After selling off several older carriers, Great Britain has begun building their next generation replacements, starting with the HMS Queen Elizabeth. Too big to build all in once place, the ship is actually being build all over the U.K., and then assembled like a bunch of Lego bricks.
It's not the first time we've seen wind turbines on a building, but it is the first time they've been built into the design from the beginning, and realized as a real structure. In April, London will put the finishing...
British researchers are working on developing a standard "micro-ear," a technology they think will one day be as commonplace as a microscope in the modern laboratory. At the moment, the micro-ear system works by measuring the vibrations a micro-organism makes...
Part of "going green" means monitoring your energy output, a task now made infinitely easier with the introduction of the Onzo from the UK. The kit is composed of a display that shows your current consumption and sends that information...
The creative wonks at the UK packaging agency The Core recently came up with one of the coolest tech-meets-marketing presentations ever. As a promotion for Ballantine's Finest, a brand of Scotch whiskey, the agency created a limited edition bottle that...
With a slightly misleading name (honestly, one expects the 27th-gen Terminator to be: a) purty; b) in possession of a modicum of stealth and invisibility) the T.27 is the future of automobility. Well, that's what its designer, Gordon Murray, who...
Love 'em or loathe 'em, lava lamps have seen a real resurgence in the past decade. So much so that they've had iPod docks embedded in them and even used as the starting point for over-designed speakers. In any case,...
News just in from the Lincolnshire village of Leadenham in Blighty alerts us to the fact that the silly season is in full swing. A flying thong disrupted power to a dozen houses and caused a traffic light failure....
Somewhat reminiscent of one of Professor Calculus's creations for cub reporter Tintin, the Skylon is what is known as a reusable launch vehicle for unpiloted space shenanigans. In short, it's a space plane. The creation of Reaction Engines Limited, a...