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16/01/2012: Skateboard of the future! Longboard that is powered by voice and movement takes to the streets...
Source: Mail Online
Now even the clumsiest can take to the streets on a skateboard, after laboratory wizards created a longboard powered by voice control and hand movement... |
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16/01/2012: Is this the worst road in Britain? Residents count 134 potholes in just 350 yards...
Source: Mail Online
Residents were left stunned after discovering a shocking 134 potholes in a stretch of road less than 350 yards long... |
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12/01/2012: So how many screws were missing? IKEA builds entire apartment in Paris Metro station...
Source: Mail Online
It is famed for mass-producing flat-packed furniture that even the least DIY-minded among us can put together... |
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04/01/2012: Council workmen paint yellow lines just a few inches under parked car… and along came a traffic warden to give him a TICKET...
Source: Mail Online
They even sprayed paint on his Ford Fiesta in calamitous giveaway... |
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04/01/2012: Fanatic jailed for making his own deadly firearm from a FENCEPOST...
Source: Mail Online
A man used his DIY expertise to make his own gun using a fence post and a children's building set... |
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29/12/2011: Transsexual former builder left "half man, half woman" after being 'refused NHS boob job'...
Source: Mirror
A transsexual former builder from Burnley has been left "half man, half woman" after claming that doctors refused to recommend her for a boob job on the NHS... |
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28/12/2011: Colombian shanty town installs giant outdoor escalators to relief of residents spared a trudge up steps...
Source: Mail Online
A huge outdoor escalator has been erected in one of the poorest districts of Colombia's second largest city... |
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01/12/2011: A BARMY couple wrecked their house looking for a rat — and never found it...
Source: The Sun
They caused £5,500 worth of damage to the rented home... |
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01/12/2011: Surgeons replace dad's severed thumb with BIG TOE after he sawed it off in DIY accident...
Source: Mail Online
A father-of-one has shown off his unusual new thumb after he lost his original in a carpentry accident... |
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21/11/2011: The cowboy gardeners who are ripping off householders..
Source: Mail Online
Tending to the garden can be a back-breaking chore.
So it's not surprising that many people, especially as they get older, prefer to pay others to do it... |
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23/11/2011: This hapless van driver was left looking a bit foolish after missing six warning signs and driving under a low bridge...
Source: Mail Online
This hapless van driver was left looking a bit foolish after missing six warning signs and driving under a low bridge... |
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12/10/2011: 30 years ago 96 per cent of a JCB digger was made in Britain. Today it is just 36 per cent. WHY?
Source: Mail Online
I was born in October 1945, shortly after the end of the Second World War. I grew up at a time when the world was looking at the reconstruction of... |
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05/11/2011: Licensed to drill, saw, plaster, tile, hammer, rewire: Nick Knowles's top DIY tips...
Source: Mail Online
From taking one step at a time - to treating electricity with the utmost respect and keeping a torch by the fuse box, here are the top ten renovation rules... |
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04/11/2011: Car left stranded in giant pothole after burst water main causes road to collapse...
Source: Mail Online
Many of us get that sinking feeling on the way to work. For this driver, however, the problem ran a little deeper... |
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06/10/2011: Barack Obama ordered to pay congestion charge for The Beast...
Source: Metro
Barack Obama has been ordered to pay London's congestion charge for his missile-proof car, known as The Beast, following the US president's visit to the capital... |
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06/10/2011: Car left stranded in giant pothole after burst water main causes road to collapse...
Source: Mail Online
Many of us get that sinking feeling on the way to work. For this driver, however, the problem ran a little deeper... |
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06/10/2011: Woman jailed after using drill to sink estranged husband's £75,000 yacht...
Source: Guardian
Mandy Fleming 'lost it' when she realised her spouse had splashed cash on his boat after pleading poverty to her... |
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26/09/2011: Men no longer a dab hand at DIY... but they say it's their wives' fault for relying on handymen...
