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There are plenty of systems that let you mount your smartphone on your bike's handlebars, but do you really want all those road vibrations going straight into your phone? Juin Tech's AB-1 suspension mount utilizes a coil spring shock absorber to isolate phones or other devices from the shakes.

If you've been agonizing about whether to get a Playstation 4 or an Xbox One, there may now a third way. A modder by the name of Edward Zarick has crammed both consoles into one portable machine. The PlayBox is the laptop of every gamer's dreams.

A human mechanical surrogate is part of a program by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to create robots, avatars, and animatronic surrogates for military training.

Back in December, we learned that the final deadline for the Lunar XPrize had been pushed back to 2016. We also heard that up to US$6 million in funding would be awarded to the most promising teams. The results are now in and the front runners are beginning to emerge.

Tucked away in one of the most distant corners of last week's Boot Düsseldorf show was one of the show's most interesting products: the ultra-versatile Klepper Backyak. It's a kayak that can hike to water's edge on your back. But it's also a sailboat, a snow sled and a floating sun deck.

Upmarket Swiss watchmaker Christophe Claret's Aventicum watch not only has a Roman theme, but also a tiny engraved golden bust of Emperor Marcus Aurelius that seems to float over the center of the dial.

Scientists have developed a new procedure to increase the length of human telomeres. This increases the number of times cells are able to divide, which may point the way to treating various age-related disorders – or even muscular dystrophy.

Wine grape growers need to regularly walk up and down all the rows of vines, continuously stopping to check on the plants themselves and their grapes. It's the sort of thing that it would be nice if a robot could do. A robot like the VineRobot.

The limitations of designing sleds built only for the narrow winter market inspired Germany's KHW, the self-described world leader in plastic toboggans, to develop a special sled purpose-built for the sand. Summertime is taking a snow day.

Ideum's Duet smart table brings both Windows 8 and Android into a single unit. The company has designed it to be easy to switch between the two operating systems, and the hardware itself is a rugged, multitouch affair.

Modern technology has given homeowners camera-based DIY security systems that, in addition to acting as a deterrent, can help catch criminals either in the act or afterwards. One such system is the Oplink TripleShield system, which I recently had the opportunity to try out.

Russian space agency Roscosmos has released a video shot from the perspective of Earth, showing our Moon and Sun replaced with other planets in the solar system and well known stars, highlighting the scale and beauty of some of the best known astronomical objects.