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In honor of the 205 GTi's 30th birthday, Peugeot has given its 208 GTi more power and a new suspension set up in an effort to recreate some of the magic that made its hot hatches famous in the past.

The ESA has tested a novel system that may allow the agency to safely land rovers on Mars using a quadcopter-like dropship. A fully automated, proof of concept Skycrane prototype was created with hardware largely derived from commercially available quadcopter components.

Unai Ugalde-Olea, lecturer in the Department of Electronics Technology of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country is working on a new way of controlling robot joints that promises energy savings of up to 40 percent by changing the way the robot handles instructions.

The 1190SX is basically the full 185-horsepower 1190RX superbike experience, with its pants off, and a higher handlebar. Erik Buell has made almost zero compromises to make the SX more street-friendly. It'll be a handful around town, but on the racetrack or the open road, it'll be sublime.

In 15 years as a percussionist with British electronica band Faithless, Sudha Kheterpal has exerted her fair share of energy. She has now teamed up with designers and engineers to develop Spark, a shaker that harnesses kinetic energy to bring power to the developing world.

For all the input methods available, the humble keyboard remains central to most computer usage. Over time different designs have tried to perfect the mechanics, improve comfort and even project the keys. The new Ultimate Hacking Keyboard targets configurability, ergonomics and build quality.

Powered surfboards have been cropping up on a fairly regular basis since Gizmag first covered the PowerSki JetBoard a decade ago. Now, Spanish firm Aquila is planning to launch a new range of zippy electric-powered boards, each designed for different surfing styles.

Cycling on the highway can definitely be a risky business. If riders are distracted, vehicles rapidly approaching from behind can be almost right on top of them before being noticed. The Backtracker, however, uses a radar signal to automatically alert cyclists whenever a car is closing in on them.

MirrorBox is a self-contained projection system designed for retail spaces and points of sale, that projects stereographically-mapped images onto three-dimensional objects to draw attention to them.

Researchers at the Yamanaka Laboratory at University of Tokyo have been investigating robot-human interaction since 2007 by adding different kinds of biological behavior to a series of robotic sculptures. This year almost all of these sculptures were gathered together for the Bio-likeness exhibition

Slide and Clutch are the latest camera-carrying tools from Peak Design. Slide can be used as a sling, shoulder or neck strap, while Clutch is a low-profile quick-adjusting hand strap.

The humble video game arcade may now be a shadow of what it once was, but Swedish design company Love Hultén is letting gamers take a nostalgic step back in time with its beautiful R-Kaid-R portable arcade system.