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Design For the Real China contest seeks innovative solutions to everyday issues

The ‘Design for the Real China' contest has launched, challenging designers across all disciplines to develop innovative solutions to everyday problems that arise in China. Delivering a brief of ‘Show us a solution to a China-located problem or opportunity you have identified', the competition organizers want to see entries that address localized problems or opportunities. Participants have to submit a short video explaining both the problem they've identified and how they'll solve it.

Detroit auto show 2009: NAIAS preview and review A-Z

By Tim Pollard Motor Shows 13 January 2009 17:00 Day Two is below. Scroll to the bottom for coverage from Day One 4.10pm: The EndThere's a real sense of humility, of stifled exhibition at the NAIAS 2009. Detroit's show is usually a byword for showmanship and razzmatazz.

McLaren P1 will smash Nurburgring & Top Gear lap records

Ron Dennis has said that the new McLaren P1 will smash lap records at the Nurburgring and at the Top Gear track at Dunsfold. But that’s as much about the run-up to Geneva as the Motor Show itself as Ferrari had managed to keep LaFerrari under warps until just a few hours before it debuted. So interest and excitement were high and LaFerrari did little to disappoint.