Source: Mail Online
A study has revealed that the modern man is no longer a dab hand when it comes to DIY.. |
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19/09/2011: Don't forget to flush: Planking taken to a new level of smelly as people use toilet to capture even crazier poses...
Source: Mail Online
Most people would only put their head down a toilet basin if they were overcome with the need to vomit... |
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22/09/2011: Our £3,000 Hobbit house: The family home dug from a hillside and built with scraps scavenged from skips...
Source: Mail Online
Fed up with huge mortgage payments, Simon Dale decided to take matters into his own hands – literally... |
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03/09/2011: Happy as a sandboy! Life size 'playground' where adults control diggers and bulldozers opens in Las Vegas...
Source: Mail Online
Las Vegas has seen its share of heavy construction equipment as it bulldozed its way through one giant casino project after another... |
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29/07/2011: Wolf-whistling workmen face sack after 'intimidated' distraught woman...
Source: Mail Online
As stereotypes go, it's a classic. And when two young builders wolf-whistled an attractive woman as she passed by they probably imagined they were indulging... |
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05/08/2011: Blundering road painters make spelling gaffe that couldn't be any clearer...
Source: Mail Online
Council workers have been left red-faced after making a glaring mistake when painting these new road markings... |
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29/07/2011: Anyone need a lift? Plumber builds the world's longest motorbike with 25 seats...
Source: Mail Online
IN these days of soaring fuel prices it could be the perfect answer for a Hell's Angels chapter keen to keep costs down. Colin Furze's 72ft motorbike can seat 25 – and what's more he's proved it can be driven at speeds of 35mph... |
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30/06/2011: Tax campaign for plumbers under fire...
Source: BBC News
Some 600 plumbers have come clean on unpaid tax, prompting questions about the success of a campaign in which 50,000 letters were sent out by the tax authority... |
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08/07/2011: Devon plants microchipped to prevent theft from flowerbeds...
Source: BBC News
Plants in Devon are being microchipped to prevent thieves from stealing them from council flowerbeds... |
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07/06/2011: Vandals posing as builders paint Microsoft Windows logo on Apple store under construction in Hamburg...
Source: Mail Online
It was a prank perhaps worthy of something the guerrilla artist Banksy might produce. However the end result was less street art, more geek art... |
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30/05/2011: Gone in SIX seconds: The moment a gaping pothole swallowed a lorry in China...
Source: Mail Osnline
Staring into the huge hole in the road, this Chinese official probably cannot believe his eyes.
That's because a lorry has fallen down this massive... |
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29/05/2011: Woman miraculously reunited with her engagement ring after it is discovered in holiday park's unemptied vacuum cleaner...
Source: Mail Online
A forgetful mother has been miraculously reunited with her engagement ring after it was found inside a holiday park's unemptied hoover bag... |
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29/05/2011: Dodgy Gas Engineer sneaks from court disguised as woman
Source: Daily Mail
A crooked gas fitter dressed-up in drag in a bid to sneak away court undetected. Shamed Martyn Crute had just been fined £43,000... |
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20/05/2011: Will you Mario me? Couple celebrate wedding day dressed as plumber and Princess Peach
Source: Mail Online
It's the computer game that defined a generation - and this couple love it so much they have chosen to walk down the aisle dressed as Mario and Princess Peach... |
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18/04/2011: Ford reveals new range of Transit SuperVans
Source: MSN
The way most white vans are driven you would have thought extra power is the last thing they'd need but Ford has announced the latest in a line of Transit Supervans... |
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30/04/2011: Which home improvements add value this bank holiday?
