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Yonder Biology is aiming to help teach children about biology with its latest mixture of art and science. The Dino Pet is a clear plastic dinosaur filled with bioluminescent algae that glow in the dark, so acts as night light as well as a fun learning tool.

Almost a month after LG launched its 55-inch curved OLED TV in the US, Samsung has released its significantly cheaper KN55S9C model. Mounted in a metallic frame, the new television is claimed to be the first to allow viewers to simultaneously watch different content on the same TV.

Architects have revised the design of the biodomes for Amazon's new Seattle headquarters. The curves of old have been replaced with irregular pentagons, resulting in something that looks less futuristic and more like a mating of a football and a robot plankton from outer space.

Georgia Tech is offering an accredited online Master of Science degree in Computer Science which will be open to public matriculation in the 2014-2015 school year. Built around Massive Open Online Courses, the goal is to equal the bricks and mortar degree for less than US$7K in tuition and fees.

A researcher at Purdue University has developed a motorized wheelchair tray that is designed to make it easier for wheelchair users to access mobile devices. Employing a motorized arm, the “RoboDesk” can deploy or retract a tablet or lightweight laptop computer as needed.

Motorola bills its new Moto X Android smartphone as the first to be designed by customers, through an online tool called Moto Maker that allows consumers to choose the phone's colors and add other bits of personal flair. Gizmag was recently given an exclusive early look at Moto Maker.

The Swiss watchmaking firm Jaquet Droz has short-circuited the 18th and 21st centuries with the Charming Bird. It's a wristwatch that includes a tiny automaton bird inside the crystal, that sings and dances at the press of a button.

Johannesburg-based design studio, Architecture For A Change has recently completed the construction of an off-the-grid prefabricated unit located in Mamelodi, South-Africa. The tiny prototype is designed with the aim of raising local living conditions, while also providing affordable housing.

Normally, a spacecraft slamming into a planet’s surface at the speed of sound is considered a bad thing, but the European Space Agency (ESA) plans to do just that. Last July, the agency fired a pair of experimental surface penetrators from a rocket sled at a test facility in Wales.

Having already given us a new take on the humble lunch bag with its Compleat FoodBag, Norwegian company Unikia set out to redesign the lunch box for its latest offering, the Compleat FoodSkin, which features a laptop-like form factor.

Apple recently updated its MacBook Air line to include Intel's new much-touted Haswell processor. We decided to give the 11-inch model a whirl to see how the new processor affects its performance, and how well the laptop stacks up against previous iterations of the Air.

The TrewGrip mobile keyboard flips the traditional QWERTY on its head, offering a new way of typing on the move. It's designed to be used standing, sitting and walking and doesn't require a surface to rest on.