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A new miniature cooker from Israel called the Genie is set to spark a revolution in meal preparation – it turns pods of freeze-dried ingredients into full meals in seconds. Everything from chicken and rice to a chocolate soufflé can be whipped up, and the inventors are just getting started.

The Continental GT cafe racer is the fastest, lightest and most powerful Royal Enfield ever built, but it's definitely not fast, light or powerful. What it's got in spades is character. Enjoy our full review and a very tongue-in-cheek video.

In its quest for greater fuel efficiency, Audi has developed a four-cylinder TFSI engine that makes use of a new combustion method, resulting in what Audi claims is the most efficient two-liter gasoline engine in its class.

With the recent rise in collectible auction prices, owning a slice of history has become more costly. The price estimates of some items on offer at a London sports memorabilia auction next week however, suggest that important sporting artifacts are still within reach of modest speculative budgets.

There are two types of people who will likely be interested in Magicubie's new iMbrief (pronounced "I'm brief") briefcase: those in high-powered, fast-moving, security-sensitive jobs and those who want to pretend they're a spy. Its host of features will surely satisfy either individual.

A designer has created a rechargeable pen that can use any staining material as ink. Jessica Chan wanted to offer a non-disposable, environmentally-friendly option to people who like handwriting, drawing, etc. The pen is modular, easy to clean and uses a simple twist refill system.

A bi-national team of researchers has designed two prototypes of soft keyboards for wearable devices. Callout creates a callout of the character requested while ZShift. enhances the callout area with one level of zoom of the occluded area.

In a bid to reduce the visual impact of a modern family home in a conservation area, London architecture firm DSDHA sunk half of Covert House into the ground and covered much of the visible structure with glass and mirrors.

A building toy and prototyping tool called Crossbeams makes it easy to freely create or to design and assemble a huge range of toys at a scale much larger than a typical Lego build. It can be used to design and assemble a huge range of toys – including big, detailed, moving cars and helicopters.

A Bentley Continental GT Speed driven by actor Idris Elba has set a new British land speed record. The "Flying Mile" takes the average speed of a vehicle across two rolling-start runs of a mile (1.6 km) each. Elba achieved an average speed of 180.361 mph (290.263 km/h).

We've already seen experimental "white canes" that allow blind users to get a sense of their surroundings via ultrasound and lasers. The XploR mobility cane, however, uses its onboard electronics towards another end – to help users locate people that they know.

BMW Motorrad and Alpinestars have just launched an exclusive partnership to develop airbag safety clothing. The first product from the pairing will be a motorcycle jacket equipped with an airbag waistcoat based on Alpinestars' Tech-Air airbag technology.