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Back in 2011, Gizmag looked at Robodynamics' Luna personal robot. As 2014 draws to a close, Luna has still to reach market, but the maker has launched a Kickstarter to raise money to start manufacturing while giving us a closer look at the robot's specs.

Samsung has lifted the curtain on several new audio products that will be on show at CES 2015 next week in Las Vegas. The company will show off several new Curved Soundbars to compliment its various sizes of curved TVs, as well as a pair of new speakers that boast 360-degree audio.

Scientists in Hawaii have they been putting cameras on sharks to see what they get up to, plus they've been slipping them ingestible sensors, to monitor their dietary habits. The data that they've gathered could help protect shark populations, and the overall health of the ocean.

A whopping 135 3D printers churn away in the new Aleph Objects LulzBot factory, creating tomorrow's TAZ 3 3D printer and other products including a 3D scanner, a Mini, and the TAZ 4. Step inside for our tour of this libre hardware company.

Chris Ferguson, commander of the STS-135 Atlantis mission in 2011, went on a virtual flight to the International Space Station (ISS) in a ground-based simulator as part of NASA’s testing requirements for Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft.

1,341 hp to 1,360 kg. It's a ratio that gives the latest hypercar from Sweden's Koenigsegg the potential to be the fastest car on Earth. It also gives the car its name: One:1. That's one horse for every kilo – or close enough to round up without thinking twice.

Finnish architect Marco Casagrande has taken an abandoned farmhouse "half-eaten by the jungle" in Taipei and turned it into a cool modern complex formed by nature.

China's Gionee brought what's claimed to be the world's slimmest smartphone to MWC in Barcelona, Spain, this week. The 5.55 mm thin Elife S5.5 features a Full HD AMOLED display at 441 ppi, is powered by an octa-core processor and has a battery that's reported to last all day with heavy use.

Mobile phone networks are a key means of communication when humanitarian efforts need to be coordinated at times of disaster. The Vodafone Foundation's Instant Network Mini is a highly portable mobile network in a backpack that can be deployed in just 10 minutes.

In January, Gizmag traveled around Germany to the Boot Dusseldorf and ISPO Munich shows. We've covered many of our finds already, but both shows were so filled with new gear and innovation, we combined some of the remaining ones into a large gallery.

It was only a matter of time before the versatility of Lego was put to use in the era of the smartphone. The COI+ Lego Power Brick, a block of Lego which acts as an external battery pack for your phone or tablet, is designed to offer on-the-go charging while adding a little creativity to the mix.

In many parts of the world, the presence of harmful bacteria makes it vitally important that water from lakes or rivers be thoroughly filtered before being consumed. As it turns out, wood from pine trees works great.