Source: ThisIsMoney
Over the bank holiday weekend, 40% of householders are planning on home improvement works – but what improvements add the most value to your property... |
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05/04/2011: Tears of brother and sister as £760,000 cliff-top family home is demolished before it collapses into sea
Source: Daily Mail
Andrew Thrale, 47, and Sally Mitchell, 50, watched with sadness as their holiday home in Suffolk was demolished - to stop it falling into the sea... |
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11/04/2011: Leaning tower of Lego: Record-breaking 100ft tower made of plastic bricks built in Brazil
Source: Daily Mail
This 100ft structure may look a little shaky - and that's because it's made of Lego... |
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25/03/2011: What a stink! Plumber lines property with toilets in protest at school changes by town officials
Source: Daily Mail
A plumber is making a big stink over changes to schools in his town and has launched his own porcelain protest to voice his disdain... |
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25/03/2011: Feeling a bit saw! Builder has his hand sewn back on after horrific accident with circular power tool
Source: Daily Mail
A builder who severed his hand with a saw had it saved thanks to the work of a former Italian professional footballer turned plastic surgeon... |
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04/03/2011: That's one boy who will never be short of first mates: Designer creates ultimate pirate bedroom for lucky six-year-old
Source: Daily Mail
It looks like every little boy's dream idea of their perfect bedroom. But this is in fact one extremely lucky six-year-old's very own pirate ship room... |
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16/06/2011: Son of a £35million Lotto jackpot winner has shunned a playboy lifestyle to work as car mechanic
Source: The Sun
John Kelly, 18 - whose mum Angela hit the jackpot in 2007 - spends his days dressed in overalls working on motors... |
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15/02/2011: Mother left with horrific burns to her knees after kneeling in B&Q cement while doing kitchen DIY
Source: Daily Mail
A mum was left with horrific burns on her legs after kneeling in B&Q cement while carrying out DIY in her kitchen... |
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15/02/2011: Drug gang's DIY submarine - capable of carrying eight tons of cocaine - is seized in Colombia
Source: Daily Mail
Colombian soldiers have for the first time seized a fully submersible drug-smuggling submarine capable of reaching the coast of Mexico... |
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09/02/2011: Handy Sam: Prime Minister's shows off DIY skills for group of teenagers
Source: Daily Mail
As a new mother, you might expect Samantha Cameron to be taking it easy... |
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05/02/2011: Brideshead Re-Plumbed!
Source: Daily Mail
How owners of historic home halved its heating bill...with a bit of piping and some anti-freeze. |
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10/02/2011: The most difficult place to park in Britain: Disabled bay with a lamppost in the middle
Source: Daily Mail
Quite what bungling council workers thought when they were painting up this disabled bay remains a mystery... |
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03/02/2011: Builders crane used to rescue man in Staffordshire
Source: BBC News
A man was lowered from a roof using a builders crane after he became injured in Staffordshire. |
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02/02/2011: The ultimate birdhouse: Huge cedar wood mansion comes with 103 'luxury' rooms, fly-by tunnels and even a swimming pool
Source: Daily Mail
This hotel is the height of luxury - if you're a bird |
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11/12/2010: Modern cars are so sophisticated they're too baffling for the DIY mechanic
Source: Daily Mail
The complexity of modern cars has brought the era of the do-it-yourself mechanic to an end, research has revealed. |
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07/01/2011: Mother wins £5,500 compensation but it'll take 25yrs for her to receive after builder is allowed to pay £15 instalments
Source: Daily Mail
A woman has won thousands in compensation after a builder failed to finish her loft conversion but will have to wait 25 years to receive the money.... |
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16/12/2010: Builder killed by fridge thrown from 4th-floor window by...
Source: Daily Mail
A builder has been killed in a freak accident after he was struck by a fridge thrown from a fourth-floor window by his work mates.... |
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10/12/2010: BBC launches £1billion state-of-the-art new building
Source: Guardian
BBC executives hope £1bn enterprise in central London will be symbol of corporation's openness and accountability |
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26/11/2010: Germain trapped himself in his own home for TWO DAYS...
Source: Daily Mail
...after DIY bodge... and had to tunnel out of his neighbour's house... |
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15/11/2010: Copper load of this!
