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Architectural firm Tengbom has come up with a new accommodation model that squeezes student living into a 10 sq m footprint. The Smart Student Unit aims to offer an inexpensive and sustainable housing choice for students in Sweden that could reduce the current residency rents by half.

It's easy to assume that renewable wind and solar energy should be stored when production exceeds what the grid is using. But scientists at Stanford have done the math to find when storing energy is better than "wasting” it, and their findings aren't necessarily as you'd think.

Researchers at Stanford University have used DNA strands to help manufacture transistors made of graphene in a development that paves the way for the large-scale manufacturing of high-performance, low-power integrated circuits.

Here's a fun little toy that might be of interest to playful photography enthusiasts and tinkerers. The Enjofer, described as a "portable smartphone photographic enlarger," is a stand that lets you create good quality black and white photographic prints directly from your smartphone.

Forget using tape recorders to play back spoken messages – what if you could simply hear them through a finger? A new system allows for just that. Using the human body as a sound transmitter, the technology lets you hear audio messages when someone touches your ear with their finger.

DARPA is starting a fascinating new unmanned systems project that has undersea motherships launching smaller submarines and flying vehicles to conduct pop-up surveillance on pirates, terrorists and hijackers.

Nissan has revealed a smartwatch concept designed exclusively for drivers of its Nismo brand of high-performance cars. The planned Nismo Watch will connect to a sports car to provide data on its performance in real-time in addition to updates on the weather and social media.

The Defikopter is a UAV that can be activated by a smartphone app to automatically take to the skies and drop a defibrillator to medical personnel on the ground, shaving precious seconds off of the time it takes for a person to receive treatment for cardiac arrest.

With the unveiling of the Q30 concept, Infiniti, the luxury division of Nissan Motors, is clearly seeking to cement its reputation for opulence.

2013 'tis the season for colorful smartphones. Though Nokia's Lumia line was rocking eye-catching colors for the last couple of years, this year Motorola's Moto X and Apple's iPhone 5c are joining the pastel party. But which is the better buy? Let Gizmag lend a hand, as we put the two head-to-head.

Combining aspects of a Segway, a skateboard and a balance board, the S-Walker Board is a two-wheeled electric vehicle making its world premiere at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. It is set to hit the streets in the not-too-distant future.

Commercial space flight took another step forward today as NASA and Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Virginia launched Orbital's Cygnus spacecraft for a rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS).