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Nasa's Orion looks ahead to 2014 test flight

Nasa's Orion looks ahead to 2014 test flight

...beyond low Earth orbit," Nasa said. "Orion will serve as the exploration vehicle that will carry the crew to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain... Read more

27 November, 2011 by Daniel Terdiman
'Road train' tests out hands-free driving

'Road train' tests out hands-free driving

...one car, but the idea is to eventually have more than one vehicle linked to the lorry, the researchers said on Monday. The technology has... Read more

21 January, 2011 by Tom Espiner
Underwater robot aims to think and swim

Underwater robot aims to think and swim

...own. Tethys, named after a Greek sea goddess, is an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) unlike any other. Combining the best traits of traditional types of... Read more

7 November, 2010 by Jennifer Guevin
Discovery shuttle returns to Nasa workshop

Discovery shuttle returns to Nasa workshop

...external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters amid the scaffolding in the Vehicle Assembly Building gives a sense of the tank's generous proportions. Just... Read more

18 January, 2011 by Jonathan E Skillings
Bloodhound SSC car begins construction

Bloodhound SSC car begins construction

...are finally getting to work on turning the concept of a supersonic vehicle into reality, after months of hype and expectatio. A hybrid jet/rocket... Read more

8 February, 2011 by Staff

Microsoft pulls plug on Hohm energy app

...it was phasing out Hohm and would focus its development on electric vehicle charging through a partnership with Ford. The product will stop being available... Read more

1 July, 2011 by Martin LaMonica

Nasa resurrects Orion-style capsule for deep space travel

...the agency announced on Tuesday. Nasa has chosen the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), a reworked version of the Orion moon capsule, for use in... Read more

25 May, 2011 by William Harwood

Unmanned planes edge closer to midair refuelling

...took a big step closer to autonomous aerial refuelling between unmanned aerial vehicles, the company said on Wednesday. Northrop Grumman has carried out a flight... Read more

11 March, 2011 by Jonathan E Skillings

China to fight traffic congestion by tracking mobiles

...A Chinese government committee has announced plans to try to ease vehicle traffic congestion by monitoring the whereabouts and movement of millions of mobile... Read more

4 March, 2011 by Elinor Mills
Smartphones power shift to smarter cars

Smartphones power shift to smarter cars

...with growth in mind, many automotive manufacturers will be attempting to drive vehicle demand through the development of new applications for in-vehicle-infotainment (IVI... Read more

18 January, 2011 by Gary Atkinson
CES: Garmin presents iPhone, Android apps

CES: Garmin presents iPhone, Android apps

...Lite weather app, and the myMechanic app, which allows users to monitor vehicle performance metrics. For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see CES... Read more

5 January, 2011 by Antuan Goodwin

Honda car owners hit by data breach

...The compromised list contained names, login names, email addresses and 17-character Vehicle Identification Numbers. These numbers were used to send welcome email messages to... Read more

31 December, 2010 by Vivian Yeo

Photos: Farnborough air show demos the planes that fly without pilots

...The Sky-Y unmanned aerial vehicle is a demonstration craft built by Finmeccanica's Alenia Aeronautica division. The... Read more

27 July, 2010 by Stephen Shankland
iDrone 3.0

iDrone 3.0

...is a UAV simulator that allows you to control an unmanned aerial vehicle, flying over a large 3D cityscape or a mountain terrain, with your... Read more

4 February, 2011
iDrone Lite 3.0

iDrone Lite 3.0

...is a UAV simulator that allows you to control an unmanned aerial vehicle, flying over a large 3D cityscape or a mountain terrain, with your... Read more

8 October, 2010

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SoapyTablet

'Cut Price' Data Roaming? The price has been cut, but it is certainly not 'cut price' in the sense of the phrase, and nowhere near local EU data...

1 hour ago by SoapyTablet on Cut-price data roaming gets all-clear for July
apexwm

BrownieBoy: "Such crashes are normally down to the OS and/or a rogue application, which could be fixed by re-imaging. Everybody knows how Windows...

2 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Thomas Gellhaus

I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

2 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

2 hours ago by pjc158 on Judge orders US to share MegaUpload evidence
Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

4 hours ago by Dean Talboys via Facebook on Assange loses extradition battle in Supreme Court
SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

5 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

8 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

15 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

16 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

17 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

19 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

21 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

21 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

21 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

23 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

1 day ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

1 day ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

1 day ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

1 day ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC