Come 2014, the world’s tallest building — the Ghost Protocol -famous Burj Khalifa — will no longer be able to also claim that it has the world’s fastest elevators. That honor will go to the Shanghai Tower in China, which will stand 2,073 feet with 128 floors, and have bullet-shaped elevators built by Mitsubishi that zip around as fast as cars.

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China’s tallest building to get world’s fastest elevator

Come 2014, the world’s tallest building — the Ghost Protocol -famous Burj Khalifa — will no longer be able to also claim that it has the world’s fastest elevators. That honor will go to the Shanghai Tower in China, which will stand 2,073 feet with 128 floors, and have bullet-shaped elevators built by Mitsubishi that zip around as fast as cars.

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China’s tallest building to get world’s fastest elevator

Cars that run exclusively on solar power make no claims about being the most comfortable vehicles out there, but they’re unquestionably some of the coolest looking, and this concept from designer Omer Sagiv is up there with the best of them.

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The best looking solar charger ever also happens to be a car

In space, no one can hear you scream. This is a problem, since if you’re screaming in space, there’s a good chance you desperately need surgery for one reason or another. To address this, the ESA has come up with the fancy little hat that uses augmented reality to turn just about anyone into a skilled surgeon, even in spaaace .

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Putting on this magic hat makes you a surgeon

Just so you know, Window’s friction’ 8 is coming out this year, and Microsoft just announced it’s going to be releasing a “Consumer Preview” (beta) version of it for all to download and test out. Here’s what you’ll be looking forward to.

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What to expect from the Windows 8 ‘Consumer Preview’ on Feb. 29

Better keep that aging PlayStation Portable around if you want to play your old games. Sony has confirmed that North American PS Vita owners will not be getting the “UMD Passport program” that allows PSP games to be transferred to digital form for a small price.

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North American PS Vita owners won’t get PSP ‘UMD Passport’

Solar powered watches are a dime a dozen, but most are just electronic watches with a solar panel to boost the battery. Not this steampunk inspired pocket watch, which uses the sun to spin a mechanical turbine that provides the power.

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Solar steampunk mechanical watch runs off a mechanical turbine

Based on their current world domination, it’s hard to believe that a little over a decade ago Apple was struggling to survive. If you have nostalgia for the days when Apple was just a blip on Microsoft’s radar, you can dress up your iPhone 4 to look like one of the products that eventually turned the company around.

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Retro cases bring Apple nostalgia to the iPhone

The lucky astronauts up on the ISS have one heckuva view. These recently released videos (put together from series of still images) show the space station flying over Mexio, the central and eastern United States, and Canada and the Aurora Borealis at night.

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Breathtaking video shows Earth at night from the ISS

If there is one trend sweeping the camera world, it’s going mirrorless and designing hardware that looks and feels like the film cameras your parents owned. We didn’t think Olympus could top its PEN E-P3 Micro Four Thirds camera, but they just did. The Olympus OM-D E-M5 takes its styling after the company’s OM film cameras from the 1970s. Light, strong and — most important — fast, the E-M5 feels like a digital camera you’ll want to keep until you’re old or pass on to your kid, and that’s a weird feeling to get from digital. The E-M5 is the first in what Olympus hopes is a family of OM-D series of digital cameras based on its enduring optical heritage. The reality is that the E-M5 is more akin to the E-5 DSLR tossed under a shrink ray.

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Hands-on with the Olympus OM-D E-M5: the most retro digi cam ever