The recent Specialty Equipment Market Association show (SEMA) in Las Vegas, US came up with some brilliant technology and cars.

But there were some strange, dumb and just plain ugly cars as well.

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While science has the power to improve our lives and cure disease, it can also be used to torture, murder, and brainwash.

From robots that can evolve to control-enabled implants in your skull – here are 25 scary experiments that destroyed lives, or have the potential to unleash doomsday.

Scariest Experiments

While tearing down the new Apple iMac, the folks at iFixIt got requests for wallpaper quality images.

They most certainly came through with this stunning shot of full-frontal openness.

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A Japanese inventor has designed a robot that can change from robot to vehicle in seconds – and can even offer ‘piggy-backs’ on its shoulders.

Looking a bit like Optimus Prime, the lead character of the Transformers films, the robot is even prepared to battle, especially when it takes exception to sharing the stage with a smaller robot.

The three-foot high creation took part in the Robo-One competition, which aims to drive the creation of humanoid-shaped robots.

A handset may be valuable, but it’s easily replaced. The data on it, however, is often much more important. Cell phones carry all kinds of personal and business information these days, and preventing it from getting into the wrong hands is key.

Here’s how to remotely erase all data… Kill Your Phone Remotely

In what could change completely the portability of gadgets and also lead to many new innovations – batteries are now getting so small that they can be printed off special machines.
Under development in Germany these printable version weigh less than one gram on the scales and are less than a millimeter thick.
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This is one must-have accessory that is not only cool but also extremely useful.

The Black Pulse Smartpen saves everything you write or draw in it’s 2GB memory and records sound at the same time. Makes a great tool for taking down notes or recording conversations. Back home just plug it into your laptop and you can hear, read and see everything you did with the neat device.

This is Orb, a ring that transforms into a beautiful Bluetooth headset. Looks like sci-fi material, but it’s an actual product coming in 2010. Good, because it’s probably the first Bluetooth headset that looks great on a woman’s ear.

Transmitting your pictures to everyone on the net is passe.

From noise reduction and motion censors to infra-red and other cool applications checkout how you could really use your webcam.

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