Test drive: Lamborghini's 700 hp attack fighter, the Aventador LP 700-4

Automotive Test drive: Lamborghini's 700 hp attack fighter, the Aventador LP 700-4 The setting is a private house located two miles off a Californian highway, up a very narrow, misty road. There waiting in the driveway is Lamborghini's $4 million rolling concept, the Veneno. Next to it is the rolling reality of an Aventador LP 700-4, and it's time for a test drive. read more Space Objective Europa wants to send astronauts on a one-way mission to Jupiter's moons The Objective Europa project's long-term aim is to send astronauts to Jupiter's moon Europa to look for life. The only catch is that the trip is one-way with no hope of return at the end of the mission. read more Outdoors Vohringer's Speed-Wagon camping trailer sleeps two + motorcycle Shown recently at Caravan Salon in Dusseldorf, Germany, the Vohringer Speed-Wagon uses a hydraulic lift system to open up space for a motorbike while still sleeping occupants comfortably. read more Good Thinking Glovebucket keeps messy jobs contained From time to time, just about everyone has to perform messy jobs such as cleaning paintbrushes, or scrubbing greasy vehicle parts with solvent Usually, you have to change into old clothes in order to so. With the Glovebucket, however, you can do those jobs while wearing a tux. read more Science Insect uses gears to enable 200 g hops Among the mechanical components not found in nature is the spur gear. That is, until now. Zoologists at Cambridge have found gear-like linkages between the two jumping legs of a species of juvenile leaf-hopper. These gears help synchronize the legs during a jump. read more Bicycles In pictures: Hidden gems from Interbike 2013 If you've visited Gizmag at all within the past several days, then you're likely aware that we attended the Interbike trade show in Las Vegas last week. Here's a gallery of some of the cycling gadgets that caught our eye, for your gawking pleasure. read more Science Manga generator creates comics from your posture If you've longed to be the star of a manga comic, here's your chance to punch, jump and kick your way into one. Shirai Lab's Manga Generator turns any pose you strike into a comic panel in real time with the help of a Kinect sensor, adding comic effects to convey the emotion you want to express. read more Urban Transport Kickr adds an electric motor to any longboard Longboards are a great way to get around for many people, but kicking on the flats can be rather tiring. That's where motorized options like the LaGrange L1 truck come into play. Now, a new option called Kickr offers an electric motor without requiring the user to change trucks. read more Computers CuBox-i mini computer goes up for pre-order Israel's SolidRun has announced the second generation of its tiny fanless computer system, the CuBox-i. The Series starts with the $45 CuBox-i1, which is able to run Android Jelly Bean or Linux, and features a 1 GHz processor, 3D graphics and 512 MB of RAM. read more Computers With little fanfare, Apple gives the iMac a spec bump It looks like Apple wasn't quite able to squeeze all of its new products into that iPhone event earlier this month. Today Apple announced an update to the iMac that brings it up to speed with Intel's latest 4th-generation Haswell processors. read more Computers 47% of US jobs under threat from computerization according to Oxford study Almost 47 percent of US jobs could be computerized within two decades according to a study that attempts to gauge the impact of computers on the job market. It isn't only manual labor jobs affected: The study reveals a trend of computers taking over cognitive tasks thanks to big data. read more Games SteamOS: Valve's latest bid to win over your TV Given Gabe Newell's description of Windows 8 as a "giant sadness," it come as no surprise that his company, Valve, has gradually shifted emphasis to the open source operating system Linux. The company has gone one further with the announcement of SteamOS catered to living room PCs. read more Special promotion for Gizmag readers "Ubuntu Linux Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for Power Users, 2nd Edition" This updated bestseller from Linux guru Chris Negus is packed with an array of new and revised material. read more UNSUBSCRIBE You are receiving this email because you signed up for our daily newsletter at http://www.gizmag.com. Copyright Gizmag © 2013