New Zealander Rudy Heeman has been showing off his latest garage invention – a hovercraft which takes off at 40 mph.

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An eco-friendly washing machine that uses almost no water and leaves clothes virtually dry has been invented by British scientists.

Clothes are simply dampened before being loaded into the machine where small plastic beads act as the cleaning agent.

The polymer beads are then removed from the laundry. They can be used hundreds of times and far less electricity and detergent is required than with conventional machines.

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We’re in an era where VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft designs are routine, and electric power has been tapped to almost the limit on land cruisers.

Now, to combine the brilliance of the two for some airtime magic, NASA is preparing what is a super-quite single-person VTOL aircraft dubbed the Puffin. The hover-capable electric flyer that is more or less like a flying suit or a jet pack, but with a cockpit, could make a superman out of us.

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Stun gun maker Taser wants to help parents, not with jolts of electricity but with a tool which allows parents to effectively take over a child’s mobile phone and manage its use.

The phone application, called “Mobile Protector,” allows a parent to screen a child’s incoming and outgoing calls and messages, block particular numbers and even listen in on a conversation.

A dashboard on a parent’s phone or a personal computer shows the mobiles being monitored and the permitted callers such as friends and family.

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Sir James Dyson has reinvented the fan!
Check out the new greener and meaner way of keeping cool.

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