Okay, fine. So Ion Cannons aren’t happening any time soon. Besides, unless China builds a working Star Destroyer knock off, it won’t have a viable use. That doesn’t mean giant lasers with incredible range will never come to be. Aerospace today might not be a frantic as it once was, but fast developing fields are still eliciting much excitement. Other than commercialized space flight, a lot of scientists and engineers are trying to solve our chronic space debris problem.

Pioneer has released details of their new augmented reality head-ups display that will be arriving in 2012. Which provides a navigation systems that is projected on to the drivers widescreen. Allowing the driver to keep their eyes on the road and still view directional and road traffic information. With traditional in-car navigation system drivers need to divert their gaze from the road.

Sir Richard Branson today opened the Virgin Galactic Gateway To Space formally known as Spaceport America for business today, by abseiling down the side of the world’s first built-from-scratch commercial spaceport, spraying and drinking from a bottle of champagne.

At least it has only got arms for now. Wait until it packs a couple of lasers. Humanity watch out! Holding back our inner survivalist nut for a moment, seen below is a wonderful step forward in robotic exoskeleton technology. That means relax, it’s not going to turn on its master/s until the singularity approaches.  The guy flashing his metallic biceps is none other than Fraser Smith, a vice president at Raytheon-Sarcos.

Microsoft announced a while back that it had intended to purchase Skype for a total of $8.5 billion, and we heard recently that Microsoft had received the final approval they needed from the EU for the deal to go ahead.

Computer scientists at the Sarland University have developed a new wireless braking system for bicycles, and instead of cables and levers to activate the brakes, it is all done with a range of wireless devices.