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		<title>Finally: the Pentagon is developing a flying car</title>
		<link>http://news.discovery.com/tech/flying-car-pentagon-jetsons.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US military is finally putting its time and money into something worthwhile: creating a flying car. The project, codenamed "Transformer", is attempting to create a prototype SUV-helicopter hybrid within four years. Now, about those jetpacks...]]></description>
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		<title>Seven technologies that will transform the way we eat</title>
		<link>http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/04/seven-disruptive-foods-changing-the-way-we-eat/all/1</link>
		<comments>http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/04/seven-disruptive-foods-changing-the-way-we-eat/all/1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 02:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From nuclear-powered, nanotechnology-delivered calories to pancakes in a can, <em>Wired</em>'s <em>Epicenter</em> looks at the emerging technologies that could shape the future of food.]]></description>
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		<title>10 new technologies that will change your life</title>
		<link>http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/future-tech/10-new-technologies-that-will-revolutionise-your-life-679220</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=126979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>TechRadar</em> lists the 10 new technological innovations that are about to rock your world: 3D gaming, wireless power, augmented reality and more.]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s my flying car? Technology we never got</title>
		<link>http://gizmodo.com/5423510/100-years-of-failure-10-technologies-we-were-promised-but-never-got</link>
		<comments>http://gizmodo.com/5423510/100-years-of-failure-10-technologies-we-were-promised-but-never-got#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=105854</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cities under the sea, food pills, self-driving cars and man-made oceans: this was supposed to be the future! A look at the failed predictions of the 20th Century.]]></description>
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		<title>How gadgets are created</title>
		<link>http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/hardware-startup-lessons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/hardware-startup-lessons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[electronics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=103876</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From e-Readers to iPods, the market for newer, faster and tinier gadgets is booming. But just what goes in to designing and creating the Next Big Thing in consumer electronics? <em>Wired</em> investigates.]]></description>
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		<title>Tech experts imagine Apple products of the future</title>
		<link>http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/apple_their_eyes?page=0%2C0</link>
		<comments>http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/apple_their_eyes?page=0%2C0#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100953</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple's distinctive products and design defined tech in the last decade. What will it come up with next? Five experts from the tech press imagine future iGadgets, including augmented reality glasses and one that lets you create your <em>own</em> Apple products.]]></description>
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		<title>Swyping: the new typing</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/23/swype-iphone-leaked-video-android/</link>
		<comments>http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/23/swype-iphone-leaked-video-android/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100835</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Swyping -- a new technology for typing on a touch-screen phone, where the user swipes their finger from one letter to the next -- is set to launch next year, and could blow the old method of clumsily poking the screen with your finger out of the water.]]></description>
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		<title>The 50 best inventions of 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1934027,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1934027,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Time</em> names the 50 coolest things created over the past year, including <a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1934027_1934003_1933961,00.html">vertical farming</a>, <a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1934027_1934003_1933971,00.html">the robo-penguin</a> and <a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1934027_1934003_1933954,00.html">tweeting by thinking</a>. It has also listed <a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1934027_1934004_1933998,00.html">the year's five <em>worst</em> inventions</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the man who killed the letter</title>
		<link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120364591&#038;ft=1&#038;f=1001</link>
		<comments>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120364591&#038;ft=1&#038;f=1001#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99527</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1971, engineer Ray Tomlinson was asked to find something interesting to do with the newly created ARPANET computer network. So he invented email, inadvertently changing human communication forever. ]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists create landmine-detecting bugs</title>
		<link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/scientists-create-bacteria-glows-landmines.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/scientists-create-bacteria-glows-landmines.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99204</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have used DNA manipulation to create a new type of bacteria that glows green in the presence of explosives, and may be the future of landmine detection]]></description>
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		<title>Crap you don&#8217;t need: the most stupid products ever invented</title>
		<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/02/the-15-stupidest-products_n_342316.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/02/the-15-stupidest-products_n_342316.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=97318</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A definitive <em>HuffPo</em> list of the 15 stupidest products available for sale. Which is the most inane? Tinkles the toilet cat that hides under your toilet seat ready to scare your guests? Or the phallic shaped boob separator?]]></description>
