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Biomedical engineering company Össur has announced the successful development of a thought controlled bionic prosthetic leg. The new technology enables subconscious, real-time control and faster, more natural responses and movements.

A couple of years ago, UK-based product designer Witek Mielniczek turned to Kickstarter to fund B – a combination radio-controlled car and quadcopter. He's now created B-Unstoppable, which swaps wheels for neoprene tank-like treads.

While just about everyone knows that bats locate prey in the dark using echolocation, one thing that many people may not realize is the fact that horseshoe bats are particularly good at it. With this in mind, engineers are now developing a sonar system that emulates the system used by those bats.

When we're looking for somewhere to stay, sometimes it needs to cater for both leisure and work. The Zoku Loft does just this. The rentable 25 sq m (269 sq ft) micro-apartment is a home-office hybrid that squeezes all the necessary facilities into its limited space by way of clever design.

The creators of DrumPants, the wireless device that converts your pants into a wearable MIDI controller and music sequencer, are running a beta test program that uses DrumPants sensor strips to control smart appliances and to give a voice to those who have none (through a connected mobile app).

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new type of "transient" electronic device that self-destructs in response to heat exposure. The work is aimed at making it easy for materials from devices that usually end up in landfill to be recycled or dissolved completely.

ESA's Mars Express orbiter has captured images that may indicate the presence of supervolcanoes on the surface of Mars. If the findings are later confirmed, the existence of these leviathan volcanoes may greatly inform current theories on climate formation.

A new class of magnets discovered by scientists working at the University of Maryland (UMD) change in volume whilst in the process of magnetization. As this is fundamentally different to the phenomenon discovered by Joule some 175 years ago, the new magnets are called "non-Joulian."

NASA's CubeSat Application for Planetary Entry Missions (CAPE) concept would see the development of miniature space probes that can be sent in fleets on interplanetary missions for multi-point sampling, as opposed to the bus-sized, do-it-all probes currently in service.

Two hours west of the Atlanta airport is a five story, state of the art monument of glass, steel and concrete generally considered to be the finest motorcycle museum in the world. We step inside for a photographic tour.

British company Pi Supply has created a low-power, low-cost e-ink display module for the Raspberry Pi do-it-yourself single-board computer. PaPiRus comes in 1.44, 2.0, or 2.7 inch sizes and is intended for data-logging applications and outdoor displays, as well as other low-power projects.

A supermarket in France has become the first in the world to install an "indoor positioning system" created by Philips. The LED-based technology acts like a sat-nav for shoppers, providing in-store directions to shopping list items via their phones.