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Figures show that 17 percent of Europe’s long-haul truck drivers are victims of robbery during work-hours at some time over a five-year period. To help prevent thefts and improve driver safety, Volvo Trucks is working on a number of solutions.

Now anyone can become a human antenna by walking on a unique carpet recently created by Swiss designer Florian Kräutli. The carpet looks like a typical modern rug except that is has one unusual hi-tech feature - this white carpet is also a radio.

Phase One's 645DF medium format camera is the result of collaboration between a range of global imaging experts

A mechanical KERS system fitted to a bus has demonstrated more than 30 percent fuel saving over the London bus test cycle, yet can package around an existing transmission at less cost than an electrical solution.

The iRobot Warrior 700 is the PackBot's big brother, with more power and larger capacity - it can even carry a PackBot.

Cochlear has launched a new direct bone conduction device, the BAHA BP100, that delivers significant improvements in speech understanding in noisy situations (about 25%) and better bone conduction hearing performance than ever before.

The GoPet Personal Electric Transportation scooter from MyGoPet Inc is a three-wheeled electric vehicle that's easy to ride and eco-friendly. It has a top speed of 16mph and can travel 25 miles on 10 cents worth of electricity.

The UK is considering legislation that would see suspected illegal file sharers cut off altogether by their ISPs - even after European Parliament recently rejected a similar plan from France, saying that Internet access is a fundamental human right.

A wearable wrist phone concept uses solar power for energy.

Chinese researchers may have found a way to an Harry Potter-style invisibility cloak with an invisible gateway potentially able to block out all electromagnetic waves.

Even at 238,000 miles away, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) keeps in touch with the Earth 24 hours a day, transmitting 461GB of data per day at speeds of to 100Mb/s.

We're already stretching many of our natural resources to their limits, and the world's population will jump by around 2.5 billion over the next 50 years. Here are four resources heading for a catastrophic squeeze within our lifetime.