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We have seen a number of smart windows that keep interior spaces from overheating, and some that even harvest energy for lights. But a new tunable window technology is claimed to do things the smart glass before it cannot, allowing users control over brightness, color temperature and opacity.

Chad Nowak describes himself as an aviation nutter. For 25 years he's been flying remote controlled aircraft and full-sized sail planes. But this interest went up a notch when he came across a Youtube video of an emerging sport known as FPV (first person view) drone racing.

Team Mugen reaffirmed its electric class authority with an improved version of the two-rider team that monopolized last year’s proceedings. Yet this time it seems that serious competition has arrived.

An engineer at Binghamton University in New York has developed a battery that creates power through the process of microbial respiration in a drop of dirty water on paper.

Just when the developers at Omnipresent World of Wizkids (OWOW) had reached a point where their five "smartly built, but stupidly simple to use" MIDI instruments were ready for the production line, they ran out of money. So they've turned to Kickstarter to get them into the hands of players.

Last year, Honda earned some press for adding paddle shifters to its Pioneer 500 UTV. Now, it's launching a larger, more powerful side-by-side with the feature – the all-new Pioneer 1000.

People out and about in Dubai can now use palm trees to get online and recharge their phones. The Smart Palm is hi-tech version of the date palm tree and is being rolled out by D-Idea Media. In addition to Wi-Fi and device charging, it provides local info, directions, seating and shade.

At the recent 2015 DRC Finals, 24 teams faced off in a competition designed to help develop robots capable of working in disaster areas.To find out more about what goes into programming a humanoid robot and the future of robotics, we talked to the Lockheed Martin Team Trooper leader, Todd Danko.

The RAC and Audi have set a new Guinness World Record for the most countries driven through on a single tank of fuel. An unmodified Audi A6 TDI Ultra was driven through 14 countries in a journey that clocked up 1,158.9 miles (1,865.1 km) and took nearly 28 hours.

Heatherwick Studio, it of London's controversial Garden Bridge, has unveiled the design for a new cancer support center in Leeds, UK. Maggie's Yorkshire looks not unlike a series of plant pots filled with greenery. It aims to provide a calm and relaxed home for the support provided at the center.

Over the years, various manufacturers and inventors have tried different ways of putting "two wheels" to the snow. A group of mechanical engineering students is developing a new solution that aims for a smoother downhill ride by combining elements of existing winter bikes.

Honda has announced that the prototype Moto GP replica it showed at EICMA Milan last year is to become a road-going reality. The RC213V-S is billed by the company as its "absolute MotoGP machine for the street" – though some of that depends on what country the street is in.