Mini drops the ball with Clubvan concept

Mini will show off the Clubvan concept at the 2012 Geneva auto show in early March. (Credit: Mini) There was a time when Mini’s designers did crazy things to its standard models, then presented them as concepts at auto shows. Witness the Rocketman concept , which started out as a standard Cooper model, then added weirdly hinged doors and a big glass bubble at the rear.

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DIY ‘Back to the Future’ hoverboard actually hovers

(Credit: Video screenshot by Bonnie Cha/CNET) Fans (present company included) flipped out when Mattel announced that it would release a 1:1 replica of the hoverboard from “Back to the Future II” and “Back to the Future III.” However, the replica doesn’t actually float, and it’s not even clear how it glides over surfaces, which is perhaps why one enterprising individual took matters into his own hands. Inspired by an art exhibition by Nils Guadagnin , YouTube user dondula7 created a floating hoverboard using an electromagnetic kit

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Hitachi intros first 7,200rpm, single-platter 7mm hard drive

The new Travelstar Z7K500 hard drive from Hitachi. (Credit: Hitachi) Hitachi GST announced today that it’s now shipping the Travelstar Z7K500 hard drive

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Nikon D4 & D800: What the Professionals Think

Following the refresh of Nikon’s pro-level DSLRs, we asked four professional photographers to give us their take on the D800 and D4. We spoke to a group whose work and expertise spans a wide variety of genres and styles to see what they thought Nikon has got right and wrong about the 16MP D4 and the 36MP D800. Their insights aim to add context to our previews of the cameras and give a fresh perspective on Nikon’s latest full-frame offerings

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