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Ayah Bdeir is on a mission to bring DIY electronics to a wider audience with littleBits – a collection of circuit board modules that can be snapped together with magnets and combined with everyday objects to make whatever your imagination can conjure.

There are few things that most of us like better than a long, hot shower, but they sure use up a lot of water and power. That’s why the Uji illuminated shower head was created. It gradually changes from green to red while in use, letting users know when it’s time to get out.

A new Kickstarter project is set to launch the world's first all-in-one 3d copy machine that can scan, copy, print and even fax 3d objects.Instead of buying a hammer the next time you need one, you could simply scan your neighbors or have a friend fax across their hammer scan and print your own.

Claudia Kuster and her team at the Computer Graphics Laboratory ETH Zurich are developing a way to bring eye contact to Skype and similar video calling services with software that alters the image of the person on the other end, giving the illusion that they’re looking straight at the camera.

As part of a two-year pilot project, the US Department of Energy will be using fuel cells to power the refrigeration units of four cold transport trailers.

The Science Museum, with the help of the University College London and ScanLAB, has created a virtual version of the now closed Shipping Gallery to make the exhibit available to future generations

MIT PhD students Robert R. Morris and Dan McDuff decided that they’d like to spend less time with social media and more writing their dissertations, so they came up with Pavlov Poke, a sort of aversion therapy device that gives you electric shocks if you've spent too much time on Facebook.

The Trace action sports monitor being developed by California's ActiveReplay pulls the sensors off your arm and puts them on your board. It includes advanced functions like trick monitoring and airtime calculation.

Does a breakthrough smartphone have the latest hardware components, or does it change things in a more experiential way? Let Gizmag try to answer that, as we go in-depth – and hands-on – to compare the Motorola Moto X and Samsung Galaxy S4.

Unfortunately, many GPS-guided quadcopters on the market these days can be too complicated for the average consumer to fly. That's why 3D Robotics has unveiled the Iris, a new drone that's fully assembled straight out of the box and supports simple GPS controls through any computer or smart device.

Toyota has provided the details of the powertrain that underpins its new Yaris Hybrid-R Concept. The Frankfurt-bound concept uses an advanced, four-wheel-drive hybrid system that stores energy in a super capacitor.

After four years of development and months of prototype testing, Platypus founder Francois Alexandre Bertrand and his team have decided on the final design for their Platypus underwater exploration vehicle that will be launched next year.