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The route planned for Solar Impulse 2 round-the-world flight has been unveiled. The first solar-powered plane capable of day and night flight, the Si2 will spend 25 days aloft spread over a period of five months as it traverses 35,000 km (22,000 mi) with stops at 12 locations around the globe.

Just last month, Volvo announced a new system that warns drivers of approaching cyclists via a symbol on their car's head-up display. Not to be outdone, Jaguar Land Rover has just announced its own system, which takes a more tactile approach – among other things, it taps them on the shoulder.

We've seen plenty of compact PCs in the past, but few are as tiny as the Mouse-Box. This new invention from a team of Polish engineers packs a fully-functioning computer into a mouse that you can hold in your hand, and the team is now looking for funding to be able to bring it to market.

When the sap from plants such as sugar cane is extracted for commercial use, what's left over is a fibrous material known as bagasse. Now, Mexican startup Plastinova is using agave bagasse from the tequila industry to make a wood-like material, although it's also incorporating recycled plastic.

For some people – adults included – there's nothing quite as cool-looking as a chopper bicycle. The things aren't all that practical for commuting, however. Well, that's where the Chop-E comes in. It's an electric scooter, modeled after the bikes that would have made you the hero of the 7-11.

VTT Technical Centre of Finland is aiming to bring solar energy into the realm of interior design by developing a new method of printing both decorative graphics and functional components onto flexible organic solar panels.

So, you think that a ski helmet is just supposed to protect your head? Well, the folks at Australia's Forcite Helmet Systems apparently believe that it should do more. Among other things, their Alpine helmet lets the user shoot video, talk on the phone, and alert the authorities if they crash.

Porsche is bringing a limited edition 911 to the North American market as a way to say thank you for 60 years of devotion. The GTS Club Coupe is powered by an improved version of the Carrera S plant that cranks out 430 hp and features a raft of special design features.

Nvidia has pulled back the curtain on its latest Maxwell graphics card, the GeForce GTX 960. Unlike previous cards packing the company’s latest GPU architecture, this is an entry level offering, coming in at just US$199.

Leatherman multi-tools can certainly come in handy, but they are one more thing that has to be stuffed in a pocket or hung on a belt. That's where the Leatherman Tread comes in. It's a stainless steel bracelet that incorporates 25 tools within its links.

With virtual reality capturing imaginations during the last couple of years, it's easy to forget about augmented reality. But Microsoft has spent years cooking up its own take on AR, and it's ready to bake the technology into Windows 10.

The Prynt instant camera case promises to let you print photographs directly from your Android or Apple smartphone as you take them. Aimed to be future-proof, the Prynt is also claimed to adapt to different phones as the user upgrades by simply swapping connecting parts, but not the entire unit.