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Miniature craft readied for space flight

NASA is in the final stages of sending a remotely controlled robotic space shuttle into orbit around the earth, according to the latest reports. The X-37 is much smaller than the space shuttles that take astronauts out of the Earth's atmosphere and its first unmanned flight into the final frontier will ...

Interactive horror film conceived

Using some clever voice recognition technology in partnership with standard mobile phones, a horror film firm has come up with a novel viewing experience for fans of frightening films: interactive audience participation. The idea is simple enough. Flyers urging potential audience members to submit their mobile numbers to the service are ...

Portable gadgets grasped by Spiderpodium

Having a portable media player or smartphone with you can be an entertaining way to pass a long journey or a dull commute, but having to hold onto the thing for hours a day can leave you with aching hands. The Spiderpodium is a universal travel dock that intends to ...

First prices for home 3D specs

Sony has released details and prices for its first range of glasses that will enable home cinema lovers to view their favourite films in 3D. You will still need a 3D-ready TV set and a Sony Blu-Ray player with 3D playback in order to enjoy the benefits of this emerging ...

Backpack doubles as booster seat

If you have young children, or have ever had to look after some during a car trip, you will be well aware of the necessity of booster seats to keep them safe and strapped in tight. Now a new gadget has been created to turn children into snail-like carriers of their ...

Consumer jet-pack launched

If you have around £60,000 burning a hole in your pocket and if you have always dreamed of breaking the bonds of gravity, then you might consider picking up the Martin Jetpack. Jetpacks have long been the preserve of fictional movie heroes, but now a New Zealand-based firm has created what ...

Google predicts death of desktop computing

The head of Google's European operations has said publicly that he believes the desktop PC is going to become a thing of the past in the next few years, with mobile phones and laptops taking over in a big way. Google's John Herlihy was addressing an audience at the Digital Landscapes ...

Next Grand Theft Auto V game to be announced

The follow up to the world-beating Grand Theft Auto IV, which has since spawned two downloadable spin-offs that are coming to the PS3 and PC after enjoying Xbox 360 exclusivity for a while, could be unveiled in the run up to E3 in the summer. This is according to games industry ...

Next Call of Duty game to ditch first-person perspective

It looks as though the world-beating first person modern warfare simulator franchise Call of Duty will appear in a very different form in 2011, according to the bosses at publisher Activision. Several of the leading professional designers at the developer behind CoD, Infinity Ward, have lost their jobs as a result ...

Luxury coffin with built-in phone created

The rich and famous could be queuing around the block for a chance to get their hands on what must surely be the most over the top way in which to enter the afterlife: a gold-plated coffin with a gold-plated mobile to match. The International Luxury Fair, which is taking place ...