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Usually, when you dunk a tiny flying robot in the water you end up with a tiny sinking robot. Engineers want to change that with the RoboBee robotic insect, which can now swim as well as fly.

Enphase is billed as the world’s first integrated system that allows home users to store, monitor and manage their rooftop-generated solar electricity, while controlling their overall electricity consumption.

​A team of scientists from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have compiled the largest astronomical image of all time.

​Our sense of touch is made possible thanks to thousands of "mechanoreceptors," which are distributed throughout our skin. Scientists have now created synthetic skin that contains electronic mechanoreceptors, which could give prosthetic limbs or robots a sense of touch.​

Renzo Piano has already made his mark on London with the Shard, but the Italian architect isn't done yet. 31 London Street will rise to a height of 65 stories and cost an estimated £1 billion (roughly US$1.54 billion).

R​enault has created a concept car to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of France’s best-known 20th century architect Le Corbusier, and aptly named it the Coupé Corbusier.

​Most fingerprint scanners are usually effective, although they can fail to read prints that have been flattened by age or damaged, plus they can be fooled by gelatine casts of fingerprints. That’s why scientists have developed a more reliable scanner, that looks below the skin's surface.​

One of only 50 or so Apple I computers still in existence is up for grabs at an auction running over the next eight days. Online auctioneer Christie's has started the bidding at £240,000 (US$370,000) for the Apple 1 personal computer, which even comes accompanied by a original manual.

October 21, 2015 is (or was, depending on your timezone) Back to the Future day, the very date that was used as "the future" in BTTF II. Toyota made a particularly big deal of the event, revealing a specially equipped Mirai with DeLorean-like gullwing doors and a movie-inspired Tacoma pickup.​

Out of all the ways to show love and loyalty for one's favorite team(s), the latest may be the most flashy. The ePint Smart Beer Mug is designed to automatically light up in your team's colors every single time they score.

The Acpad is the world’s first wireless MIDI controller that offers access to a variety of programmable features by simply placing it on any acoustic guitar’s surface. Without requiring any modifications, it brings hundreds of instruments, effects, samples and loops to the player’s fingertips.

Researchers from the University of Illinois are developing a computer system capable of communicating with humans through the medium of jazz. The project forms part of DARPA's Communicating with Computers (CwC) program, approaching robot communication skills from a very different direction.