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Last weekend some of the world’s biggest auction houses got together for the annual Pebble Beach classic car auction. Fantastic rarified machines crossed the block, providing surprises for both buyers and watchers alike.

Tired of the waiter ignoring you? Perhaps you want to know a bit more about the dishes, such as how they're made and what's in them? Well, the Interactive Restaurant Technology (IRT) system might be for you. It replaces human waiters and paper menus with multitouch tables.

Explore Mars, Inc., a private organization made up of technologists and former NASA engineers, wants to look for signs of any present life on Mars not by scratching about on the surface, but by dropping supersonic lances on the planet that will penetrate deep into the Martian soil.

To show that unmanned aircraft can work in this hectic environment alongside manned ones, the US Navy has successfully set its X-47B UCAV to carry out landing and deck maneuvers aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in concert with an F/A-18 fighter.

The tiny house movement is as much about lifestyle as it is size of dwelling. Simplicity and efficiency are key characteristics of such a house. Not only is Stereotank's Taku-Tanku very small, it has few components, can be easily assembled, and even towed by a bicycle.

Following on from my time behind the wheel of a gorgeous F-type V8S roadster a few months back, I recently had the opportunity to drive the less powerful (but equally gorgeous) 380 hp V6S Coupe version of the F-type.

To help salmon overcome otherwise insurmountable man-made obstacles, Whooshh Innovations has developed a transport system that sucks the fish up through a plastic tube and shoots them over obstacles low and tall like so many piscatorial projectiles.

Helper robot company Savioke has announced that it is to start trialing service robots for hotels. The SaviOne robot can deliver items to guests in hotel rooms autonomously.

Researchers are currently looking into ways of allowing "swarms" of communicating robots to accomplish tasks that are difficult or even impossible for single robots. Harvard University recently performed an unprecedented demonstration of that behavior, using a batch of over 1,000 tiny Kilobots.

Whether they're the result of injuries, surgery or birth defects such as cleft palate, missing sections of bone in the skull or jaw can certainly affect someone's appearance. A newly-developed foam-like material, however, may be able to help.

Most of the world's manufacturers have decided that flexible, modular platforms are the way of the future. Volvo is keen to get in on the action with its Scalable Product Architecture (SPA), which will debut in the upcoming XC90 SUV and then extend across the Swedish manufacturer's range.

Scorpion Trikes in Wisconsin plan to release a DIY kit with dual wheels out front to turn your Harley-Davidson V-rod into a reverse three-wheeler. The conversion offers two wheel independent suspension and an integrated look, all in an afternoon’s work.