Mega Bloks First Builders Big Building Bag retains number one Junior Construction Item for seventh year running Mega Brands is celebrating a flying start to the year, as 2013 saw the firm crowned the number one Junior Construction Brand. ...
Tags: coloured blocks, toys
After an extensive search, Surftech announced the hiring of three new California sales representatives. In Northern CA, Surftech has hired Mike Rosen, Johnny Lyons and Rob Furtney of Livin the Dream Sales to service the SUP Market. Livin ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Mankind's primordial dream of flight is taking off with a new twist as a Slovak prototype of a flying car spreads its wings. Inspired by the books about flying by French authors Jules Verne and Antoine de Saint Exupery, Slovak designer ...
Tags: Flying Car, Auto, Transportation
We were pleasantly surprised by the number of robotics announcements at CES this year. In the past it's been a bit of a snoozefest, since robotics companies didn't want to tussle with all of the other major electronics manufacturers for ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Inspired by nature and by the aviation pioneers of the early 20th century, scientists in the United States said Wednesday they had built the world's first jellyfish aircraft. The tiny, ultra-light lab machine, weighing just 2.1 grammes ...
A team of researchers with North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa has for the first time captured on video, a freshwater fish leaping out of the water and into the air to grab a flying bird. The video was part of research the ...
Tags: Freshwater Fish, Video Capture
There were a wide-variety of errors, faults, and general IT-related ooftas to choose from last week. But GM’s recall of 370 000 of its 2014 model year Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size pickup trucks, in order to update ...
Tags: GM, recall, Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra full-size pickup trucks
FOR MANY years of his life, Ho Chong Choai watched his father Ho Kian Chuan labour over glass and frames in a small business with four workers in Kampung Pantai Malacca. Over 35 years, Chong Choai, now the managing director of SecuGlass ...
Tags: Ho Chong Choai, SecuGlass, glass factory, bullet resistant glass
Fuel economy must improve 57 percent in order for light-duty vehicles to match the current energy efficiency of commercial airline flights, says a University of Michigan researcher. Michael Sivak, a research professor at the U-M ...
Tags: fuel economy, energy efficiency, transportation, fueling
Medical implants, complex interfaces between brain and machine or remotely controlled insects: Recent developments combining machines and organisms have great potentials, but also give rise to major ethical concerns. In their review ...
Tags: cyborgs, cybernetic organism, medical implants, electronics
Tom Biery/Trans Pix Truckload carrier Western Express has reached an out-of-court settlement of its $75 million rebate-fraud lawsuit filed last year against Pilot Flying J, Pilot's attorney confirmed. The settlement amount was not ...
Tags: Western Express, out-of-court settlement, Pilot Flying J
Never mind girls and boys—adults who refuse to grow up are being increasingly targeted by a toy industry promoting adolescence as a lifestyle choice, say industry watchers. Among the "Smart-Tech" toys at this week's Hong Kong Toys & ...
Tags: toy industry, "Smart-Tech"toys, Hong Kong Toys&Games Fair, kidults
Hitachi is a company that has been around for a long time and we have heard good things about them, especially with their routers and cordless. For us, we don't have a lot of exposure working with them. This is the first Hitachi I have ...
Tags: Hitachi, tools, hammer drill, Hitachi Impact, Hitachi Drill
It's not a bird, not a plane. But it could be someone's personal drone coming to the skies near you. Some of the flying objects being shown at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas include items that are for play, personal ...
Tags: personal drone, flying object, Consumer Electronics Show
Les Vegas, United States The 2014 International CES kicked off in Las Vegas overnight with CES Unveiled, an annual event that brings together major suppliers and up-and-coming tech brands under one roof to show off their latest products. ...