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Dutch startup aQysta, a Delft University of Technology spin-off company, manufactures what's known as the Barsha irrigation pump. It can reportedly boost crop yields in developing nations by up to five times, yet requires no fuel or electricity to operate.

HP has announced its brand new contender for the gaming notebook crown in the form of the Omen – a 15.6-inch touchscreen laptop with solid internals and a premium aluminum build.

Last month, ESA announced that the spot where Rosetta’s Philae lander will touch down on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on November 12 is "Site J." However, the space agency didn't think that was zippy enough, so it's now known as "Agilkia," after an island on the Nile.

Building façades are often designed solely with the intention of being aesthetically pleasing. Sometimes, though, their aim is to deliver a function on top of their form. The Grand Théâtre d'Albi has one such façade, designed to be both good looking and to provide some shelter from the elements.

Sam Beck from Portland, Oregon-based Blueshift has unveiled his latest portable Bluetooth speaker that can be charged within five minutes and boasts a rated lifetime of 500,000 charges thanks to being powered by supercapacitors.

Kawasaki's H2 is the much-awaited road-going version of the 300-horsepower H2R unveiled at Intermot. It won't have any more horsepower than the numerous race-bred bikes shown elsewhere at EICMA, but it will be the fastest accelerating motorcycle on the road.

A new study at Case Western Reserve University is now advancing the radical new hypothesis that dark matter may in fact be made not of exotic subatomic particles, but rather of macroscopic objects which would mass anywhere from a tennis ball to a dwarf planet and as dense as a neutron star.

OIO's Amp iPad Air case does double duty as a portable Bluetooth speaker solution. It has two panels on the front side, which open to reveal built-in speakers.

A new study suggests that the amount of dark matter in the cosmos, the catalyst that facilitates the creation of new stars and galaxies, is decreasing as it interacts with dark energy. This would mean that the Universe could be destined to end up a desolate and nearly featureless place.

Drift Innovation's line of actioncams are certainly worthy competitors to the venerable GoPro Hero, although some potential buyers might wish that they were a little more compact. Well, the company has addressed that with its new Drift Stealth 2.

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, in Germany have been experimenting with real micro-sized robots that literally swim through your bodily fluids with the idea of delivering drugs or other medical relief in a highly-targeted way.

The creators behind the Kickstarter campaign for Mousr reckon their prototype robot cat toy is almost as good as the real thing. It reacts to a cat attack like a real mouse would.