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Audi is getting its production plant in Brussels ready to produce the first purely electric sport utility vehicle in the brand’s lineup. A rotation of line production for other models will make way for the Audi e-tron SUV, including the battery-electric vehicle’s batteries.

For dedicated gamers, the thought of leaving their cherished consoles behind while traveling can be enough to spark separation anxiety. The owners of a new hotel in Amsterdam have recognized this, with their aptly named Arcade Hotel offering in-room consoles and video game rental for guests. ​

A little over a year ago, Pavegen's kinetic energy-harvesting tiles were installed at a soccer pitch in Rio. The movement of players across the tiles is used to generate electricity and power the pitch's floodlights. Now, a second such pitch has been created in Lagos, Nigeria.

A new probabilistic artificial intelligence algorithm is displaying the remarkable ability to learn complex visual concepts in a single shot and manipulate them in ways that are indistinguishable from humans.

The walls and roof of William McDonough's ICEhouse​ were assembled in just a few days and the whole structure in just 9 days. And where conventional houses​ typically create a lot of waste​ at the end of their lives​, this home was designed to eliminate waste and for its materials to be reusable.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy causes the victim's muscles to shrink throughout their lifetime, often to the point that the arms and legs can't be used at all. That's why the A-Gear project is designing two arm-worn exoskeletons, intended to help Duchenne patients retain the use of their arms.

NASA has released a composite image of the star cluster Trumpler 14, compiled from data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope from 2005 - 2006. The cluster is located 8,000 light-years from Earth in the Carina nebula.

A viewing pod ten times the size of those on the London Eye has been completed for what is claimed will be the world's tallest moving observation attraction. The Brighton i360 is a 162-m (531-ft) tower with a single pod that will accommodate 200 people.

There are already plenty of apps that let people estimate how many calories are in the foods they're eating, but they have limitations. That's where NutriRay3D comes in. It's a smartphone device/app combo, that uses lasers to ascertain how many calories are sitting on the plate.

BulletSafe is becoming a bigger player in the casual bulletproof clothing market.​ In December 2014, it launched a Kickstarter for what it calls the "world's first bulletproof baseball cap." Just over a year later, it's turning its attention to a bulletproof T-shirt.

What goes up must come down, but how it comes down can have a big impact on where and how it used. In what is claimed as world first, researchers have gently landed a winged UAV on top of a car traveling at 75 km/h.

Taking inspiration from the a water-gathering desert beetle, scientists have developed a patterned surface on which the spread of ice can be controlled and prevented. They claim the material could be scaled up and applied to aircraft parts, heat pump coils and car windshields. ​​