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The Lumenus jacket on display at Interbike 2015 is embedded with strips of LEDs that automatically light up, not only to tell other road users of the cyclist's turning intentions, but to guide the cyclist to their destination.

Hyundai has showcased its new N sub-brand at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The carmaker says its N cars will focus on performance, with new powertrains and lightweight materials. Its first models include the Generation i20 WRC rally car and the RM15 and N 2025 Vision Gran Turismo concepts.

Electric motorcycle designers are free to experiment with all sorts of funky ideas that would simply never fly in the petrol bike world. Case in point: the e-raw from France's Expemotion, which features a floating seat made from 80-odd layers of wood laminate, and uses an iPhone as a dash.

Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have created a fiber-like LED that can be directly knitted or woven to form the fabric itself.The claim the technology will eventually allow the production of wearable displays to be as easy as making clothes.

The Kat Walk omnidirectional virtual reality treadmill, currently funding on Kickstarter, provides users greater freedom of movement with its open construction and unique support structure.

Made in Space has already built a 3D printer that works abroad the ISS. Now, it's working on one that could actually be used in the vacuum of outer space.

It was only last month that futurists Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking warned about the dangers of intelligent robots, and a new research project led by the University of Cambridge won't do much to put their minds at ease.

It's difficult to define the purpose of the iPod touch, but it's fair to say that one of its biggest uses is gaming. How does it compare to the latest release in a long-running dedicated portable gaming line, the New 3DS XL?

Monarch Tiny Homes offers its Half/Half tiny house for US$22,000. The dwelling comes finished on the outside, with the interior left a bare shell for the owner to complete.

There are already plenty of external back-up batteries for smartphones, although they won't do you much good if they've lost their charge by the time you finally need them. That's where the Nipper comes in. It provides some extra juice to your phone via two easily-obtained AA batteries.

MIT researchers have just made an impressive advance in the area of cooperative robotics, showcasing a team of three robots that work together to deliver beer, saying the technology could translate to cooperative robotic systems for applications such as hospitals and disaster relief.

In today's world, vacuum tubes or radio valves seem as dead as high button shoes and buggy whips, but DARPA sees them as very much the technology of the future and is looking to develop new tube designs and manufacturing techniques.