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Everyone knows that downtown alleyways are dark at night, but even in the daytime, shadows cast by the tall buildings on either side can make them quite gloomy. That's why researchers are developing a panel that diverts sunlight from buildings' roofs down into the alleyways beside them.

Almost half a billion animals die from car collisions per year in Brazil alone, generating a negative impact on biodiversity. Brazilian ecologists have now created an app called Urubu to help them collect data on roadkill hotspots in order to make roads and railways safer.

The recently revealed Olympus Stylus SH-1 has the potential to be a great travel camera. Gizmag went hands-on with the soon-to-be-released compact to see whether the retro-styled compact long zoom camera is as good as it looks.

Volvo isn't afraid to try new things with inflatables. Those things include its pedestrian airbag and a new child safety seat concept. The inflatables in this child seat aren't a crash-activated airbag system, but a fully inflatable structure designed to make the seat lighter and more portable.

Researchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a self-healing polymer that can mend itself and fully restore its mechanical properties in just a few minutes when heated at low temperatures.

The zombie-killing gore masters at IRLShooter are preparing to launch their second "real life video game" in Melbourne – Lazarus.

Researchers at the University of Bristol have created the MisTable, which combines personal 3D fog screen displays with a communal 2D tabletop display to open up new ways of working in groups or alone.

While the quest for the perfect drop continues in breweries and back sheds all over the world, the people at Heineken realize that consumers are also thirsty for environmental responsibility. This has led to the development of the David XL Green draught system.

A portable robotic printer that works by traveling across the surface of a piece of paper is well on its way to reaching its US$400,000 Kickstarter target. Designed by Israel's Zuta Labs, the device is intended to provide users with a means of printing on the go.

NASA is sending fresh veggies to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday as it launches its Vegetable Production System (Veggie) aboard the SpaceX Dragon CRS-3 mission.

Toyota has announced the development of two hyper-fuel-efficient small-displacement petrol Atkinson cycle engines: a three-cylinder 1.0-liter and four-cylinder 1.3-liter which will be introduced across the range from next year. The smaller engine will deliver 78 mpg (US) in the Toyota Aygo.

Samsung's new fitness tracker, the Gear Fit, is easily the most eye-catching wearable the company has released. But it isn't the only one. Samsung also just launched a new pair of updates to the Galaxy Gear, dubbed the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo. Join Gizmag, as we review the Gear 2 smartwatch.