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Aero Gizmo

1. Preparations for world's first human landing WITHOUT a parachute
2. The Walrus: the US Army contemplates building an aircraft the size of a football field
3. Man flies like a bird - a jet-powered bird!

Around The Home

1. For the man with everything - the V8 snowblower
2. The Flying Carpet
3. The AeroPress Coffee Machine: a new concept in an ancient art

Automotive

1. The TWEEL - radical new wheel technology (UPDATED)
2. Can-Am Spyder roadster: three wheeled motorcycle
3. The Air Car - zero pollution and very low running costs

Baby Gizmo

1. Fold up Stroller converts to backpack
2. Volvo Child Safety Seats released
3. A new type of childs seat for bicycles

Cameras and Imaging

1. The world’s most advanced LCD TV - 56-inch and 3840 x 2160 pixels
2. Algorithm draws on millions of images to seamlessly fill blanks in photographs
3. First2Print digitally-printed, ready-to-wear swim apparel

Childsplay

1. The Flybar - think of a pogo stick on steroids
2. Firewheel - the rubber band machinegun
3. NailJet Pro inkjets any image onto fingernails

ecoGizmo

1. French auto runs on compressed air technology
2. How to convert an electric scooter to a solar scooter
3. Extracting Water from the Air

Electronics

1. Plastic Active-Matrix SVGA flexible e-paper Display
2. Siemens develops printable, low-cost, disposable video display
3. Philips and Sony create first ePaper Book

Games

1. Guitar Hero World Tour vs Rock Band 2
2. V2.0 of 'V-girl - your virtual girlfriend' is even more realistic
3. Get the Tamagotchi connection

Good Thinking

1. The LifeStraw makes dirty water clean
2. 345 horsepower, 5.7-liter HEMI V-8 engine powered Barbeque
3. Lie detector glasses tell you if someone is telling the truth

Health and Wellbeing

1. The Spray-On Condom
2. AWOL - inhaling alcohol
3. Horseback Riding Machine

Holiday Destinations

1. World's tallest building and largest mall announced
2. Hualapai Tribe Building Skywalk 4,000 Feet above Colorado River
3. OSHKOSH Expedition Class AWD Motorhome

Home Entertainment

1. Claro Holographic TV
2. The 360 degree LED television
3. Samsung releases innovative LED LCD TV

Inventors and Remarkable People

1. Auto Skins - digital clothing for your car
2. Company claims to have developed new technology that provides unlimited free energy
3. The Umbrella reinvented: the fully retractable umbrella

Laptops

1. The first million dollar laptop
2. Tulip E-Go Diamond – US$350,000 laptop
3. Samsung to release radical 19 inch Notebook in October

Military

1. Future Warrior Suit 2020
2. US Marines RST-V Hybrid Tactical Vehicle
3. Heavy Metal - A Tank Company's Battle to Baghdad

Mobile Technology

1. General Motors Advanced Design Group envisages “the mobile home”
2. Virtual keyboard could revolutionise telephone usage
3. Baby Phat i833 Phone Gives New Meaning to 'Diamond Ring'

Motorcycles

1. The coming of the electric motorcycle
2. Aprilia RS250 - the LAST fire-breathing two-stroke roadster
3. Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14: the most powerful and the fastest production motorcycle in history

Music

1. The Transperformance self-tuning guitar
2. Tivo-like device records web and FM audio and converts to MP3
3. Exploring the future of the violin

On the Water

1. 50 mph Quadski converts from Jetski to ATV in five seconds
2. V8 Dolphin goes on and under the water
3. The World's biggest megayacht still on the drawing boards - for now

Outdoors

1. Futuristic design for new Antarctic base
2. Promotional V8 BBQ that brands the food it cooks
3. Smith & Wesson unveils highest velocity production revolver in the world

Personal Computing

1. The 3D air-mouse you wear as a ring
2. Hot-swappable micro Fuel Cell System can run laptop for two days
3. The future of the human-computer interface

Pet Gizmos

1. How to stop the neighbour's dog from barking
2. Toilet training for cats
3. Pet prosthesis - Dolphin recovers swimming ability with artificial fin

Podcasts

1. Gizcast 7: Great Inventions - the AK-47
2. Gizcast #9: can Vertical Farming solve the impending global food crisis?
3. Gizcast 8: Meet Chris Toal, inventor of the Cranklock

Research Watch

1. High efficiency flat light source could be the end for the light bulb
2. Bumpy whale fins set to spark a revolution in aerodynamics
3. Researchers developing solar technology that works at night

Robotics

1. The Snark - the meanest VTOL UAV on the planet
2. Exoskeletons: Wearable Robots
3. The Land Walker: the world's first 340cm bipedal exoskeleton

Science and Education

1. Google Earth moves to become Google Universe
2. Huygens begins its final journey into the unknown
3. Map of the universe revealed

Sports

1. The soccer ball V2.0
2. gekkomat enables you to climb like a gecko
3. The Bodywall improves health for all age groups

Spy Gear

1. Lipstick Pistol - The Kiss of Death
2. US$250 people tracking device
3. International Spy Museum opens its doors

Telecommunications

1. New software enables FREE international phone calls with any mobile phone through Skype
2. New data transmission record - 60 DVDs per second
3. Free Service lets children call Santa Claus directly

Urban Transport

1. T-Rex three-wheeler superbike
2. Embrio One-Wheel Concept
3. The Moovie: they built it

Wearable Electronics

1. Multimedia headset with attitude
2. The world's most visible wearable technology showcase
3. Electric Cinderella Shoes with built-in stun gun