Innovation

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World’s fastest motorcycle unveiled

THE world’s fastest motorcycle is unveiled. It is expected to go from 0 to 100km/h in less than 2.5 seconds and will cost about $30K.

Innovation

Motorcycle safety. Anti-lock brakes and stability control can prevent crashes. Image by Swann Ins

Motorcycles that brake if you don’t

WOULD you ride a motorcycle that slams on the brakes if you’re about to crash? An Australian researcher wants it adopted worldwide.

Motoring

The Stig’s two tips for better driving

HE raced celebrities on Top Gear and now the former racing car driver better known as The Stig reveals the two things that will make you a better driver.

Innovation

Why police are ‘terrified’ of 3D printers

A MAN has been sent to jail after completing a rather unusual DIY project using his 3D printer. And Australian police are genuinely worried.

Innovation

Pic shows: A man was almost cut in half when he was one of the 11 peope trapped in a lift. A Chinese man was almost cut in half when he was one of 11 people trapped in a lift and was left panicking after the doors opened to reveal a brick wall. Although they had pressed the alarm button and rescue workers were quickly on the scene to reassure them, a maintenance worker who happened to have a hammer started attacking the wall, causing the other lift users to panic and as soon as the was a small hole, one of the men managed to squeeze through. But the whole is not really big enough and he became wedged stuck for a short while before he was finally shoved the rest of the way through the whole by the others in the lift. Rescue worker Long Wang said: "It was an extremely foolish thing to do, it was relatively easy to reactivate the lift and override the safety function to move into the next floor, and it was only by chance that we checked the CCTV cameras and realised the was a man stuck in the whole. He could have been cut in half, we had told them not to panic by shouting down from above and they completely ignored us." The group of 10 men and one woman had piled into the lift in the city of Shenzhen in south China’s Guangdong Province, but because together they weighed too much, the lifts automatic safety function kicked in in which it had registered the weight limit had been exceeded, and automatically opened at the next floor to let people out. Unfortunately for the 11 passengers in the lift, the next floor happened to be the basement where building managers have decided to brick the opening shut to stop unauthorised access to the property. The manager of the apartment block which include shops on the ground floor is Cao Feng, 43, who said: "We wanted to make sure that only people who had come through the main entrance were allowed then to go to the property and we didn't want them coming up from the underground car park." He said they had thought it was ea

Man escaping lift almost cut in half

A CHINESE man was almost chopped in half when he tried to wriggle out of a lift trapped between floors — and got stuck just as it started moving.

Innovation

Creepy old mugshots reworked

THESE vibrant photographs show early 20th-century Australian criminals as you’ve never seem them before.

Companies

General Motors President Dan Ammann addresses the gathering Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit, Michigan. This is Ammann's first day as President of the company. (Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for General Motors)

Holden can beat Toyota: global GM boss

THE president of General Motors, Dan Ammann, says Holden can overtake Toyota by 2020 — armed with a flood of US and European cars.

Motoring

New Mustang fires on four cylinders

THE Ford Mustang has long been renowned for its sheer grunt, but will its new four-cylinder version still let you be king of the road? We take it for a spin.

Innovation

Japan's electronic parts maker Murata Manufacturing unveils 10 small robots for cheerleading, known as the "Murata Cheerleaders," as they perform at a press preview in Tokyo on September 25, 2014. Murata Cheerleaders, equipped with various sensors such as gyro sensors, ultrasonic and infrared sensors, can make formations with wireless network sensing technology. AFP PHOTO / YOSHIKAZU TSUNO

Cheerleading robots? Bring it on!

THESE cheerleading robots have made their dancing debut with their creator saying the same technology could help save drivers’ lives on the road.

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