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Jaguar Land Rover claims that potholes cause £2.8 billion (US$4.3 billion) worth of damage every year in Britain alone. Now the car company is developing the Pothole Alert system, which can not only identify the location and severity of potholes, but can also warn other vehicles about them.

The Planetary Society today confirmed that its LightSail satellite has successfully deployed its Mylar solar sail, achieving the main objective of the mission after 19 days in low-Earth orbit. The CubeSat completed transmission of its first image showing the sail open and partly spread out.

McLaren has continued its rapid range expansion with its new "entry-level" 540C Coupé. This isn't your average poverty-pack range starter, however, with the cheapest member of McLaren's Sport Series still capable of a 3.5 second sprint to 100 km/h (62 mph) thanks to its twin-turbo V8 engine.

Sena's 10C packs the features of the SMH-10 Bluetooth headset and the Prism action camera into one compact headset unit that handles intercom, music, phone, FM radio, photos and video recording into one. After just a few days with it, we're happy to proclaim it the best gadget Sena's made to date.

Volkswagen is at the Shanghai International Auto Show hinting at a possible expansion of its model range with its C Coupé GTE concept. The automaker says that "if it were to go into production," the saloon would slot in between the Passat and Phaeton in Volkswagens model line up.

Central Japan Railway Company's high-speed maglev train has been busy setting records and then breaking them again in the past week. Most recently, the test train hit a top speed of 603 km/h (375 mph) on Tuesday, on the Yamanashi test track west of Tokyo.

Last September, we spied a prototype of Virtue Cycles' Pedalist electric-assist velomobile at Interbike in Las Vegas. Now, the San Diego-based company has turned to Kickstarter to fund production of the vehicle, plus it's provided a little more in the way of specs.

Renault’s Megane RS 275 Trophy combines a stiff, focused chassis with a strong, torquey 2.0-liter to create one of the sharpest handling hot-hatches out there. Gizmag spent a week with the Trophy to find out what all the fuss is about.

When it comes to conducting a routine blood test, one US-based company believes that needles can be removed from the equation completely. Its HemoLink blood sampler can be operated by the patient at home, and needs only to be placed against the outside of skin for two minutes to do its job.

Once upon a time, racing game enthusiasts could only dream of graduating from competing on-screen to competing on-track. Then, in 2008, Nissan and Gran Turismo began a partnership that would give people that very chance. The GT Academy is now back for a seventh year.

Now you can add a second screen to your iPhone 6 using a new case called PopSlate. Currently iPhone only, the case adds a 4-inch e-ink screen to the back of your phone that can be used to display everything from artwork to your Starbucks card.

Researchers at Oregon State University claim to have created a prototype system that incorporates infrared LEDs to boost the available Wi-Fi bandwidth by as much as ten times. Dubbed WiFO, the invention may help meet the ever growing need for connectivity in increasingly Wi-Fi-enabled devices.