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While some surfers might trundle down to the beach in an old VW bus, some prefer a two-wheeled approach. Custom motorbike brand Deus ex Machine is clearly in the latter camp, having recently transformed a 1970s Honda Super Cub into a board-carrying commuter called the Sea Sider.

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.​

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.

With the world's first international giant robot fight just a few months away, team America has revealed its contender. The MegaBots Mk.III combat robot made its hulking debut at Maker Faire Bay Area, and took the opportunity to beat up on a couple of Toyota Priuses.

​Garmin has today launched a new wearable that carries a lot of the functionality you might expect from a smartwatch, but doubles as a golf tracker to offer useful insights into your game such as course maps and shot-tracking.

The brain circuitry involved in falling in love is still being untangled, but neuroscientists have found the regions in brains of prairie voles responsible for pair bonding​. By stimulating those areas they have been able to encourage the formation of such bonds.

To help Sailors and Marines avoid mines when executing amphibious assaults, the US Navy is testing an aerial drone platform that can locate and identify land mines in real time.

​​Although there are now plenty of options for mounting your smartphone on your bike or scooter's handlebars, accessing the functions of that phone while riding can still be a fiddly business. Sweden's LIVI Technology has set out to make things more user-friendly, with its GObyLIVI system.​

Are trucks or delivery drones better for the environment? A new study has set out to find some answers, and while widespread delivery drones do have the potential to reduce some carbon emissions, the answer isn't exactly clear cut.

Carl Sagan is best known as a science popularizer, but he was also a pioneer in the early US space program, a planetary scientist, astrobiologist, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and social activist. Now a major archive of his work preserved by his assistant Shirley Arden is up for auction.