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And Now: Spider Boy Scales a Wall Using Vacuums

Is Spider Man’s wall-climbing ability impossible outside comic books? One 13-year-old certainly didn’t think so. Hibiki Kono of Cambridge, England has created his own wall-scaling suction device for a school project using recycled vacuum cleaners. Check it out:

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Waste for Life: Making Trash Useful

One of the greatest challenges and sources of opportunity for modern engineers is thinking up ways to repurpose the waste material that pervades our planet. Many organizations are already finding clever ways to tackle this issue. For example, every year the PBS show Design Squad holds a “Trash to Treasure” competition, which challenges students to design something useful produced from waste materials. Now meet Waste for Life, a non-profit coalition of students, designers, and engineers who are working in Argentina and Lesotho to upcycle waste into usable materials:

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Flying Car Approved and Ready for Takeoff

While the Jetsons lived in the far-off year 2062, one aspect of their futuristic world will become a reality next year: flying cars

We previously reported on the Transition, the two-seater drivable aircraft that the Massachusetts company Terrafugia has been developing over the past four years.

The Federal Aviation Administration recently approved the vehicle, and the company expects it to be available by the end of 2011.

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Video: Jabulani – Official Match Ball of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™

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Video: RoboCup 2010 trailer

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