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Over the past 12 months, AI has beaten us at poker, Go, Pac-Man and Dota 2, marking 2017 as a milestone year in the evolution of artificial intelligence. It points towards a future where AI will essentially be able to do everything we can, but better.

An elevated 200-sq m (2,152-sq ft) Passivhaus treehouse, Dursley Treehouse is a stunning family home built above a series of screwpiles specifically designed for minimal impact on the ground.

Running in the Halls was recently tasked with building a unique tea-making machine sporting basic AI for a UK TV show. After a bit of to and fro text messaging between the tea maker and the host via his old school Nokia phone, the machine would brew up a cuppa based on the Q&A exchange.

​After eight years in development, the world’s largest amphibious plane has taken to the skies in China for its maiden flight. The AG600, codenamed Kunlong, comfortably spent one-hour flying at an altitude of 3,000 meters before safely landing back at the Jinwan Civil Aviation Airport in Zhuhai.

Action Hunger has launched a vending machine to give folks who sleep rough on city streets round-the-clock access to essentials such as food and clothing. The free-to-use service has been 2 years in the making and will run as a month-long trial at a shopping center in Nottingham, UK.

Whether any of the following are likely to follow in the footsteps of once-derided products like the bendy straw and change the world remains to be seen, but to borrow a phrase from another oddball invention, for the following devices it's probably "outlook is not so good."

​Typically, colon-related illnesses such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are diagnosed via invasive tests. Thanks to a new "electronic nose," however, it may soon be possible to detect such disorders by analyzing a whiff of the patient's feces.

​Even if some shady character were to get hold of your smartphone, it wouldn't do them much good if they didn't know your PIN … right? Well, researchers have created a system that correctly guesses a phone's PIN, based solely on information provided by its sensors.

Bacteria are hardy, but even they have their limits. One of those was previously thought to be polar ice, but a new study has now observed bacteria living in those conditions. That discovery has implications for our understanding of Earth's past climate, as well as life elsewhere in the universe.

Before it can be truly useful, wireless charging technology needs to transmit power across a room. Energous is developing technology that can do just that, and now the FCC has granted approval for the WattUp Mid Field transmitter, which can charge devices from several feet away.

Mini has announced MINI Yours Customised, which uses 3D-printing and laser engraving facilities in Germany to allow a range of interior and exterior trim pieces featuring your own design to be custom-made.

​It was back in June that we first heard about Workhorse's SureFly, an octocopter designed to carry two people. Well, if everything works out, it will be making its first manned flight on Jan. 8th in Las Vegas, ahead of the CES trade show.