A concept car is a prototype that showcases a new concept, style or technology. They are often shown at motor shows to guage customer reaction to radical new ideas. Concept cars never go into production directly, as often they are inteded to ’show off’ what a company can do. Tags-concept cars (26)-prototype cars (9)-futuristic cars (8)-turkish cars (5)-FEATURE CAR (2)-feature cars (1)-concept-car-futuristic-car-03... 

Rolls Royce Motor Cars are manufactured via a “bespoke” process on a mechanized and computerized assembly line, but most of this process of putting the components together are done by hand. A RR engine is put together usually by one person and by hand. Tags-rolls royce (6)-how its made (1)-how it\s made motor (1)-how it\s made rolls royce episode (1)-rolls royce hand line (1)-skachat stock... 

The New Seven Wonders of the World is a contemporary attempt to create an alternative to historical lists of the Seven Wonders of the World. Would you believe that the tallest bridge in France reaches higher than the Eiffel tower, or that a single dam in China can hold back 1.4 trillion cubic feet Tags-Engineering marvels (1)-engineering marvels of the decade (1)-modern engineering marvels (1)-modern... 

In what could be a revolution in communication for paralysed people, a man with locked-in syndrome has “spoken” three different vowel sounds using a voice synthesiser controlled by an implant deep in his brain. Tags-brain implant (1)-sound to brain (1)-signals in brain (1)-scientific breakthroughs (1)-scientific breakthrough (1)-Locked In Syndrom (1)-erik ramsey 2010 lis (1)-eric ramsey locked... 

Finding the keypad on your cellphone or music player a bit cramped? Maybe your forearm could be more accommodating. It could become part of a skin-based interface that effectively turns your body into a touchscreen. Tags-gadget for arm amputee (1) Read More →

Founded to protect the US against “technological surprise”, the agency has achieved some spectacular successes – and failures – in its 50-year history. Tags-darpa (5) Read More →

For a month, Pierpaolo Petruzziello’s amputated arm was connected to a robotic limb, allowing him to feel sensations and control the arm with his thoughts. Rossella Lorenzi talks to him about the bionic experiment. Tags-man controls robotic hand with mind (3) Read More →

During Wednesday’s unveiling of the long-awaited iPad, Apple CEO Steve Jobs detailed that the new 9.7-inch tablet will make use of In-Plane Switching display technology. Tags-ipad screen ips (1) Read More →

The aughts saw an explosion of new technologies that few could predict at the beginning of the last decade, but in looking at the big picture, we didn’t want to ignore some more recent—and crucial-—developments that happened just this year. Here are the top seven tech trends from 2009.  Read More →

Apple is suing cell phone maker Nokia for patent infringment, a countermove to Nokia‘s earlier suit against technologies used in Apple’s iPhone.  Read More →