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Our experiences with so-called self-flying drones so far have fallen a little short of the promised entirely handsfree form of fantastical film-making, but if the demo footage that accompanies the newly announced Skydio R1to go by, that could soon change. ​​

The team behind the Solowheel electric unicycle has unveiled a learning aid that sweeps away all competition. The Solowheel Brush deploys large brushes where you might expect trainer wheels, providing similar stability but without inhibiting steering.​​

To make sure hackers can't divide and conquer your home network, the new Bitdefender BOX rolls protection of all of your IOT gadgets and gizmos​ rolls into one secure … well, box.

If sea levels keep rising over the coming decades, where does that leave buildings located in coastal cities like New York City? This is a question addressed by NYC-based firm DFA with its conceptual design for a cluster of flood-resistant residential high-rises in Manhattan.

Known in the US as “that expensive Jeep” and globally as the “G Wagon,” the Mercedes-Benz G Class has been the statement of choice for celebrities and militaries since the 1970s. With the new G being unveiled late last year, we waited with baited breath for the AMG variant. And here it is.

​We've seen a number of frankly odd creations from serial synth scientist Sam Battle of Look Mum No Computer over the years. His latest build turns a bunch of cute and cuddly robot toys from the late 1990s into the stuff of horror movie nightmares.​

In the quest for tiny robots that can navigate through our bodies, Purdue University engineers have developed a new magnetic mini-robot named microTUM. The robot moves by tumbling end over end over bumps, trenches and hills, in wet or dry conditions.

​Scientists from the National University of Singapore have found a new use for cotton-based fabric waste – they've devised a method of converting it into an aerogel. Among other things, the ultralight material could be used to keep water bottles cold, and to control bleeding from deep wounds.

Last year we heard about the Draisine 200.0, a one-off wooden electric balance bike for adults. Well, if you wished that you could buy something like it, now is your chance. The Big Buddy Bike has a tempered wooden frame, it's adult-sized, and it's an electric balance bike – of a sort.

Astronomers at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have calculated that the Andromeda galaxy is roughly the same size as the Milky Way.

Panasonic's enthusiast-grade compact Micro 4/3rds street and travel shooter gets a solid upgrade with a 20-megapixel, low-pass filter-free sensor, dual in-lens/in-body stabilization, tilting EVF and screen, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and creative shooting modes - in a smaller and nicer-looking body than ever.

For a few years, construction firm Ryterna modul has run an architectural competition centered around different design challenges. This year, the task set to participants was to design a tiny house with some very specific parameters and after evaluating 150 entries the winners have been revealed.