The Slegoon is a new kind of snow sled. Not only it offers protection in the event of a roll-over but it is designed to continue gliding even while rolling. It should take a tree or a big rock to stop you descending a snowed slope and even then you will probably walk unharmed.

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This is just a study from a NASA engineering team for a VTOL personal air vehicle. It has an unusual tail sitter arrangement like the experimental Lockheed XFV but there are some very interesting innovations that may transform the dead end that Lockheed engineers faced to a successful vehicle.

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The Coyote is an expendable air launched UAV designed by Advanced Ceramics Research (now a subsidiary of BAE Systems). It was initially developed from US Navy's Office of Naval Research and it could be used in military applications and atmospheric and climate scientific research missions. The Coyote is packaged in a cartridge and it is launched by air like a Sonobuoy from a P-3 ASW aircraft. It is deployed with a help of a parachute and when fully retracted it has a wingspan of 1.47m. It weighs 5.9kg and has a useful payload of 0.9kg.It can fly for almost an hour.

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Supasse-V is a new sports car from the small (and largely unknown outside Japan) company Suzusho. It is a very high-tech effort and a very big step from the kit Lotus-7 clones that Suzusho is currently sells. The Supasse-V is similar in concept with the Lotus Exige. It uses a direct injection turbocharged 2.3lt Mazda engine (from Mazda 3/6 MPS) and has an aluminum frame.

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Toyota plans to expand the prius as a sub-brand instead of a stand alone model and invest in its hugely popular name and hype. A slightly smaller and cheaper volume seller is probably the wiser choice for this expansion and could be the affordable hybrid that Honda's Insight II supposed to be. The FT-CH concept is targeted to this segment. It is shorter than a Prius and slightly narrower. Its design relates to the familiar (and instantly recognizable as a hybrid) egg-shaped monobox but it is boxier and more practical.

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Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden will ride this new GP10 Ducati in the 2010 MotoGP championship. GP10 is an evolution of last year's bike. The two most improved areas are the aerodynamics and the engine. It was designed with contribution from Alan Jenkins, an F1 veteran and it should be adapted for the new rules that restrict the engines that can be used for the entire season to only six instead of almost one engine per race in 2009.

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SmartFish is a very exotic aircraft concept that as its very descriptive name suggest looks more like an aquatic craft than an aircraft. Koni Schafroth, an engineer and inventor from Switzerland first initiated this project. SmartFish is a family of aircrafts, all sharing the basic shape and principles. It has a ellipsoid fuselage with fin like wings that blend smoothly in the root. In the empennage there are shark fin-like tail elevator and rudder and the whole plane looks is very streamlined.

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Julien Bergignat designed the tatoo bicycle helmet with Patrice Mouille inspired from the small animal armadillo. It is very simple, there is a flexible but tear resistance plastic (polypropylene) laminate cut in the appropriate shape, some foam (also polypropylene) pads, two clips and the straps. You simply fold it, clip it and wear it. It is easily stored because when unclipped it is flat.

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Aeronautic Defense systems is going to start production in Israel of its Dominator II UAV after a trouble-free test program of the prototype aircraft. The Dominator II is based on the very successful Diamond DA42 4-seater. Aeronautics removes the pilot and passenger compartment and replaces it with the surveillance and communication and control equipment for its new role as a medium-class UAV. This takes the highly popular tactic of using man-rated components to the next level by using a converted manned aircraft.

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