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The Ford Transit Van is an automotive classic, having been on sale since since 1965. Despite that, its popular image is one of a battered old van lugging kit around. Now though, a new concept has given the Transit an "ultra-premium" makeover befitting of its 50th birthday next year.

A portable robotic printer that works by traveling across the surface of a piece of paper is well on its way to reaching its US$400,000 Kickstarter target. Designed by Israel's Zuta Labs, the device is intended to provide users with a means of printing on the go.

NASA is sending fresh veggies to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday as it launches its Vegetable Production System (Veggie) aboard the SpaceX Dragon CRS-3 mission.

Toyota has announced the development of two hyper-fuel-efficient small-displacement petrol Atkinson cycle engines: a three-cylinder 1.0-liter and four-cylinder 1.3-liter which will be introduced across the range from next year. The smaller engine will deliver 78 mpg (US) in the Toyota Aygo.

Samsung's new fitness tracker, the Gear Fit, is easily the most eye-catching wearable the company has released. But it isn't the only one. Samsung also just launched a new pair of updates to the Galaxy Gear, dubbed the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo. Join Gizmag, as we review the Gear 2 smartwatch.

Climbing gyms don't usually look anything like real mountains, but a German company has a plan to construct Berlin-area climbing "mountains" out of an artificial rock material that looks and feels more authentic.

Researchers have developed a new technique that brings self-healing capabilities to fiber-reinforced composite materials, like those used in airplanes and automobiles. The system relies on 3D vascular networks that release healing agents when ruptured.

An auction of rare "barn finds" has yielded classic car merchant Silverstone Auctions £1 million in total sales at its inaugural Practical Classics Restorations Show. A total of 87 cars were showcased at the event, from a 1969 DBS Vantage to the Morris Milk Float featured in Eastenders.

Land Rover’s been dropping hints about its new Discover Vision concept in the run up to the 2014 New York International Auto Show, and it’s now taken the lid off the technology showcase for the Land Rovers of the future.

Most of the fitness wearables we've seen have been very different from smartwatches. But Samsung, which never met a mobile product category it didn't like, has something new. Read on, as Gizmag reviews the Samsung Gear Fit, a fitness tracker that has some smartwatch blood flowing through its veins.

Built around a Toyota Land Cruiser engine, the Amphibicruiser is a fully fledged, heavy duty 4WD that's as easy to drive in the water as it is on land. Driving like a regular 4x4 on land, easily holding freeway speeds, it proceeds at a modest 8 mph (13 km/h) in the water after a press of a button.

During surgery, patients' blood is often "spilt." Such blood can be returned to the body, so long as it has been properly processed to ensure that it is not tainted. The Brightwave Hemosep autotransfusion machine can do this – and its prototyping costs have been cut by 96 percent via 3D printing.