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The Suzuki Swift has won plenty of plaudits since the fourth-gen car launched. More than five million have found homes over the past decade, making it the most popular model in the Suzuki lineup. The latest Swift builds on the foundation laid by its predecessors with a new look and more tech.

Who would pay more than half a million dollars on a car if someone else can walk in off the street and buy one exactly the same? And just what can be done with enough time, money and a good idea? We sat down with Michael Bryden, Lead Designer for Rolls-Royce Bespoke, to find out.

To prepare for space exploration, the ESA has been testing techniques and training astronauts in cave systems on Earth. The group's latest tool is a crash-proof drone that could one day help Martian settlers explore lava tubes on the Red Planet by mapping out tight spots humans can't reach.

To address declining braille literacy rates amongst the blind and visually impaired, a team from the Harvard Innovations Lab has devised an innovative system that allows someone to independently learn braille without the guiding hand of a trained teacher.​

The XTND electric skateboard has decent specs, but its real selling point is the AI that’s riding shotgun. The board can adjust its settings to match rider style, suggest better routes, help you track its location and lock itself when you’re not standing on it properly.

​Weaving electronic smarts into clothing has the potential to heat headgear, monitor health and keep you connected. But smart fabrics are not just useful for wearables. To demonstrate this, Madison Maxey has created a tablecloth-sized textile trackpad to replace a computer mouse or, well, trackpad.​

Bam! Arquitectura responded to a green-fingered client's wishes for maximum garden space in a cramped plot by installing a green roof and large plant-covered ramps on the MeMo House. It also boasts some sustainable design, including solar power and rainwater collection.

Microsoft's new Surface Pro subtracts the numbering-scheme branding and adds some highly incremental steps forward. Let's see exactly how incremental, as we line it up next to its direct predecessor, the Surface Pro 4​.

​Back in 2015, we heard about how bioplastics firm Algix and clean tech company Effekt were collaborating to make eco-friendly foam based on algae instead of petroleum. The material is now being marketed as Bloom foam, and you'll soon be able to buy shoes made out of the stuff.

It sounds like the stuff of nightmares: a string of snakes hanging from a cave snatching bats out of midair. But this exact behavior has been spotted in Cuba, and is remarkable not so much because of the method of the hunt but of the coordination of the hunters.

​In an inspired publicity stunt, Sweden has listed its entire country on Airbnb, advertising the fact that all public land in the country is freely accessible to anyone.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but if there's a consistent entry in any list of the world's most beautiful cars, it is the "teardrop" built by Parisian coachbuilder Figoni and Falaschi​. On May 27 a spectacular example is going to auction in Italy.