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When it was first announced last month Motorola's Droid Turbo sure looked like one of the most muscular smartphones yet. Since then, Gizmag has had a chance to test one out to see if this beefed up Moto X lives up to expectations.

Cadillac continues to shake its reputation for producing heavy, thirsty, slow cars with a brace of performance cars that can challenge the best Europe has to offer. Cadillac has now decided to take the fight to the racetrack with its new ASTV.R that meets FIA GT3 specifications.

Billed as being the world's first wearable lactate threshold sensor, the BSXinsight is made to let athletes know how close they're getting to the edge, so they can approach it but not go over.

Robotic ocean gliders were recently deployed in the coastal waters off Antarctica to help study why warm water, a major contributing factor to melting sheet ice, is appearing there. The gliders have no propeller, and are instead given motion by a battery-powered pump that changes their buoyancy.

On the night before its official launch, Toyota President Akio Toyoda announced that the company's fuel cell vehicle will be called the “Mirai.” The name, which means “future” in Japanese, marks what the car maker sees as a turning point in automotive technology.

3D Robotics' Iris+ quadcopter features a Follow Me function, which allows it to automatically fly along above a moving ground-based GPS-enabled Android device. Now, 3DR has added the same feature to its more utilitarian, heavy-duty X8 platform.

In welcome news for anybody who has fumbled around on an unknown computer downloading Skype, Microsoft has announced a beta version for web browser. Skype for Web will be available on an invitation-only basis to start, with aims to roll out globally in the following months.

A team of engineers based at California's Stanford University has developed a new method of building new earthquake-resistant homes that could be implemented relatively easily and inexpensively.

Google has partnered with SkyTruth and Oceana to produce a new tool to track global fishing activity. Known as Global Fishing Watch, the interactive tool uses satellite data to provide detailed vessel tracking, and aims to harness the power of citizen engagement to tackle the issue of overfishing.

Most QR codes do the same thing – when a smartphone scans them with its camera, they trigger that phone's web browser to navigate to a given website. In the near future, however, they may be used to securely display 3D images on the user's phone, without even involving the internet.

We're certainly seeing a lot of folding electric scooters lately, including models that can be carried in a backpack, go off-road, and feature rear-wheel steering. One of the latest, the E.T Scooter, certainly has a unique look – and it can reportedly fold in just five seconds.

New images have been released of Turkey's planned Istanbul New Airport. The facility will replace the existing Ataturk Airport. In addition to being one of the busiest airports in the world, it will have the largest terminal under one roof of any airport, according to project architects Grimshaw.