By David Hambling | NewScientist.com | Jul. 22, 2008
A gun that fires variable speed bullets and which can be set to kill, wound or just inflict a bruise is being built by a US toy manufacturer. The weapon is based on technology used to propel toy rockets.

By David Derbyshire | Daily Mail | Jul. 16, 2008
Ever since Victorian astronomers pointed their telescopes towards Mars and wrongly believed they had discovered canals, mankind has been obsessed by the red planet. Now these astonishing new images - captured by a European spacecraft in orbit around Mars - are helping to fuel that fascination.

By Clayton B. Cornell | Gas2.org | Jul. 15, 2008
Compressed-Air Powered cars could take you over 800 miles on a single fill-up, at speeds of up to 96 mph. They should refuel in less than 3 minutes, and at speeds over 35 mph emit about half the CO2 of a Toyota Prius. Best part? You could see them in the US at the end of next year.

NaturalNews.com | Jun. 27, 2008
Electric car maker Aptera claims that the electric-gasoline hybrid version of its new Typ-1 vehicle gets 300 miles per gallon. The vehicle will be available early in 2008 for less than $30,000.

By Bob Laird & Sam Ward | USA Today | Jun. 14, 2008
National security agencies are warning businesses and federal officials that laptops and e-mail devices taken to the Beijing Olympics are likely to be penetrated by Chinese agents aiming to steal secrets or plant bugs to infiltrate U.S. computer networks.

By Zoe Brennan | Mail Online | June 13, 2008
For many years, this chunky specimen has languished cryptically on a shelf. Interesting but useless — a forgotten relic of a lost age. Now, with hammer and chisel poised, the academics from Montana State University in America gather round.

Local6.com  | June5, 2008
A Florida man has created a car he claims runs on tap water. "I'm getting 100 miles to the ounce on water," inventor Anthony Brown said.

By Robert Vamosi | CNET.com | May 20, 2008
For years, biometric finger scanners have been used in ATMs and at the cash register. But there are problems with finger scanners. Researchers have demonstrated how a flat photograph or molded fingertip can easily fool these devices into giving a false approval. And while face recognition is improving, especially 3D facial mapping, these devices aren't yet in wide use today.

By Ernesto | TorrentFreak.com | April 21, 2008
Data collected by the BitTorrent client Azureus shows that Comcast might only be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to BitTorrent throttling ISPs. Early findings show that customers from quite a few other Internet service providers experience an unusually high amount of TCP-resets.

CTV.ca | Apr. 5, 2008
An American and a Spaniard have launched a lawsuit to stop scientists from firing up a machine they fear could destroy not just life on Earth but the planet itself.

By Jonathan Leake | The Sunday Times | Apr. 6, 2008
THE internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds.

By David Edwards & Chris Tackett | RawStory.com | Mar. 28, 2008
With rising casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan and violations of privacy in the United States and abroad being popular discussion topics, advances in military robotics and spy technology have also become a popular topic of news coverage.

Phil McKenna |  NewScientist.com | Mar. 27, 2008
Materials that directly convert radiation into electricity could produce a new era of spacecraft and even Earth-based vehicles powered by high-powered nuclear batteries, say US researchers.

By Tom Brown | Reuters | Mar. 26, 2008
Miami police could soon be the first in the United States to use cutting-edge, spy-in-the-sky technology to beef up their fight against crime. A small pilotless drone manufactured by Honeywell International, capable of hovering and "staring" using electro-optic or infrared sensors, is expected to make its debut soon in the skies over the Florida Everglades.

Reuters | Mar. 9, 2008
A British company has developed a camera that can detect weapons, drugs or explosives hidden under people's clothes from up to 25 meters away in what could be a breakthrough for the security industry.