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At Radboud University Nijmegen in The Netherlands, scientists have used an MRI scanner and a mathematical model to read observed letters, right out of test subjects’ brains.

According to a team of scientists at MIT, the planet Kepler 78b is so close to its sun that its year is only 8.5 hours long. That means that not only could a person go through almost three birthdays in one day, but that the surface temperature would be like taking up residence in a blast furnace.

As part of the larger Mobiserv Project, a consortium of European research institutes and companies has created a robot designed to care for the elderly in their homes. It can communicate with them either by two-way audio, or via a touchscreen interface.

A Danish design company is working on a new personal transportation device that combines the high-intensity workout offered by a step machine with the zip of a bicycle. It's called the Me-Mover, and it should be available next year.

The Minx Go portable Bluetooth speaker from London-based Cambridge Audio is claimed to offer high fidelity audio for a fraction of the cost of comparable systems, together with a very long battery life. Gizmag goes ears-on to find out if you can enjoy premium portable audio on a budget.

Envision Solar's EV ARC, or Electric Vehicle Autonomous Renewable Charger, is a portable electric vehicle charger requiring little setup and no infrastructure or grid connection. A company or city can use the EV ARC to instantly offer parking spaces with clean electric vehicle charging.

Australian company Zeo has developed and patented a glue-free process that creates a strong, versatile new building material out of just cellulose and water. The resulting hardwood-like material known as Zeoform can then be sprayed, molded or shaped into a range of products.

The chain wallet look may be out of style, but Charles Harris is looking to bring the functionality back with his Strapp Wallets, which features an adjustable-length lanyard that can be also completely hidden away.

Paintball gun design has remained about the same since the sport began, but an upcoming product could change the game entirely. The Strikeloader is a battery-operated backpack that feeds paintballs directly into a gun, eliminating the need for a regular loader while holding six times as much ammo.

After the first vertical landing of the F-35B in 2011 and its first night-time vertical landing in April of this year, the two feats have been combined in the first night-time vertical landing at sea of the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.

The Cyclops is a 5-passenger deep-sea submersible that's currently under development. Once completed in 2016, it should be able to descend to a depth of 3,000 meters (9,800 ft).

There's no question that the two dominant players in the seven-inch tablet field are the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7. The 2013 version of the Nexus 7 is still hot off the press, while Amazon's 2012 Kindle Fire HD is nearing the end of its initial run. Let's see how their specs and features compare.