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With the recent release of the film The Imitation Game, British computer science pioneer Alan Turing is now becoming known to a whole new generation. It's only fitting, therefore, that a rare collection of his scientific notes is about to head to auction.

One possibility for replacing the Hubble space telescope is the Aragoscope from the University of Colorado Boulder, which uses a gigantic orbital disk instead of a mirror to produce images 1,000 times sharper than the Hubble's best efforts.

Computer algorithms and artificial intelligence programs are fast approaching the level of humans in music composition, and AI researchers say they computers have immense capacity for creativity. But what does computer-authored music sound like? Why do it? And how is it changing music creation?

The Pratte Collection is best known for containing Carroll Shelby’s Super Snake Cobra, the 1954 Pontiac Bonneville Concept and the GM Futurliner, but it also contained one of the largest collection of childrens' cars ever assembled. More than 70 went to auction and they'll make you drool.

We've come across Bluetooth speakers of all shapes and sizes here at Gizmag, and at first glance the FoxL Dash7 is hardly one to stand out from the crowd. But after spending some time with the speaker we found it offers great portability while maintaining impressive, high-quality sound.

Not so long ago we featured the Crazy Cart XL, an adult-sized version of the original drifting Crazy Cart. It looked like great fun. Well, it turns out that it's even more fun than it looks. It's also a little trickier to get the hang of than it looks, which we found out the hard way.

Flatpack furniture is one thing, but flatpack bridges? That may seem like reaching, but over 50 of them been constructed in the UK and Ireland, and civil engineers at Queen's University Belfast announce that work will soon begin on the world's longest flatpack arch bridge.

Lamborghini has confirmed its intention to tackle the Blancpain Endurance Series in 2015 with its Huracan GT3. The hottest Huracan will be rubbing panels with McLaren's 650S GT3 and BMW's Z4 GT3 across five different tracks, including the legendary Nurburgring.

There are all sorts of scooters, bikes and skateboards on which kids (of all ages) can get around. For those who can't decide which they prefer though, the Sbyke combines them all. First featured by Gizmag in 2011, it is a rear-steer slaloming contraption that is now available in the UK.

Unsurprisingly, this year's Toy Fair in London saw its fair share of drones, all being touted as somehow unique. One that had a fairly solid case for that was the X-Voice from Flying Gadgets. As its name suggests, the X-Voice is controlled, in part, with voice commands.

Dubbed Cubitat, the multi-purpose cube measures 10 ft x 10 ft x 10 ft (3 m x 3 m x 3 m) and comes equipped with a kitchen, bedroom, entertaining area, bathroom, laundry and storage. The space-saving design is conceptualized to easily and quickly furnish a small building into a compact home.

If you regularly take off into the hinterlands on a bike or horse, there's a chance you could crash and not be able to summon help. That's why David Coleman developed the Ridersmate. If you fall off your bike/horse, it automatically sends a text message to let people know that something's amiss.