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Canon has added two new super-zoom bridge cameras to its PowerShot line-up. The budget-friendly PowerShot SX520 HS and SX400 IS feature 42x and 30x optical zooms, making them capable of focusing on the detail of all but the most distant subjects.

The launch of Windows 8 has spawned a wealth of hybrid machines that blur the line between tablet and notebook, with the goal of providing the best of both experiences. Read on for a detailed comparison of Windows 2-in-1s.

Large-scale artworks are certainly in vogue at the moment. Recently we've seen giant puppets walking the streets of Liverpool and a giant solar-harvesting duck in Copenhagen. For his part, designer Rob Ley has created a huge car-park façade that changes color as the viewer moves around it.

Thomas Alva has developed Edison, a palm-sized, bright orange, programmable robot compatible with Lego bricks that is intended as an affordable introduction to programming and robotics for youngsters.

A new service is promising to end the uncertainty of how clothes will look or fit when shopping on the web. Fitle aims to provide users with a 3D avatar of themselves with which to "try on" clothes online. The company says it will eventually offer the world's largest clothes database via partners.

In order for microscopic "nanobots" to get to their destinations, they'll need some form of propulsion. A team of Israeli and German scientists has responded by creating what they claim is the world's smallest propeller.

Oregon Manifest's Bike Design Project is showcasing five prototype commuter bikes, made by teams representing five major US cities. Members of the public are being invited to vote for their favorite, with the winning bike getting produced commercially by Fuji Bicycles.

Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley claim to have created a prototype vision-correcting matrix that they claim fits directly to a screen and negates the need for eyeglasses or remedial lenses for farsighted people. This may also eventually help other, more serious, eye problems.

With so many tech devices in our lives these days, it's important to stay on top of maintenance that needs to be done periodically on your Windows PC and other devices to keep things running smoothly. Here's a look at some tasks that should really be carried out regularly.

If you're a sport fisherman, then you know the frustration of having a fish strike and reject your lure. What sort of fish was it, and how big was it? Well, the Strike Cam may not help you land such finicky fish, but it can at least answer those questions.

Researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California Berkeley have measured what is believed to be the smallest force yet recorded – 42 yoctonewtons, or a septillionth of a newton.

At the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) manufacturer ICON Aircraft debuted its first production A5 amphibious plane for the general public. Built in Tehachapi, California, a second is now under construction for structural testing later this year.