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In this episode of Engineering Newswire, brought to you by PD&D TV: • A group of dedicated engineering students from San Jose State University is attempting to build a self-balancing electric motorcycle. • German researchers think they may have found a better way to protect astronauts, and future Mars colonists, from cosmic radiation. • Motoczysz has set out to build the world's fastest motorcycle, but they have made other landmarks along the way. • DARPA has released video of its new and improved quadruped Legged Squad Support System, or LS3, which is also known as Big Dog. • A team of Stanford engineers has demonstrated the feasibility of a super-small, implantable cardiac device that isn't powered by batteries, but radio waves. Do you have story ideas? Comment below or email pdd_web@advantagemedia.com and we'll cover them in an upcoming episode. For more episodes visit http://bit.ly/PeF02C.