Source: Daily Mail
Company digging mine in Afghanistan unearths 2,600-year-old Buddhist monastery... |
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26/11/2010: Couple return home to find their whole roof removed... after builders went to WRONG house
A family returned home from work on Tuesday to find their roof missing - and discovered the roofing company had taken their roof off by accident. |
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15/11/2010: 'I'm allergic to building sites,' says Grand Designs' Kevin McCloud
Source: Daily Mail
Kevin McCloud has a secret. Watch him on Grand Designs striding on to a building site... |
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13/11/2010: Police investigate cash point digger raid in Maidstone
Source: BBC News
Thieves have used a mechanical digger to remove a cash machine from a wall in Maidstone... |
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04/11/2010: Jailed hate preacher Abu Hamza's home has a £40,000 makeover... paid by taxpayers
Source: Daily Mail
Britannia rules the waves once again boasting the the world's biggest aircraft carrier - but this one is made from Lego... |
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04/11/2010: The aircraft carrier built in a conservatory: Made from Lego, it weighs more than 500lb and is 23ft long
Source: Daily Mail
Britannia rules the waves once again boasting the the world's biggest aircraft carrier - but this one is made from Lego... |
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20/09/2010: Dubai may have to knock down buildings constructed during boom
Source: Daily Mail
Dubai built so much property during its boom years that it may have to start knocking some of it down again, a new report has warned... |
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31/10/2010: Artist creates Monopoly house as monument to credit crunch (three more and he can buy a hotel)
Source: Daily Mail
Standing as a monument to the credit crunch, this life-sized Monopoly house was created as an ironic statement on the global financial crisis... |
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23/10/2010: White van man's a woman... and her van isn't even white
Source: The Sun
THINK White Van Man and most people picture a male driver with a beer belly, in a filthy van, wolf-whistling at any passing girl... |
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26/10/2010: Road to ruin: Spike in number of potholes will cost motorists hundreds
Source: Daily Mail
Millions of Britain's motorists and cyclists are facing a big surge in pothole problems even before winter's icy conditions have begun to bite, a report warned yesterday... |
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22/09/2010: X FACTOR JUDGE CHERYL COLE'S RAGE AT BUILDERS
Source: Daily Star
CHERYL Cole’s X Factor comeback has turned to disaster after filming was hit by a series of building blunders... |
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11/10/2010: Plumber creates bicycle made for tools to beat Olympic road works
Source: Metro
A plumber driven round the bend by Olympic road works has adapted a bicycle to keep his business running... |
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14/10/2010: Plumber creates bicycle made for tools to beat Olympic road works
Source: Mail Online
For anyone who’s had to leap out of the way of a passing mobility scooter, it’s the stuff of nightmares.
Colin Furze has adapted a conventional electric model into a petrol-engined speedster which has reached an astonishing 69mph... |
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11/10/2010: Now children can B&Q it too: DIY store offers lessons in basic household jobs to under-14s
Source: Mail Online
A DIY chain has become the first to offer classes teaching children how to do basic jobs around the house... |
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06/10/2010:
Boy the builder’s No1 gift at Xmas!
Source: The Sun
THE
top-selling childrens' toy this Christmas is expected to be
a building kit with "real" wood and tools, it emerged yesterday.
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06/10/2010:
Polish builder who fell off ladder sues homeowner for not letting
him traipse through home in muddy boots to get to roof!
Source: Mail Online
A
woman who barred a builder from her home to protect her white
carpets is facing a six-figure compensation claim after the
workman was injured falling from a ladder....
more... |
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06/10/2010:
Council workmen blast residents for sweeping up leaves 'because
it's against the rules'
Source: Mail Online
Community-minded
residents have had a ticking off for sweeping up leaves from
outside their homes - because it is against council rules!....
