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The maiden flight of e-volo's 18-rotor Volocopter electric aircraft prototype last month seems to have impressed quite a few people. The company is claiming a European crowdfunding record after raising €1.2 million (US$1.64 million) in under four days.

With its striking design and desirable location – not to mention some high-end sustainable gizmos thrown in for good measure – Villa Kogelhof in southwestern Netherlands ticks all the right boxes for a new luxury residential build.

Leddar, short for LED Detection and Ranging, is a new type of detection and ranging sensor that uses LEDs to detect objects and determine their distance. While the Leddar is low resolution, it is also low cost, and it may find new applications in vehicles, traffic management, robotics and safety.

Remember when everyone asked if the first iPad was a "Kindle killer?" Well, although tablets have put the brakes on e-readers' momentum, the Kindle is still alive and kicking. Is it your best e-reader option this holiday season? Join Gizmag, as we break down the top e-readers you can buy today.

MSI has released what's claimed to be the world's first 3K gaming laptop. The 15.6-inch GT60 features a 4th generation Core i7 processor, GeForce graphics, combined SSD/HDD storage and customizable color backlighting for the keyboard for after hours gaming.

RoboCV's X-MOTION system, which is described as an intellectual pilot system, has been rolled out in a Samsung factory in the Russian city of Kaluga where warehouse vehicles can now zip around the factory floor autonomously.

Researchers at ETH Zurich have created an app that allows an ordinary smartphone to capture and display three-dimensional models of real-world objects, for subsequent finessing or even 3D printing.

Studio Fuksas' Terminal 3 building for Shenzhen airport is in the form of a giant "manta ray" and features a "double-honeycomb skin." The largest single public building to date in Shenzhen, the terminal will extend the airport's capacity to 45 million passengers per year.

Mosquito prevention can be expensive or unsafe and doesn’t scale in developing countries. New research identifies the primary mosquito receptor responsible for locating people, and tests a promising group of predicted chemicals that circumvent the receptor and are safe, cheap, and smell yummy.

Notable hacker Samy Kamkar recently built SkyJack, a modified Parrot AR.Drone 2 that automatically seeks out the wireless signals of other UAVs, disconnects them from their owners, and then takes control of them, even while in flight.

Tired of trying to plug in a USB cable, only to discover that you have to flip it over? Well, it looks like that design could be going the way of the 5.25-inch floppy disk. The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has announced the development of the new USB Type-C connector, which will work in any orientation.

If you're disappointed by the image quality of your smartphone camera, but don't want to carry a bulky DSLR around, a mirrorless camera should probably be your next gadget purchase. In this guide Gizmag looks at how some of the best mid-range mirrorless cameras stack up against each other.