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Scientists at the University of Auckland in New Zealand have developed a streamlined, programmable keyboard using a soft, flexible and stretchable type of rubber known as a dielectric elastomer.​

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) recently set a new record, as CERN announced that the world's most powerful accelerator had achieved the highest-energy collisions of heavy atomic nuclei.

​Large sprawling airports in unfamiliar cities can be difficult places to find your way around. Well, that's where Spencer comes in. "He" is a multi-lingual robot that's designed to guide travellers through airports.​

Thoreau's Cabin is an off-grid shelter in Utrecht, Netherlands. It features large sliding doors that open it up to the outside and a wood-burning stove used for heating and cooking.

The Poco pocket-sized "supercomputer" is built around a Raspberry Pi compute module, and can be a bike-mounted actioncam, hi-res music player, handheld gaming console or portable web browser.

Covering 1,550,000 sq m and rising to a world record height of 1,152 m (3,789 ft), the proposed Bride vertical city designed by British-Iraqi architectural firm AMBS has its own own neighborhoods, schools, clinics and transport system.

MIT researchers have looked at the unique shells of chitons, using X-rays to discover their secrets. The results reveal a no-compromise setup that provides the tiny sea creatures with both protection and optical visibility. The findings could one day inspire man-made armor with similar abilities.

Gizmag was on the ground to take a closer look at the new Rolls-Royce Dawn and have a chat with the car's global product manager, Jonathan Shears.

Australian researchers have discovered an ultra-low density and corrosion-resistant magnesium-lithium alloy that could greatly reduce the weight of cars and planes, in what they describe as the first step toward mass production of stainless magnesium. ​​

Bicycles can definitely get in the way when parked against the wall in a small apartment. That's why Dublin-based entrepreneur Sinead Geraghty created the Stowaway. It's a pulley-based system that lets you store your bike up against the ceiling.

Looking to safeguard against lithium-ion battery failure, a team of scientists has developed a smart chip that can be embedded inside these batteries to monitor their health, offering a warning when they're at risk of catching fire or exploding. ​

​When it comes to angling for big predatory fish, live bait is almost always the best way to go. Those bait fish must be kept in a special "live well" aboard the boat, however. That's why Magurobotics created the Zombait – it makes dead bait fish move as if they're still alive.​