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While most compact cameras have made the switch from CCD to CMOS image sensors in recent years, medium format cameras have been a hold out – until now, that is. Hasselblad has announced its new H5D-50c will be the world's first medium format camera to pack a 50-megapixel CMOS sensor.

The My N3RD is claimed capable of turning just about any device switch into a smartphone-controlled, user-programmable smart switch.

The Solar Cooler, as its name implies, is a portable container for food and drinks that keeps its contents cold using a compact refrigeration system connected to solar panels. According to the designers, the cooler can hold a steady temperature of 42° F (5.5° C) for over 24 hours.

Most current transparent display technologies are limited in terms of viewing angle. Now researchers at MIT have come up with a new system that is low-cost and offers a wide angle of view with the projected image appearing on the transparent material itself.

A team of international researchers has turned to stem cells in a quest to find an a more effective treatment for patients with resistant tuberculosis (TB) – a type of drug-resistant TB associated with lung damage, immune dysfunction and low rates of treatment success.

Chibitronics combines familiar adhesive stickers with bits of LEDs, sensor circuits, and even a programmable microcontroller, to create a playful set that educates while adding some flash to one’s works of art or otherwise mundane birthday cards.

KD Interactive has launched the launch of the Kurio Phone – an Android smartphone designed solely for kids that incorporates enough parental controls and special features, the company claims, to allay any concerns parents might have about its use.

For the 2014 season, Formula One is set to introduce some of the most radical changes in the sport’s history. New thermal and Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems will give drivers an additional 160 hp of electrical power during the year to compensate for smaller 600 bhp turbocharged V6 engines.

It has been difficult to find evidence that the Universe is largely composed of a cosmic web consisting of narrow filaments, but astronomers have now photographed a segment of a cosmic filament glowing due to irradiation from a nearby quasar.

The asteroid probe Dawn is en-route to study the dwarf planet Ceres close-up in 2015. The level of interest in this mission has significantly increased with the detection by the ESA's Herschel space observatory of plumes of water vapor being exuded from Ceres' surface from a pair of local sources.

From smart watches to smart rings, the endless wave of wearable gadgets continues to wash ashore some intriguing ideas. Fin, a thumb ring which enables hand gesture control of your smart devices, aims to not only improve connectivity, but to alter the way we interact with our favorite gadgets.

A team from the Institute of Systems and Robotics at Portugal's University of Coimbra is developing a minesweeping robot to assist in the monumental task of clearing the millions of active land mines around the globe.