Scientists make "Impossible Material" ... by accident

Science Scientists make "Impossible Material" ... by accident Scientists have accidentally created a new material thought for more than 100 years to be impossible. A single gram of Upsalite has a surface area of 800 sq m, equivalent to the sail of a megayacht. read more Automotive Twin-turbocharged engines to level IndyCar playing field INDYCAR has announced that all engines for the IZOD IndyCar Series from 2014 forward will be equipped with twin Borg-Warner turbochargers. The change should provide a more level playing field after Chevrolet dominated the 2012 season and is on track to repeat that this year. read more Health and Wellbeing Sony's head-mounted 3D video display gives surgeons an inside view Sony's new "head-mount image processing unit" gives surgeons virtual X-ray vision by means of an endoscope feeding images to a pair of head-mounted monitors. This setup allows surgeons to view high definition 3D images from inside the patient while carrying out laparoscopic surgery. read more Sports Sintercore creates first commercial 3D printed metallic firearm component Michigan-based Sintercore is billing its Auxetik as the first commercial 3D printed firearm muzzle brake. Made of Inconel alloy using a laser additive manufacturing process, the Auxetik is designed to tame the recoil and muzzle rise of AR-15 pistols chambered for .223 caliber rounds. read more Wearable Electronics Orsto Plus+ smartwatch breaks (or keeps) the tether and works as a smartphone The smartwatch market is heating up quickly and the Plus+ from UK-based Orsto is the latest to sprout its own crowd-funding campaign. Orsto claims the Plus+ is the first smartwatch to combine full smartphone functionality with smartphone tethering. read more Science Silver bonding technique could provide a simple way of producing smart fabrics A new approach to producing "smart fabrics" involves bonding electrically-conductive silver to ordinary materials. read more Automotive Full-size remote control cars – coming soon to a road near you? Scientists are developing a remote control system for full-sized cars, which would allow the vehicles to travel down city streets with no one in them at all. read more Electronics Full speed ahead with the shake-to-wake Astro3 portable battery pack The Astro3 from Anker packs a 12,000-mAh battery that should be enough to top up a smartphone six or seven times, and sports three USB output ports, one of which can auto-identify the connected device and charge it at its full speed. read more Digital Cameras Weye Feye gives your DSLR a Wi-Fi boost and smartphone controls Just because your camera doesn't have wireless capabilities doesn't mean it's out of date. The Weye Feye is a small device which can give many DSLRs a Wi-Fi boost, enabling remote shooting and sharing via iOS and Android devices. read more Health and Wellbeing Silk brain implants could stop epilepsy from progressing Tiny biodegradable pieces of silk, implanted in the brain, may help lessen the frequency and severity of epileptics seizures. read more Architecture Bharathi Antarctic research station built from shipping containers Bharathi is India's third permanent base in Antarctica, and was constructed using 134 prefabricated shipping containers shipped from Germany. read more Games X-Arcade launches Solo version of its Dual joystick X-Arcade is launching the Solo version of its Dual arcade joystick with a new and improved button layout. read more Automotive Ford engineer 3d prints haptic gear shift using open-source electronics Harnessing the power of Ford's open-source platform OpenXC, 3D printing, Bluetooth and a Xbox 360, one of the Detroit automobile manufacturer's engineers has created a manual shift gear knob that vibrates (haptic feedback) at the optimum time for a gear change. read more Good Thinking Kickstarting disaster: When crowdfunding backfires Despite its initial success, Erik Chevalier's campaign for The Doom That Came to Atlantic City has been such an unmitigated disaster that it serves as an essential reminder to those thinking of backing crowdfunding campaigns that they do so at their own risk. read more Environment Europe's "biggest battery" to regulate UK renewable energy Europe's largest battery is to undergo testing in the UK, where it will be used to store and regulate energy generated from renewable sources such as wind and solar power, The Guardian reports. The lithium manganese battery will be capable of storing up to 10 MWh of energy. read more Special promotion for Gizmag readers "Gmail Cheat Sheet" With this cheat sheet you will receive daily updates in your email for free, courtesy of Make Tech Easier. Do you know that Gmail comes with plenty of keyboard shortcuts that you can use? It's always a good idea to learn shortcut key combinations to functions you use on a regular basis. This Gmail cheat sheet provides all the keyboard shortcuts that you need to know to improve your productivity. read more UNSUBSCRIBE You are receiving this email because you signed up for our daily newsletter at http://www.gizmag.com. Copyright Gizmag © 2013