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Dmitry Zhuikov, Arina Ageeva, and Krassimir Krastev of ZA Architects in Germany have come up with a concept architecture for future Mars colonies, built underground by robots before the colonists arrive.

UK electronics company Binatone has unveiled the aptly named Brick mobile phone which boasts up to 3 months of standby time, 28 hours of talk time and an integrated flashlight, all wrapped up in an extremely compact form factor … for 1991.

A super-crossover, off-road supercoupe, super-sport utility vehicle ... whatever you want to call it, the Audi Nanuk Quattro Concept brings us one step closer. This 544-hp concept made its debut at this week's Frankfurt Motor Show.

Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Swiss Space Systems (S3) have formed a partnership to launch the CleanSpace One satellite into orbit to collect space debris using a launch system that promises to be cheaper than using conventional techniques.

Icelandic entrepreneurs Benedikt Skulason and Gudberg Bjornsson have created the Lauf leaf-style fork for mountain bikes. It has no moving parts, requires no maintenance, and weighs just 980 grams – a typical suspension fork weighs more in the neighborhood of 1,400 to 1,900.

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new system for strengthening the connections between stacked solar cells, which could improve the overall efficiency of concentrated photovoltaic technology and reduce the cost of solar energy production.

Veteran French racket specialist Babolat has announced a performance monitoring system for tennis players called the Play Pure Drive. The sensor-packed racket collects data on a player's game, which is then transmitted to a smartphone or tablet running a proprietary app for analysis.

Today Apple unveiled the iPhone 5s, which looks like the iPhone 5, but adds an advanced 64-bit system-on-a-chip, a better camera, and the Touch ID fingerprint sensor.

The new Olympus OM-D E-M1 could be the end of the DSLR, at least as far as Olympus is concerned. Its new flagship mirrorless camera follows on from the OM-D E-M5, but was arguably designed as the true successor to the E-5 DSLR. Now it's hard to see the firm going back to using a mirror again.

Although smartphone cameras are getting better and better, the one place many of them still lack is the flash. Nova is designed to fix that. It's a portable flash that wirelessly syncs with an iPhone, and it's small enough to carry in a wallet.

eTiger's Cosmic Led is a hybrid unit that is both a speaker and a light bulb. All it takes is plugging it into lamps as well as ceiling roses. The 7.6 Led offers a luminosity that equals or beats a 60W light bulb. Cosmic Led uses Bluetooth wireless standard.

CubeSats are certainly in the process of revolutionizing the satellite industry, although they're hampered by the limitations of their small onboard antennas. That may be about to change, though, as MIT is developing larger, inflatable antennas for use in the tiny spacecraft.