more... |
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12/03/2009: Actor
calls for strike 'justice'
Source: BBC News
Ricky Tomlinson has repeated his call for an inquiry to
clear his name and those of 23 building workers convicted of
picketing offences in 1973.... more... |
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12/03/2009: Hartlepool
scrap metal thief 'risked life'
Source: The Northern Echo
A thief risked his life by trying to chop down an electricity
pole for scrap metal. Police believe the person may have suffered
severe scorch burns whilst cutting through an insulated cable
running down a wooden electricity pole... more... |
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10/03/2009: Builder
who battered boss with spade avoids prison
Source: News Scotsman
A BUILDER who battered his boss with a spade after being
ordered off a housing development has avoided a jail sentence...
more... |
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11/03/2009: Residents
and police launch new 'no cold calling zone' in Highbridge
Source: Burnham-On-Sea.com
A new 'no cold calling zone' has this week been launched
in Highbridge to help protect residents from distraction burglars
and rogue traders... more... |
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17/02/2009: Plumber
sinks thief's £1000 early morning crime spree
Source: Edinburgh News
A PLUMBER has been praised by police after he chased a thief
who broke into ten cars and forced him to dump his haul of stolen
property....
more... |
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17/02/2009: Lithuanian
worker being paid just £50 a day to build our Olympics
Source: Daily Mail
Revealed: The Lithuanian worker being paid just £50 a day
to build our Olympics...and 2012 chiefs are even trying to claim
he's a 'local'...
more... |
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05/02/2009: Woman's
'unsafe' garden destroyed
Source: BBC News
An elderly woman's prize-winning garden has been uprooted
by an east London housing association which said it had "safety
concerns"...
more... |
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05/02/2009: Ford
target Canadian tradesmen with electric van
Source: driving.ca
An elderly woman's prize-winning garden has been uprooted
by an east London housing association which said it had "safety
concerns"...
more... |
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13/11/2008: Polish
builder is just 'heavenly'
Source: BBC News
A Polish man working in Highland Perthshire has been named
the UK's Most Heavenly Builder...
more... |
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24/04/2008: Carpenter
develops wood allergy
Source: BBC News
A banker quit his £80,000 a year job to live his dream of
being a carpenter - only to discover he has developed an allergy
to wood.....more... |
Makita's
new Lithium-Ion Technology
Source: Makita
Makita always takes into consideration the research behind
the positive features of a good quality tool, it has to be light
(so lifting the tool is easily achieved), it has to be reliable
(so the tool will always finish the job no matter how difficult
or hard it is) and it has to be safe, which is the number 1
aspect of a tool we always consider first. Your safety is the
most important thing for us.
Fortunately all these features are part of technology of the
Lithium-Ion battery. The facts speak for themselves: this battery
has a 40% weight saving compared to Ni-Cad or Ni-Mh batteries,
it has up to 280% more lifetime working power than Ni-Cad batteries
and this battery is also environmentally safe. ...more...
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Makita's
MXT technology
Source: Makita
MXT is the next generation in drilling power and control;
high speeds of up to 1,700rpm can be achieved within seconds.
MXT is the fastest, strongest drill range on the market today.
The technology behind the MXT range or Makita Xtra Torque makes
all this possible. The machines have 3 different speed settings
for versatility and 16 torque settings, which in the 18 volt
machine, delivers up to 80 Nm of torque. The amount of the torque
the drill creates makes drilling through the hardest of materials
easy....more...
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Milwaukee's
V28™ Technology Brings Revolution to Cordless Power Tools
Source: Milwaukee
The introduction of Milwaukee Electric Tool V28™ lithium
ion technology represents a quantum leap in cordless performance
and a revolution within the category altogether....more...
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DEWALT
Introduces SITELOCK, an innovative Security System to Address
$1 Billion Jobsite Theft Issue
Source: DeWalt
Recent research has identified jobsite theft as a top concern
for the construction industry, with losses of more than $1 billion
in the United States each year. These losses are a result of
a widespread lack of effective security solutions for jobsites
and equipment located on the sites. DEWALT, a leading manufacturer
of power tools, today announced the debut of SITELOCK™,
its innovative portable, wireless alarm system that is designed
specifically for the construction industry and uses patented
wireless technology to monitor numerous pieces of equipment
or areas simultaneously. ...more...
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