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Yandex.Taxi, an on-demand taxi service in Moscow, has revealed it is working on self-driving car technology. Video released today shows a prototype vehicle weaving through a barrel obstacle course and avoiding pedestrians, as the company prepares to unleash it on public roads next year.​​

​The gaming wing of Taiwan's Asus – the Republic of Gamers – has today revealed what's touted as the world's thinnest gaming laptop powered by a Core i7 processor and Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1080 graphics. When closed, the tapered end of the Zephyrus is just 16.9 mm thin.

This new octocopter design positions the rotors at different angles to allow independent control of thrust in three dimensions, giving the drone the ability to fly in any orientation. To demonstrate the potential of the design, a prototype has shown off its catching ability.

​​Drones could bring benefit to disaster-relief scenarios by serving as temporary communications networks in place of those destroyed by the event. Researchers have now taken a step forward in this area by demonstrating a drone-based cell network that offers coverage kilometers away. ​

The most crucial piece of motorcycle safety gear is often explored as an exploitable field for add-on safety systems. Privileged with high-visibility positioning, helmets can be outfitted with head-up display kits, intelligent brake lights, or, as Zona now proposes, the feed from a rear view camera.

At some point in the evolution of VR and AR, headsets will track our bare hands in what's essentially real time. One firm already has an SDK that allows developers to bake hand tracking directly into their apps, using a smartphone camera.

Who wants to carry a fully loaded modern cooler, often a war zone-ready hunk of roto-molded plastic, plus chairs and other gear, meters or miles to the campsite? The Real Wheel presents a better way - a mono-wheel cart that rolls over pavement, rock, sand and whatever else is in the way.

The world's largest plane has just rolled out of its giant hangar for the first time. The Stratolaunch aircraft, which boasts a wingspan greater than a football field, is designed to carry rockets into the stratosphere, where they are released before continuing on into space​.

Drawing inspiration from an old Welsh fable, Miller Kendrick Architects has created a tiny cabin that's fit for a king. Dubbed "Arthur's Cave," the dwelling was designed in honor of the cave where the legendary King Arthur supposedly took shelter alongside his knights.

Tesla flagged its intention to enter the electric pickup market in April and Ohio-based Workhorse Group followed suit by announcing the range-extended electric W-15. The latest to join the fray is Canadian-based Havelaar with its all-electric pickup called the Bison.​

One of the many nice things about PC-based VR is the ability to display what the headset wearer is seeing on a monitor. Today display mirroring makes its way to mobile VR, courtesy of Chromecast support for the Samsung Gear VR​.

We've seen hammocks on car hitches and in pickup beds, and now they've climbed up to the roof. TrailNest has designed a collapsible roof-top hammock stand that lets you string up a hammock, leap atop your vehicle and enjoy whatever view you drove to enjoy.