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<strong>New year, new technology</strong>.<strong> </strong>Take a look through our gallery of the biggest tech stories we're likely to see in 2014.

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New year, new technology. Take a look through our gallery of the biggest tech stories we're likely to see in 2014.

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<strong>Zoom! </strong>Electric racers capable of 220 kph will be flying around the streets of 10 of the world's biggest cities in 2014, with<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com%2Fracing%2Fnews%2F20140106%2Felectric-formula-e-race-car-debut-las-vegas.ap%2F"> the arrival of Formula E</a> -- the new FIA championship featuring single-seater cars powered exclusively by electric energy. The inaugural season kicks off in September with 10 teams battling in Beijing, then across the globe.

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Zoom! Electric racers capable of 220 kph will be flying around the streets of 10 of the world's biggest cities in 2014, with the arrival of Formula E -- the new FIA championship featuring single-seater cars powered exclusively by electric energy. The inaugural season kicks off in September with 10 teams battling in Beijing, then across the globe.

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<strong>Blast off!</strong> Virgin Galactic's year has already got off to a flying start: its reusable space vehicle "SpaceShipTwo" <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.discovery.com%2Fspace%2Fhistory-of-space%2Fspaceshiptwo-aces-third-rocket-powered-test-flight-140110.htm" target="_blank" target="_blank">completed its third rocket-powered flight </a>-- soaring to a new record height of 71,000 feet, above the Mojave Desert, California on 10 January.

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Blast off! Virgin Galactic's year has already got off to a flying start: its reusable space vehicle "SpaceShipTwo" completed its third rocket-powered flight -- soaring to a new record height of 71,000 feet, above the Mojave Desert, California on 10 January.

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<strong>Whoosh!</strong> The search for viable renewable energy sources continues apace: the United States is set to join Europe in developing offshore wind power facilities this year -- with <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2013%2F09%2F19%2Ftechnology%2Foffshore-wind-farm.pr.fortune%2F">Massachusetts and Rhode Island battling</a> to become the home of the country's first offshore windfarm.

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Whoosh! The search for viable renewable energy sources continues apace: the United States is set to join Europe in developing offshore wind power facilities this year -- with Massachusetts and Rhode Island battling to become the home of the country's first offshore windfarm.

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<strong>Boom!</strong> A new engine called VASIMR -- that's "Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket" in full -- goes <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.space.com%2F23613-advanced-space-propulsion-vasimr-engine.html" target="_blank" target="_blank">on trial in March</a>. NASA hopes the new engine will cut the time it takes to get to Mars to just three months.

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Boom! A new engine called VASIMR -- that's "Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket" in full -- goes on trial in March. NASA hopes the new engine will cut the time it takes to get to Mars to just three months.

<strong>Huh? </strong>Playing god could be big in 2014, as scientists look to create <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fscience-environment-23274175" target="_blank" target="_blank">man-made life forms</a> to perform useful tasks. This could be the year artificial microbes help us start winning the war against pollution.

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Huh? Playing god could be big in 2014, as scientists look to create man-made life forms to perform useful tasks. This could be the year artificial microbes help us start winning the war against pollution.

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Zip! Wearable tech arrives this year, with the most high-profile project -- the much-hyped Google Glass -- expected on the market before 2015. Will this be the year we embrace smart socks and solar-powered trousers?

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<strong>Smash!</strong> The Large Hadron Collider will <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2013%2F12%2F08%2Ftech%2Finnovation%2Flhc-cern-higgs-cms%2Findex.html">re-awaken in 2015</a> -- but scientists anticipate discoveries about dark matter before then. The mysterious matter, which scientists believe accounts for 24% of the universe, has only been detected by its gravitational effect so far. We could know more later this year...

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Smash! The Large Hadron Collider will re-awaken in 2015 -- but scientists anticipate discoveries about dark matter before then. The mysterious matter, which scientists believe accounts for 24% of the universe, has only been detected by its gravitational effect so far. We could know more later this year...

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<strong>Kick! </strong>Kickstarter has shaken up the world of tech by allowing individuals to say which gadgets they think are worth funding -- now, the JOBS act could do the same for start-up businesses. Fledgling tech companies could be <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcnn.com%2F2012%2F04%2F09%2Fopinion%2Fwilkinson-jobs-act%2F">exploding onto the scene</a> this year on the back of your investment -- no middle-man required.

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Kick! Kickstarter has shaken up the world of tech by allowing individuals to say which gadgets they think are worth funding -- now, the JOBS act could do the same for start-up businesses. Fledgling tech companies could be exploding onto the scene this year on the back of your investment -- no middle-man required.

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