US have filed a $5m (£3.3m) lawsuit accusing Anheuser-Busch of watering down its beer.

How on Earth could they tell?

Electrodes for prosthetic arm permanently implanted into patient for first time

Electrodes for prosthetic arm permanently implanted into patient for first time:

It took some time, but the age of the cyborg is upon us. For the first time, neuromuscular electrodes that enable a prosthetic arm and hand to be controlled by thought have been permanently implanted into the nerves and muscles of an amputee. The operation was carried out recently by a surgical team led by Dr Rickard Brånemark at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Goteborg, Sweden. .. Continue Reading Electrodes for prosthetic arm permanently implanted into patient for first time

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STRaND-1 "smartphone satellite" launches

STRaND-1 "smartphone satellite" launches:

The world’s first space smartphone was launched into orbit today (Feb 25) atop an Indian Space Research Organisation PSLV rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. It’s part of the systems of the STRaND-1 spacecraft, which was sent into a 785-kilometer (488-mi) Sun-synchronous orbit where it will carry out a series of technology demonstrations under the guidance of the Surrey Space Centre’s ground station at the University of Surrey, UK. .. Continue Reading STRaND-1 "smartphone satellite" launches

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Marussia and CarDesign.ru reveal concepts for new car for President Putin

Marussia and CarDesign.ru reveal concepts for new car for President Putin:

It appears that Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t like his car. Tired of seeing Russian officials being carted about in Mercedes and BMWs, Mr. Putin ordered that a Russian domestic limousine be designed to replace them. Unfortunately, according to the Moscow Times, Mr. Putin apparently didn’t much care for the Zil-4112P that Russian car maker Zil came up with, and told them to have another go. Seeing a chance to get in on the action, car rivals GAZ and Marussia Motors are jumping into the game with Marussia and CarDesign.ru teaming up for a public competition to find “A car for the President.”.. Continue Reading Marussia and CarDesign.ru reveal concepts for new car for President Putin

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ESA selects instruments for JUICE mission to explore Jupiter and its moons

ESA selects instruments for JUICE mission to explore Jupiter and its moons:

The European Space Agency (ESA) is sending JUICE to Jupiter in 2022. Rather than some kind of interplanetary beverage delivery, JUICE stands for JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) and is the first Large-class mission in ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 program. The spacecraft will carry out the most thorough exploration of Jupiter and its moons since NASA's Galileo mission that ran from 1989 to 2003. The ESA has now announced the eleven scientific instruments selected to for the unmanned probe to carry to the gas giant... Continue Reading ESA selects instruments for JUICE mission to explore Jupiter and its moons

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