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Vancouver Aquarium and US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have begun using drones to keep tabs on endangered killer whales off the continent's west coast. The technology is giving the researchers a new perspective on the well-being of the animals.

Displaying the time via two banks of LEDs which are set using pulses of light delivered via the internet, the Type 50 is anything but a traditional timepiece. It's also powered by a AAA battery, to make it "immune to obsolescence."

A new low-cost flat panel light source with extremely low power consumption could pioneer a new generation of brighter, cheaper and greener lighting devices to rival the dominance of LEDs.

When it introduced the vehicle earlier this year, Ford said the all-new F-150 was its "toughest, smartest and most capable ever," a line it's still eager to reiterate. With a few aftermarket tweaks, it can effectively add "most thrilling" to that list of superlatives.

Industrial robot arms are usually heavy and have high inertia. The alternative, delta arms, are lighter and faster but don't have the same degree of movement. To build a better mechanism, one inventor has created a robot that combines the lightness of one with the reach and flexibility of the other.

Rather than wasting hours of trial and error to find your listening sweet spot with a two speaker setup, The Core from Mass Fidelity aims to stand out for the Buetooth speaker crowd by thowing out a high quality wide stereo image from one portable little box.

New research has found that computers can "judge" personality traits far more precisely than previously thought. The study found that it is possible for computers to draw inferences about a person as accurately as their spouse can. Even then, the judgements were based only on Facebook "likes."

Created by Canadian entrepreneur Dimitri Poliderakis, the North45 scarf is designed to keep winter sports enthusiasts' faces warm while simultaneously not causing their goggles to fog up. We got a chance to try one out.

Toshiba’s new Encore 2 Write tablets are designed to provide high-precision, digitizer pen input without breaking the bank. There are two sizes of the Windows-based device available, which offer mid to low-range specs across the board.

Ariel Motor Company, it of the unhinged Atom sports car, has announced a new addition to its line-up. The Nomad takes all of the raw excitement of the Atom and dumps it into an off-road buggy. Like the Atom, it is said to be lightweight, high performance and reliable.

As promised, GM has revealed the 2016 Chevrolet Volt at the 2015 North American International Auto Show. The new Volt offers a sportier, higher performance plug-in experience with an all-electric range boost of more than 30 percent.

In November, Mercedes Benz took the wraps off its latest go at reviving the Maybach marque. Now it's handing out more details about the luxury sub-brand's S 500 and S 600, which are intentionally designed as a status symbol for the upper automotive crust.