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Art has always been intertwined with technology. New techniques and materials have constantly allowed artists to innovate and create new types of works. The RobotArt competition is designed to highlight different forms of AI creativity and the 2017 competition recently announced its winning entries.

The Sony A9 is being pitched against high-end fast-shooting DSLRs, but how does it really compare? Here we look at the key specifications and features of Sony's new mirrorless camera to see how it stacks up against the Canon 1DX Mark II flagship DSLR.

The mesosphere is the layer of our atmosphere that separates us from the cold, dark vacuum of space. Yet, according to NASA, it is little understood. The space agency plans to fix that with the world's first space-based LiDAR system designed to make sodium particles glow.

Motoring power wars have escalated to the point where the average hot hatch is able to break most speed limits in less than six seconds. According to Hyundai, the solution is warm cars like the Elantra SR Turbo. It isn't too cold, and it isn't too hot – the SR Turbo aims for the goldilocks zone.

​​One problem with teaching robots to walk over uneven terrain is that what works in one setting may not fly in another. One solution would be to have the robot teach itself as it goes, which is exactly the approach researchers at Arizona State University have taken with their so-called C-Turtle.

We have previously reported on the recent rise in value of comic art, with Herge's TinTin regularly exceeding US$1 million, and the trend continued this week with a Robert Crumb "Fritz the Cat" front cover art selling for $717,000​ to become the most valuable piece of American comic art yet sold.​

What would an e-reader display with 600 ppi, double that of the current top-of-the-line Kindle, look like? Japan Display Inc. has offered a taste of this future, this week showcasing what it calls the world's highest resolution e-paper backplane. ​​

A new clinical trial has provided strong evidence that cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound found in the cannabis plant, significantly reduces the frequency of seizures in children with a rare form of epilepsy.​

A hobbit house, a Doctor Who-style Tardis, and a flight simulator all feature in the 2017 Cuprinol Shed of the Year. The competition highlights the cream of the British shed scene and this year's finalists are made up of 32 weird, wacky, and ingenious sheds made by passionate hobbyists.

Currently on Kickstarter, the SID camera is a dual-lens 3D-shooter which promises to make it simple to film footage suitable for VR applications and headsets. 3D live-streaming is also possible with the compact device, as is the ability to add Augmented Reality special effects to videos.

We've opined several times of late that mobile VR hardware hasn't exactly been throttling forward at breakneck speed. HTC just announced a mobile headset that brings something truly new to the table, but only Japanese tables will be showcasing the HTC Link.

It's generally accepted that humans originated in Africa, but new studies may paint a different picture. By examining fossils of early homini​ns, researchers have found that humans and chimpanzees may have split earlier than previously thought, and this may have happened in Europe, not Africa.