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Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have adapted a "collapse"-type origami technique, in which all folds are carried out more or less simultaneously, to create complex reversibly self-folded 3D structures. Applications include soft robotics and biomedical devices.

Sharing photos on social media is fun, but it's still nice to have printed copies of our favorite shots. A new mobile photo printer from Polaroid lets users print out photos that they have taken on their smartphones. The Polaroid Zip produces small color prints in around a minute.

Toshiba’s new Encore 2 Write tablets are designed to provide high-precision, digitizer pen input without breaking the bank. There are two sizes of the Windows-based device available, which offer mid to low-range specs across the board.

Ariel Motor Company, it of the unhinged Atom sports car, has announced a new addition to its line-up. The Nomad takes all of the raw excitement of the Atom and dumps it into an off-road buggy. Like the Atom, it is said to be lightweight, high performance and reliable.

As promised, GM has revealed the 2016 Chevrolet Volt at the 2015 North American International Auto Show. The new Volt offers a sportier, higher performance plug-in experience with an all-electric range boost of more than 30 percent.

In November, Mercedes Benz took the wraps off its latest go at reviving the Maybach marque. Now it's handing out more details about the luxury sub-brand's S 500 and S 600, which are intentionally designed as a status symbol for the upper automotive crust.

If you had a big enough 3D printer, one of the first things you might do is print a replica of a vintage 1965 Shelby Cobra sportscar, and that's what the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) did for the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

Targeting what it calls "Urban Adventurers", Hyundai has unveiled its Santa Cruz Crossover Truck Concept at NAIAS in Detroit. Designed to navigate city streets during the week, and ferry cargo on the weekends, Hyundai calls it a re-imagining of the truck utility for the Millennial generation.

The Acura NSX Version 2.0 production specification has finally landed in Detroit. The power unit now wears two turbos, three electric motors, makes more than 550 hp, drives through a nine-speed dual clutch transmission, and will cost around US$150,000 when it hits showrooms later this year.

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have created a new six-legged robot dubbed "Snake Monster", which uses a reconfigurable platform with a system architecture that may be easily programmed to govern robots with a variety of configurations and applications.

Renovo Motors has opened up the doors of its electric supercar's high-tech interior, showing the last piece of the authentically-bodied Shelby with 500-hp electric powertrain and cutting-edge Nvidia Tegra X1-powered infotainment system.

Using atoms of the rare-earth element europium, scientists from the Australian National University have shattered previous records for quantum information retention by creating a storage device capable of holding quantum state information for up to six hours at a time.