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Amazon is an innovative company. It practically created online shopping, popularized e-books and made the first mainstream budget tablet. Can the company now work its mojo on smartphones? Let's find out, as Gizmag reviews the Amazon Fire Phone.

As part of its continuing program of education and outreach, NASA has released 22 printable models of NASA and European space probes, asteroids, and planetary landscapes for the hobbyist and space enthusiast.

We've already seen that LED lighting can be incorporated into carpets and wallpaper. Now, Ikea will be using LEDs in a whole host of other products around the home. The company has invested in Design LED Products for the use of its innovative LED light tiles.

Thanks to a new hydrogel, there may soon be a more reliable way of continuously monitoring the blood glucose levels of both diabetics and hospital patients. If incorporated into a device such as an implanted pump, it could trigger the release of insulin into the bloodstream as needed.

Japanese-Swiss company Sunstar hopes to make e-bikes a little cheaper and more versatile with its modular Virtus electric drive, which transforms a regular bike into an e-bike, then detaches in minutes, effectively giving you two bikes in one.

Over a number of years, researchers at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute have developed software to measure human emotion through face detection and analysis. Now the team has repurposed the software as an app for Google Glass, with a view to bringing its emotion-detecting technology to life.

Researchers at the University of California Davis (UC Davis) Cancer Center have created a multi-tasking nanoparticle shown to be effective in both diagnosis of tumors and drug delivery. The flexibility could lead to new treatment options for cancer patients, while reducing side effects.

For most people, the "check engine" light in their car is pretty useless, providing no info about what the problem is or its severity. A new app wants to provide US drivers with exactly that information. Fixd provides notifications if a problem arises, along with the potential consequences and cost.

Using high-powered laser interferometers to determine if space-time is a quantum system made up of countless tiny bits of information, Fermilab scientists are conducting an experiment to see if the universe is "real" or a holographic 3-D illusion.

Researchers from MIT, Carnegie Mellon University and Pennsylvania State University have developed a novel technique of separating cells with the use of a gentle sound wave, with the possibility of the system being used to isolate rare tumor cells synonymous with cancer.

Folding bicycles definitely have an advantage when it comes to easy toting and storage, although their chain presents a design challenge. Bygen has devised a solution, in the form of its Hank Direct Bike. Instead of a chain, it has levers that transfer power from the pedals to the rear wheel.

Bird populations around airports, landfills, and farms can be a nuisance or even dangerous; a new robotic flying bird of prey is claimed to be able to control such populations by scaring them away for good.