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VW showed its UP! Lite concept at the LA Auto Show this week. The four-seater uses a hybrid electric turbo diesel powertrain, delivers 115.7 mpg and does 100 mph. Its central display is controlled by touch screen and hand movement sensors.

Dutch researchers developed a way to store electronic spin information into silicon, which could then be manipulated by a new spintronics transistor developed by Toshiba.

Touch Bionics, a developer of upper-limb bionic technologies, has launched ProDigits, the world’s first powered bionic finger that is designed to help the estimated 1.2 million people worldwide with partial-hand amputations.

Japan’s Sapporo Breweries is launching the world’s first beer produced using malt made 100 percent from “space barley,” which is the fourth generation descendant of the Haruna Nija malting barley that was kept in space for five months during 2006.

Bugatti is to produce a Tourbillon wristwatch by Parmigiani which doubles as the clock on the dashboard of its latest car and hence will be worn only by those who purchase the US$1,470,000 16C Galibier four door hyperluxury saloon

Google Goggles is a new Android phone app that lets you search the Web using photos taken with our mobile phone instead of words or voice activation.

If you like treadmill exercise but are tired of running up and down on the one spot, the Rollator treadmill could be the answer. It's also ideal for people who like to exercise in the great outdoors.

NASA has dropped a small helicopter 35ft to test a new airbag system it hopes will lessen the destructive force of a crash.

The Spira three-wheeler is a unique vehicle. It's one of the finalists in the Automotive X-Prize but its frugal fuel consumption and low emissions are only part

Sony Ericsson’s new LiveView Android accessory can be clipped to clothing or worn like a wristwatch to effectively become a remote micro display and controller for a mobile phone.

The Micronium microscopic instrument has just made its public debut performance at a conference on micromechanics in the Netherlands

Students from the University of Applied Sciences Bremen have redesigned the MIDI hardware interface to combine the freedom and simplicity of a computer mouse with the functionality of a hardware control interface