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The CSIRO has claimed a world record for the highest temperatures ever recorded using solar energy to generate "supercritical" steam at its solar thermal test plant in Newcastle, Australia. This achievement is touted as a breakthrough for solar energy production.

Microsoft has made three revisions to Windows 8, and each update makes it easier to use on touch and non-touch devices. Here's some tips for using new Taskbar options that make it easier to use the Modern UI on a traditional computer with mouse and keyboard.

The colander (strainer) is unlikely to be top of many people's list of things that need reinventing. That said, a folding, lightweight take on the utensil called the Rmdlo seems to have captured people's imaginations, having exceeded its Kickstarter campaign target with time left to run.

Arizona-based crowd-source automotive firm Local Motors brought its new Racer motorcycle to this year's Overland Expo show. The stylish motorcycle blends classic and custom design elements to "define a new class of cruiser."

Bttn is a seemingly innocuous big red button that can be programmed to achieve a huge range of tasks. By pairing Bttn with IFTTT, a single press of this button can trigger an action in the cloud. Thus bringing online offline.

You'd be forgiven for wondering, does procuring a cup need to be any more convenient? For a pair of Atlanta-based entrepreneurs, the answer is, yes, which is why they developed the Hey Joe mug that can prepare a brew on demand, meaning a fresh cup of coffee is only ever a push of a button away.

In 2012, Brazilian 4x4 manufacturer Troller, which was purchased by Ford Brazil in 2007, provided a sneak preview of what its next T4 utility vehicle would look like with its TR-X concept. It has folded the look and feel of that concept into the new production T4.

Researchers have developed flexible "nanowhisker" supercapacitors in electric wires, making them both conductors and energy storage devices. Such technology may eventually be woven into fabric as batteries or incorporated throughout devices to replace the batteries altogether.

Kairos Watches aims at combining a luxury mechanical watch with the functionality of a smartwatch in one seamless device.

There are plenty of trackers to promote healthy habits, but how about a device that discourages a not so healthy one? Quitbit is a smart lighter designed to help rein in smoking addiction by keeping tabs on how often you light up.

"Virtual reality needs its arcade moment," argues Zero Latency co-founder Tim Ruse. The Oculus Rift and Project Morpheus headsets may be set to dominate your living room, but the Melbourne-based startup is aiming bigger – offering full immersion with body tracking and real space to move around in.

When you cover mobile technology, it's easy to zero in on the high-end. But sometimes breakthrough pricing can be a cutting-edge feature in itself. Let's take a look at the specs and features of two devices that push that barrier, the Motorola Moto E and Moto G.