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There's a lot of space on a 50GB Blu-ray disk. So much so that many PlayStation 3 developers are padding up to 50% of it with the data equivalent of whitespace, pushing content to the outside of the disc to decrease load times. Sony plans to change this with a hybrid movie/game disc, and expects at

An American company Vitruvian have developed an efficient green building system that offers significant environmental and energy saving benefits.

Butane gas is most commonly known as the fuel that comes in home-use canisters that power camping and caravan stoves but that could be about to change. Honda begins sales in Japan next month of the Pianta (that's Italian for 'plant') FV200, a mini-tiller that runs on butane gas canisters.

One of the many difficulties in gaining acceptance for new inventions is conveying the benefits of those technologies and such is the case with the new and im

Ecstasy use is widespread across the globe, and has been for more than 20 years now. To date Ecstasy's long term effects on the brain aren't well understood - but a recent UK review by a government advisory council has sifted through more than 20 years' worth of evidence to come to a conclusion...

The DARPA-proposed EATR bot will ingest and expel biomass to fuel itself, presumably with no toilet paper.

Bose has designed a new energy efficient in-car sound system that is 30% smaller, 40% lighter, and uses 50% less energy than conventional Bose sound systems, while still delivering premium, high-quality audio.

February 12, 2009 Carbon Motors is building the world's first purpose-built law enforcement patrol vehicle, the Carbon E7, so the announcement earlier this we

Very few world championship winning bikes exist outside the private collections of former world champions, or in factory museums. Now Franco Uncini has decided to auction the Suzuki 500 XR40 on which he won the 1982 title.

The PediSedate is designed to distract children, through giving them something that is fun and familiar, so they are calm and comfortable while they are being sedated in preparation for surgery or some other medical procedure.

The TidalForce M-750 x2.0 is based around the commercially available (and ingenious) Montague Paratrooper folding bike but has an advanced 1kW electric drive, a top speed of over 30 mph and a range of 25 - 28 miles, under electric power only.

A new Belt-Integrated Starter Generator (B-ISG)) offers a multi-mode, variable ratio drive pulley offers cheaper cost and better CO2 reduction than other stop-start systems. It also runs the airconditioning with the engine-off.