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A recent experiment by researchers at the University of Rochester has managed to suspend a nano-sized diamond in free space with a laser and measure light emitted from it, which could help progress the field of quantum computing.

Illawarra Flame is a net-zero house, but wasn't always that way. The environmentally-friendly house was formerly an energy-inefficient "fibro house" – that is, until students from the University of Wollongong got hold of it.

Terrafugia's Transition flying car recently made its first public flights at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. The Terrafugia team conducted two 20-minute flight demonstrations and also showed off the capability for the Transition's wings to be folded up so it can be driven about like a car.

A team of scientists led by the University of Maryland claim that the Voyager 1 space probe, which is now 11 billion miles (18 billion km) from Earth, left the Solar System’s boundary last year and is not, as NASA claims, passing through a transition zone.

Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are testing a new propulsion system ... inside the station. While this might seem like the height of recklessness, this particular system doesn't use rockets or propellants.

With the goal of meeting the shortfall in donor hearts, scientists have bioengineered a mouse heart in the lab that beats on its own. The mouse heart had its cells replaced with human cells, offering the potential of growing custom replacement hearts that wouldn't be rejected by the recipient.

The gStick is a computer mouse that looks and feels like a large pen. This makes it an ergonomic and comfortable alternative to the traditional computer mouse, and especially suited to gamers or creative people who need precision control.

The Companion Bike Seat has the basic form of a rear rack, but includes a seat cushion and foot pegs for accommodating a passenger on your ride. It also includes a lockable cargo storage box.

After spending two weeks testing the much-hyped Moto X Android phone with touchless control, Gizmag's Eric Mack has a few more thoughts and some deeper observations about the first smartphone fully designed by a Google-owned Motorola.

Virgin has announced that work on Richard Branson's private residence on Necker Island is complete, with the house now ready to take its first bookings. Now you can whisk yourself and 29 friends off to a tropical island … if you can stretch to the asking price of US$60,000 per night.

With the advent of GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technology, child-tracking devices are now hitting the marketplace thick and fast. Now Taipei-based startup BeLuvv is throwing its hat in the ring, with the Guardian system.

Last week we took a look at the most advanced smartwatch to date, the Samsung Galaxy Gear. But other companies are focusing on more basic watches that exist primarily as notification terminals. Read on, as Gizmag reviews one of those devices, the Sony SmartWatch 2.