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Google and the IEEE have launched the Little Box Challenge, offering a US$1 million first prize for an innovative electronic design to shrink power inverters down from their current bigger-than-a-bread-box size to something less than the size of a small laptop.

The Hotel VW California is a marketing stunt thought-up by Volkswagen and LateRooms.com that offers guests one night in a modern VW camper in select locations in the UK.

Gizmag guides you through the process of choosing the best digital camera to take on your vacation. We look at things you need to consider, and then offer our take on some of the best cameras currently available.

Have you ever wondered what that USB port on your Wi-Fi router is for? Most modern routers have at least one or maybe two, and today we'll take a look at how Windows users can set it up with a hard or flash drive to share content across a local network.

Sellafield is Europe's largest nuclear site and although operations including spent fuel management and nuclear waste storage continue on-site, power generation ceased in 2003. As part of the decommissioning process, the site's tallest chimney will now be demolished.

The BioSkin that coats Tokyo's NBF Osaki Building in Tokyo integrates evaporative cooling to keep its surface temperature down, and having won the CTBUH Innovation Award award earlier this month, could help tackle rising urban temperatures around the world.

LED lighting offers a host of benefits for cities, such as reduced energy usage and costs. For Buenos Aires, which is in the process of having its lighting infrastructure upgraded, one of the benefits is the increased level of control it provides. Gizmag took a look at technology being used.

With the aid of NASA's Kepler spacecraft, a team of astronomers, including members from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, has discovered an exoplanet with the longest yearly cycle ever recorded.

The living skeletal muscle tissue grown by Duke University researchers is 10 times stronger than any previously bioengineered muscles. Not only does it contract as strongly and as rapidly as the real thing, but it's also capable of self-healing, both in the lab and after implantation into an animal.

Looking to add further functionality to its range of smartphone-controlled hue light bulbs, Philips has announced a kinetic-powered switch to extend control over color settings to times when your smart device might be out of reach.

Cutting the lawn can be a tedious chore, so no-one wants to be doing it for longer than they must. The bods at Honda obviously feel the same way. The Honda Mean Mower has broken a Guinness World Record to become the world's fastest lawnmower.

It's always useful to have fresh herbs to hand in the kitchen, but they can easily wither if not well-fed and watered. Click and Grow wanted to overcome this problem. Its Smart Herb Garden is now available. It plugs into the wall and lets users grow their herbs without having to lift a finger.