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A US Navy team has been testing a shark-inspired robot. Known as the GhostSwimmer, it was developed by Boston Engineering as part of the Navy's Silent NEMO project, which is aimed at creating nature-inspired unmanned underwater vehicles.

NASA's Kepler space telescope shows that it still has life in it as its extended mission begins to bear fruit. This week, the space agency announced that the spacecraft detected a new exoplanet, demonstrating that its K2 life extension mission is working.

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has released some preliminary details concerning a new planned headquarters for a Middle East environmental waste management company. The LEED Platinum-seeking project will run solely from renewable energy sources.

While there are many fitness trackers designed to log metrics like heart rate and steps, the Vert Jump Rate Monitor sets itself apart by specifically targeting sports and workouts that require the athlete to jump.

Whoever said that losing your mobility also meant giving up your independence? Rocket Mobility's Tomahawk all-terrain personal utility vehicle allows the wheelchair-bound or otherwise mobility-impaired to traverse up to 12 miles cross country at a maximum speed of six miles per hour.

Multiple efforts are underway to put people on Mars, but they may not succeed for decades. In the meantime, a new space race is on to create breathable air on the Red Planet.

Infiniti made sure that 2014, the year of the Vision Gran Turismo, didn't end without one more Vision GT debut. It revealed its simply named Concept Vision Gran Turismo, a curvy racer that provides a "vision of what a high performance Infiniti could look like in the future."

Visitors to Amsterdam at the moment better have nerves of steel. A ghost ship has been spotted moored on one of the city's famous canals. There's no need to be scared, though. The spooky apparition has been created with some clever visual trickery, as part of the Amsterdam Light Festival.

Scotland's Ingenious Audio has announced Jack, which can wirelessly throw an electric guitar's output to an amp without users having to worry about radio interference or annoying Bluetooth latency. The device can also link a guitar or amp to any Wi-Fi-enabled device.

The Chinese calendar may see 2014 as the Year of the Horse, but Rolls-Royce sees it as the Year of the Bespoke Car. To celebrate, the car maker presented its Suhail Collection; its first bespoke collection to cover all current Rolls-Royce models.

Stanford engineers have pioneered a new scalable 3D computer chip that tightly interconnects logic and memory, with the potential for giant leaps in performance and energy efficiency.

If you've ever sat down to watch a program on TV only to wake up as the closing credits are rolling, there's a new wearable device in which you may be interested. Kipstr makes sure you don't miss your show by dozing off. The wristband recognizes if you fall asleep, and starts recording.