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Back in January, researchers from Charles Stark Draper Laboratory and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) outlined plans to fit dragonflies with tiny electronic backpacks, allowing them to be controlled remotely. In a new video, their cyborg dragonflies have taken flight for the first time.

Ducati has picked up two prizes at this year’s Concours d’Eleganza Villa d’Este for concept bikes based off the Scrambler. The concept Café Racer, with its funky headlight and shiny aluminum bodywork, took top honors, with a redesigned Scrambler Desert Sled coming in third.

To reduce the severity of climate change, it’s not enough to just curb the rise in emissions –technologies that actively pull more CO2 out of the atmosphere will also be vital. To that end, a new CO2-filtering plant has just opened up near Zurich.

The world’s most powerful x-ray laser is designed to help scientists learn about the microscopic world in more detail. In the past the instrument has been used to create a mini-star, and now it's made a “molecular black hole”, by concentrating the full intensity of the beam onto a single atom.

​An international team of scientists is halfway through a month-long journey surveying the ocean floor along Australia’s eastern abyss. So far the team has uncovered a startling array of bizarre abyssal animals including a weird faceless fish and blind deep-sea spiders.

For this year's Glastonbury Festival, EE is pitching a high-tech tent to keep festival-goers connected. Acting as a 4G Wi-Fi hotspot, the camper packs VR headsets, voice-activated mood-setting, livestreams of performances, a solar-powered boot warmer and a fridge that reminds you to restock it.

The BMW i3 is a compact little electric five-seater with a nod towards both sustainable design and operation that speaks to the German make’s dedication to clean motoring. The i3 sees some big changes for 2017 that, while it remains a niche vehicle for American buyers, will broaden its appeal.

Every year, Skoda gives members of its trainee program the freedom to create a unique concept. Past creations include funky compact pickups and fastback city cars, but the latest crop of students has used sand and surf for inspiration and turned the Citigo into an battery-powered beach buggy.

Aerospace giant Airbus outlined its developing portfolio of urban air mobility solutions at the Paris Air Show yesterday. The roadmap puts the company's previous electrification projects in context and outlines future projects we'll see over the next few years.

Sphero has announced its latest connected toy, but this one isn’t a rolling robot ball or tube, it’s an interactive Spider-Man figure which responds to speech. The silicone toy features voice recognition so that kids can interact with it to hear jokes and stories, or go on superhero missions.

​According to The Ohio State University, over half of all patients who are treated for heart failure end up back in the hospital within six months, due to fluid buildup in their lungs. Sensible Medical has set out to change that, however, with a wearable device known as the SensiVest.

Mushroom sausages may sound like a vegan dish, but for Brunel University London student Aleksi Vesaluoma, they're an unorthodox building material that not only allows for light, biodegradable structures, but has the added bonus of providing a delicious side dish for the morning bacon and eggs.