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With the advent of GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technology, child-tracking devices are now hitting the marketplace thick and fast. Now Taipei-based startup BeLuvv is throwing its hat in the ring, with the Guardian system.

Last week we took a look at the most advanced smartwatch to date, the Samsung Galaxy Gear. But other companies are focusing on more basic watches that exist primarily as notification terminals. Read on, as Gizmag reviews one of those devices, the Sony SmartWatch 2.

Jony Ive and Marc Newson have created a one-of-a-kind Leica digital camera which will be sold at auction to raise money for the (RED) charity. The camera is based around the Leica M, but features a unique aluminum body and shell. It took 561 models and nearly 1000 prototype parts to create.

The race to the car that drives itself continues to heat up. Last week, Toyota provided a look at its Automated Highway Driving Assist, a feature that should be available within the next two or three years.

The US Navy's top SEAL, four-star Admiral William McRaven, is pushing hard for a modern suit of armor called the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS). Though not exactly an Iron Man suit, it's that ballpark.

The SEIL LED grid signaling system for cyclists features bright left or right arrows, stopping signals or custom animated text messages that shine through the fabric at the back of the bag at the press of a button on a handlebar-mounted wireless controller.

Researchers at Rice University have used a computer simulation to calculate that carbyne, a monodimensional chain of carbon atoms, is twice as strong as carbon nanotubes and three times stiffer than diamond.

Guitar maker Shawn Steen has launched a line of hand-built guitars designed to comfortably fit the shape of a player's body, while looking good and sounding great.

Back in 1965, Lee Breedlove set the women's land speed record on Utah’s Salt Lake Flats with a speed of 308.51 mph (496.49 km/h). That record stood for 48 years until this month, when Jessi Combs took her 52,000 hp Supersonic Speed Challenger to a speed of 392.954 mph (632.39 km/h).

Hours after introducing its first-ever hybrid model back in August, Land Rover set out on a 10,472-mile expedition across Europe and Asia. Fifty-three days later, the company is pleased to report that its world-first hybrid journey along the Silk Trail was successful.

On October 8, three teams in various parts of the world participated in an unprecedented simultaneous test of three experimental spacesuits as part of World Space Walk 2013, which aims to set standards for developing suits for the future exploration of the planet Mars.

Banking technology company FIS has developed a system that is claimed to streamline the cash-getting process. Known as Cardless Cash Access, it allows people to get money from ATMs within seconds, using nothing but their smartphone.