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...when the U.S. Army wanted to design a better vehicle for Iraqi-style urban warfare, its Tank-automotive and Armaments Command's National Automotive Center (NAC) contracted several companies - including Ford Motor Co. and Integrated Concepts and Research Corp. (ICRC) - to develop a gadget-laden, all-terrain vehicle in the style of the ever-equipped James Bond. "The truck's design team drew inspiration from 007 movies," NAC spokesperson for the Army's National Automotive Center, Germane Fuller told TechWeb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sci-Fi Today, Sci-Fact Tomorrow | 8/25/2006 | See Source »

Rugged rural Wyoming and steamy French Polynesia may seem worlds apart, but for the owners of luxury hotel group Aman Resorts, both locales share the same key qualities: charisma, tranquillity and unspoiled terrain. So that's how the luxury hotel group better known for its isolated tropical retreats - aman means "peace" in Sanskrit - came to Jackson Hole,[an error occurred while processing this directive] its only U.S. property. Building the 40-suite Amangani hotel was a test of endurance, as it took 10 years to acquire the plot, but for the group's founder, Indonesian Adrian Zecha, it was love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wild West Meets Tranquil East | 8/22/2006 | See Source »

...kitchen reopen to provide us with brunch. Our evening antics - well, I'll come to those. Suffice to say for now that we thoroughly tested L'Andana - and the patience of saints. This part of the Maremma, a languid 21/2-hour drive up the coast from Rome, is flat, marshy terrain quite unlike the undulating landscapes of more familiar parts of Tuscany. There isn't much to tempt travelers to break their journeys; no major art galleries or unmissable architecture, just some Etruscan ruins, a pretty coastal village called Castiglione della Pescaia where locals reel in coach tours as plentifully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: L'Andana Con Brio | 8/22/2006 | See Source »

...made by a Santa Monica-based company and comes with a high-torque, 400-watt electric motor that takes you from zero to 32 km/h in just four seconds. Six styles are available - from stiff cruisers built for sidewalk use to those with more flexible boards designed for bumpier terrain - and models can travel distances of up to 24 km on a full charge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Go by the Board | 8/21/2006 | See Source »

...made by a Santa Monica-based company and comes with a high-torque, 400-watt electric motor that takes you from zero to 32 km/h in just four seconds. Six styles are available - from stiff cruisers built for sidewalk use to those with more flexible boards designed for bumpier terrain - and models can travel distances of up to 24 km on a full charge. You control the vehicle via a small handheld device connected to the engine by cable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Go By The Board | 8/16/2006 | See Source »

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