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Consumers now have their choice of several smartphone-controlled door locks, which allow users to grant access to select people, and that automatically cause the door to unlock when a user approaches. Tech startup Mesh Motion has taken those same ideas, and applied them to its BitLock bike lock.

In many parts of the world, electric bikes are limited to a top speed of 20 mph (32 km/h). While that may keep the speed down on commercially-produced e-bikes, such is not the case with one-offs. A case in point is Russian blogger Ivan Tulupov's twin-motored Desperado.

PSO J318.5-22 is an exoplanet discovered this year by astronomers at the University of Hawaii that is floating through interstellar space without a parent star and is one of the smallest free-floating objects seen outside of the Solar System.

The massive, Earth-roaming Rescue from Romanian off-road manufacturer Ghe-O Motors provides an ultra-capable alternative to other off-roaders. This fearless vessel carries up to 11 people through mud, snow, water and anything that's in their way.

Italian architects LEAPfactory recently constructed a new energy-efficient hotel on the southern glacier of Mount Elbrus, in Russia's Caucasus mountain range. Dubbed LEAPrus 3912 on account of its altitude in meters, the hotel was constructed for the North Caucasus Mountain Club.

The InEco electric car, developed at the Dresden University of Technology's Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology, combines an innovative mix of materials to keep its weight down to under a ton and allow it to get the most out of its small electric powertrain.

Dubbed Ekocenter, this shipping container module has been designed to provide isolated and developing communities with facilities to produce safe drinking water, in addition to internet access and solar energy.

Lenovo has announced the Miix2, the company's first 8-inch tablet, which features a latest generation Intel quad-core processor, runs Windows 8.1 and is available with an optional stylus.

The village of Ambondro in Madagascar has become home to a Plug&Sun concentrating photovoltaic system (CPV) as part of a Fondation Énergies pour le Monde project. The organization brings clean power to people in remote zones and has coupled solar and wind to guarantee a steady electricity supply.

This week, Volvo unveiled an innovative solution to the problem of bulky, heavy batteries for electric vehicles; replace steel body panels with carbon fiber composite panels infused with nano-batteries and super capacitors.

In addition to a new off-road model, German trike manufacturer HP Velotechnik plans to launch a new dual-battery option on its entire e-trike line next month. Double the battery will mean double the range.

On one hand, we have smartwatches that aim to put basic smartphone features on your wrist. Then we have wearable fitness trackers that are sprouting screens and becoming more like those full-fledged smartwatches. Today Adidas joined the latter party with the miCoach Smart Run.