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A need to address a lack of housing for our growing population has turned up some eye-catching efforts recently. Italian firm Wasp is the latest to explore the potential of additive manufacturing in this area, developing a super-sized 3D printer capable of producing low-cost housing made from mud.

Benelli has rebranded its jet ski business as Belassi, moved to Thailand and built an entirely new, turbocharged, marine-specific engine to retake the crown of the world's most powerful production jet ski.

Audi has delivered on its promise to send a driverless Audi RS 7 around the Hockenheim Grand Prix track at racing speeds, with its RS 7 piloted driving concept completing a Hockenheimring lap in just over two minutes.

Using a single display with a computer can be a bit restrictive, especially if you’re using lots of programs that need a lot of desktop space. LG's 34UM95-P monitor seeks to remedy this, either on its own or as a second screen. Gizmag spent a week with this monitor to see how it measured up.

The "Captain America" Harley Panhead ridden by Peter Fonda in the 1969 "road movie" Easy Rider sold today for US$1.35 million ($1.62 million including auction fees), more than doubling the price of the previous most expensive motorcycle ever sold at auction.

After a dramatic, one-in-a-million-years close encounter between Mars and comet Siding Spring on Sunday, all five functioning US Mars probes survived, and are returning valuable data on the comet.

The Dartz Prombron Black Shark is a battle-ready armored SUV built atop a Mercedes-AMG GL platform. It offers up to 1,500 bhp of roaring engine output combined with a unique scaly look and opulent interior

3D printers are very limited to the materials that they can use. Carvey takes a different approach. It's a desktop mounted, rapid-modelling, 3D carving device that can sculpt wood, plastic, and metal into almost any object that you care to design.

Vancouver Aquarium and US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have begun using drones to keep tabs on endangered killer whales off the continent's west coast. The technology is giving the researchers a new perspective on the well-being of the animals.

Melbourne based architectural studio Modscape has created a modern off-the-grid home that took twelve weeks to complete. The Tintaldra home is a single-module cabin which was prefabricated in Melbourne before being transported to its rural location.

Laser physicists at the Australian National University have made a tiny portion of science fiction a partial reality with a long-distance optical tractor beam that can repel and attract small objects up to 20 centimeters (7.87 in) through the air – and possibly much further.

Displaying the time via two banks of LEDs which are set using pulses of light delivered via the internet, the Type 50 is anything but a traditional timepiece. It's also powered by a AAA battery, to make it "immune to obsolescence."