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Team turns to eBay to build low-cost land mine detector

Posted June 16, 2010 - 09:12 by Emma Woollacott

US Army-sponsored researchers have built a land mine detection system for a hundredth of the cost of traditional systems - using parts they bought in online auctions.

Lost: The Auction. Own crappy props now!

Posted May 21, 2010 - 12:38 by Emory Kale

The passengers on Oceanic flight 815 should have gone straight to hell, but they only made it to syndication.

Space toilet up for auction today

Posted March 31, 2010 - 08:06 by Emma Woollacott

Fancy a spacesuit, cosmonaut headset or space toilet? At an auction in Canada today, you can take your chance and bid.

Sex sites go on sale

Posted March 9, 2010 - 08:51 by Staff writer

It's been described the most valuable internet domain name in the world, and it's coming up for auction in about ten days' time.

Home-made flying machine goes under the hammer

Posted March 2, 2010 - 06:34 by Emma Woollacott

Would you pay $27,000 for a flying machine built using scooter parts and a barbecue gas bottle? Yes? Then you've still got time to place your bid.

FCC eyes broadcast spectrum for mobile broadband use

Posted February 25, 2010 - 15:00 by A Staff Writer

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has proposed a "Mobile Future Auction" that would allow television broadcasters to "voluntarily" relinquish spectrum in exchange for a share of auction proceeds.