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When streaming music from a smartphone at the beach party, Bluetooth is probably going to be the wireless way to go. But move more than a few feet from the speaker and the grooves start to break up. ION Audio's Road Warrior 200 W Bluetooth speaker boasts over three times the wireless range.

When you talk about tablets, it's easy to think of the iPads and Galaxy tablets of the world. But what about LG? Though the company's mobile devices aren't necessarily household names, they've still made some top-notch hardware. Read on, as Gizmag reviews LG's answer to the iPad mini.

Solar power that's portable and overcomes the bandgap limit of traditional PV cells is the hope of new research at MIT. A new nanomaterial device absorbs light from the sun, producing heat, and emits the energy at wavelengths optimally tuned for the cell, theoretically boosting efficiencies.

Cargo trikes may be very practical, but unfortunately they can also be pretty slow and dumpy. The designers at Denmark's Butchers & Bicycles, however, have decided to change that, with their Mk1 leaning cargo trike.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and JILA have unveiled the world's most precise timekeeper. The strontium lattice clock sets new standards for precision and stability, only gaining or losing one second about every five billion years.

Serious car collectors never needed an excuse to add a Shelby Cobra to their garage, but Shelby has provided some extra incentive by celebrating the 50th anniversary of its FIA Cobra small block race car with the limited-edition Shelby Cobra 289 FIA.

Even today's best rechargeable lithium batteries do lose their ability to hold a charge after a while, and are considered toxic waste once discarded. In just a few years, however, they may be replaced by batteries that are refillable and biodegradable ... and they'll run on sugar.

A scientific team in China fortuitously recorded the first optical spectrum of an example of ball lightning. The ball lightning, which was accompanied by a cloud to ground lightning strike, appears to have consisted at least partially of vaporized soil from the location of the strike.

Some sit up on stilts, some float on water and some can be delivered by flat-bed truck. Made from shipping containers, bamboo, plastic and timber. Here are 10 houses that are lightweight, low-impact, small and efficient.

The Minimod (or Minimal Modular) prototype home by MAPA Architects has been designed with flexibility in mind and sports a modular interior layout that includes four living spaces.

Pinhole cameras are a great for demonstrating the fundamentals of photography. The Original Pin, a flat-pack 35 mm pinhole camera, combines these educational benefits with a durable and practical product.

The skin on turkeys' heads changes color with their mood. Scientists have now copied the process by which those color changes occur, and used it to create a biosensor that could be used to detect airborne toxins.