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Cycle Torque's Nigel Paterson reports from the world press launch of the BMW S1000RR superbike at Portimao with our first hands-on test.

A specially built military class 7.1 meter Sealegs amphibious RIB has completed a 1620 kilometer "circumnavigation" of the Malaysian Peninsula in a record time of 31 hours and 57 minutes.

Mintpass has offered a digital music player with a retro analog feel in the form of the Mintcube

VW showed its UP! Lite concept at the LA Auto Show this week. The four-seater uses a hybrid electric turbo diesel powertrain, delivers 115.7 mpg and does 100 mph. Its central display is controlled by touch screen and hand movement sensors.

Researchers have developed a process that removes a key obstacle to producing lower-cost, renewable biofuels by programming a photosynthetic microbe to self-destruct.

Dutch researchers developed a way to store electronic spin information into silicon, which could then be manipulated by a new spintronics transistor developed by Toshiba.

Touch Bionics, a developer of upper-limb bionic technologies, has launched ProDigits, the world’s first powered bionic finger that is designed to help the estimated 1.2 million people worldwide with partial-hand amputations.

Japan’s Sapporo Breweries is launching the world’s first beer produced using malt made 100 percent from “space barley,” which is the fourth generation descendant of the Haruna Nija malting barley that was kept in space for five months during 2006.

The British Library’s new Additional Storage Building (ASB) will use seven robotic cranes to retrieve any of the approximately 7 million items from the UK national collection that will be stored at the facility.

A deal that will see California’s biggest power utility company, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) buying power collected by space-based solar panels and beamed to earth has been given approval by California regulators.

Bugatti is to produce a Tourbillon wristwatch by Parmigiani which doubles as the clock on the dashboard of its latest car and hence will be worn only by those who purchase the US$1,470,000 16C Galibier four door hyperluxury saloon

Google Goggles is a new Android phone app that lets you search the Web using photos taken with our mobile phone instead of words or voice activation.