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		<title>The world&#8217;s first Twitter-only gadget. Er, why?</title>
		<link>http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10389354-17.html</link>
		<comments>http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10389354-17.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=97126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tech company Peek has created a hand-held gadget that only does one thing: tweet. For US$199, you can't make phone calls, send SMS or check your email, but you can tweet on-the-go. Perfect for friendless geeks with no need for a real phone, we guess.]]></description>
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		<title>Toyota invents its own climate-cooling flower</title>
		<link>http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=66761&#038;vf=1</link>
		<comments>http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=66761&#038;vf=1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=96369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Manufacturing the Toyota Prius produces more CO2 than normal cars, so the company came up with a novel solution: engineer a new species of flower to plant around factories that reduces the temperature and the energy needed for cooling, thus offsetting the carbon emissions.]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Reinventing the mouse</title>
		<link>http://www.technologyreview.com/video/?vid=470</link>
		<comments>http://www.technologyreview.com/video/?vid=470#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=96366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the rise of laptops and touch-screen computing, many have predicted the death of the computer mouse. But Microsoft is working on five cool new iterations of the device that integrates <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multitouch">multi-touch</a> technology to go well beyond the old point-and-click.]]></description>
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		<title>A slice of genius: the multi-purpose pizza box</title>
		<link>http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/food/2009/10/20/2009-10-20_pizza_box_thats_also_a_plate.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/food/2009/10/20/2009-10-20_pizza_box_thats_also_a_plate.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=94976</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out the <a href="www.greenboxny.com">GreenBox</a>, an environmentally friendly pizza box made from 100% recycled materials that transforms into plates and a storage container for leftovers. ]]></description>
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		<title>E-paper: the real &#8220;Kindle Killer&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427305.500-the-colourful-promises-of-electronic-paper.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427305.500-the-colourful-promises-of-electronic-paper.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=94017</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone (and by "everyone", we mean "geeks and the media") is fixated on what the Next Big Thing in <a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/topic/e-reader/">e-readers</a> will be. But what if e-readers aren't the Next Big Thing at all? Check out e-paper, which allows hi-res, full-colour imagery.]]></description>
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		<title>Hydrogen-fuelled cars aren&#8217;t out of the race yet</title>
		<link>http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=36&#038;article_id=8463</link>
		<comments>http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=36&#038;article_id=8463#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=93603</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/sep/16/electric-killed-hydrogen-car">have declared</a> the development of hydrogen cars dead in favour of cheaper, simpler electric vehicles. But companies including Suzuki, Mercedes and Toyota are still quietly tinkering away at the technology.]]></description>
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		<title>The Frankencamera: the future of photography</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stanford University scientists have developed a new digital camera that works like an iPhone -- allowing users to download applications and customise the device in infinite ways. It's kind of like Photoshopping a photo before you even take it. ]]></description>
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		<title>Learning from animals</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/33696</link>
		<comments>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/33696#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten things that science and technology have pilfered from the animal kingdom, including bullet trains mimicked on kingfisher bills and vibrating walking sticks that copy bat technology (ever heard of 'blind as a bat'?).]]></description>
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		<title>PHOTO GALLERY: Yesterday&#8217;s gadgets, today&#8217;s technology</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/photo/chi-081216-hightech-nomore-pg,0,6642380.photogallery</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/photo/chi-081216-hightech-nomore-pg,0,6642380.photogallery#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photos of gadgets once considered high-tech creations. Sure they're primitive and funny, but many also foreshadow the technological innovations we're seeing and using today. ]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Wireless electricity</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/31/video-wireless-electricity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/31/video-wireless-electricity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Wires suck" says electrician and innovator Eric Giler, so a team of <strikethough>geeks physicists at MIT have created the technology to beam electricity wirelessly through the air. See the future of electronics... today. </strikethough>]]></description>
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		<title>Making dirty water drinkable</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/making-dirty-water-drinkable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/making-dirty-water-drinkable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With much of the world lacking access to clean drinking water, a new portable filter that turns filthy water clean in seconds could prove revolutionary. ]]></description>
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