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Audi debuts R8 V10 plus top model with new 7-speed S tronic for all variants

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2013 model of R8, Audi’s flagship two seat sports car first launched seven years ago, was completely revamped with redesigned LED headlights and taillights that come standard on all models. The biggest change to the 2013 R8 is the seven-speed S-tronic transmission that utilizes two multi-plate clutches. The engines are assembled by hand. The V8 … Read more

Benetti debuts its longest yacht “Diamonds Are Forever” at the Cannes Boat Show

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Benetti’s Diamonds are Forever – the largest yacht ever to be on display at Cannes Boat Show This year’s Cannes Boat Show will have the largest yacht ever to be on display at the show and the longest of the entire 35 years history of the Boat Show. We talk about the impressive 61 metre … Read more

First large luxury cruise liner build in China

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China to build first large luxury cruise liner   China aims to boost the tourism of its coastal Xiamen city, by building its first large luxury cruise liner. Xiamen is seen as a future shipping hub in southeast China, leading the economic growth of the region. The Southeast China International Shipping Center package includes 10 … Read more

Space food in progress: appetizing foods for long-term gastronauts

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Love and passion comes through the stomach. With this in mind, a team of scientists with the NASA-funded Hawaii Space Exploration Analogue and Simulation project (HI-SEAS) is working to develop more appetizing and healthy foods for long-term space travel, as space agencies prepare to send astronauts on two-to-three year missions to Mars. In March 2013, … Read more

The Killer Whale Submarine

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How about submerging in a 255-hp Orcinus orca belly? This realistic Killer Whale is a submarine with a speed of a real whale. The private watercraft can reach up to 25mph under the waves, and can shoot over the surface of the water at 50mph. The £62,000 submarine, named the Seabreacher Y, was designed by … Read more