Physics researchers are hard at work making sure you can store those episodes of House on your hard drive for as long as possible without deleting them with a new breakthrough using the magneto-electric effect. Drives can possibly have a storage density of 1 terabit per square inch (up from 200 gigabits now), and a read time of 10GHz compared to say, 1GHz. It's all very dry and physics-y, but the bottom line is that you won't be seeing this in your hard drives for quite a few years yet, so either say goodbye to Hugh Laurie or start burning stuff to DVD. -Jason Chen
Just eleven and a half feet in length, the Sentry is an unmanned surveillance craft from British defense firm Qinetiq that can hit speeds of 50 knots. The boat, which can work up to 16 miles from its controller, and go for up to six hours, is on show at an arms fair in London this week, and has all sorts of tricks up its sleeves
Ever tried to chat to someone in the pub with a TV blaring out the latest race from Sandown? Or, maybe, you’d just like the chance to really annoy your family by turning off those soul-destroying soaps without being caught.
Then all you need is £13 and a will to misbehave. Meet TV-B-Gone, a tiny universal remote that sits on your key-ring and claims to be able to turn 'on' or 'off' most makes of telly. It might not have the geek appeal of the Star Trek Phaser Remote Control, but boy, the devious possibilities are endless.
As long as you are within 15 meters of the offending goggle box, the mini remote’s infrared beam will instruct the TV cease and desist. Measuring 6 x 5 x 1.5cm, it needs 3 x Li Coin Cell Batteries [included] to work its magic. I can’t wait for my next visit to Currys.-Martin Lynch
Well, here it is. The first trailer for 2008’s Iron Man movie. With Spidey now hanging up the tights and the X-Men trilogy in the bag, Iron Man is shaping up to be one of next year’s big superhero flicks.
Robert Downey Jnr. might seem like an odd choice for the crime-fighting billionaire, but then so was Michael Keaton for Batman and he did OK. From this clip, he looks just right. The rest of the time he – or someone else – is clad in metal or CGI’d, so who cares? I do like the way the way he’s an arrogant playboy crossed with a scumbag weapons dealer to start with.
Expect the action figures, computer games, T-shirts, special-edition consoles and any other number of merchandising add-ons to come rolling off the production lines in their millions over the coming months.-Martin Lynch
Brushing aside the hail of bullets from Bugsy Siegel’s Tommy gun, a wicked driver swing from Tiger Woods and the formidable thighs of Beyonce, Master Chief marched to victory this week, capturing the flag the Madame Tussauds, Las Vegas.
Just eleven and a half feet in length, the Sentry is an unmanned surveillance craft from British defense firm Qinetiq that can hit speeds of 50 knots. The boat, which can work up to 16 miles from its controller, and go for up to six hours, is on show at an arms fair in London this week, and has all sorts of tricks up its sleeves
Ever tried to chat to someone in the pub with a TV blaring out the latest race from Sandown? Or, maybe, you’d just like the chance to really annoy your family by turning off those soul-destroying soaps without being caught. 
Editor and Contributor | Martin Lynch
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