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More and more we're seeing companies step in to offer VR as a theme park or arcade type of experience, and the latest to throw its hat into the ring is Modal VR, with a semi-portable system that can reportedly track the heads and gestures of up to 10 players, without trailing cables everywhere.

Gardens can be a double-edged sword: when they're thriving, so is the work required to keep them in shape. A new autonomous robot helper by the name of Kobi, however, can take the edge off by mowing the lawn, collecting leaves and clearing snow for you.​​

Some 2,118 m (6,948 ft) high up in the Triglav National Park in Slovenia's Julian Alps, an aging mountain shelter built in 1936 was recently decommissioned. Its replacement adds some important modern upgrades, including a tough aluminum shell and solar power.

A new study closely examining the effects of climate change on Ethiopia's Blue Nile Basin has revealed projected increases in rainfall, which could spur greater crop yields and large-scale hydro-power projects in the region.​​​

​In the minds of many, the clearest pictures of dinosaurs probably come from a certain movie, but scientists are constantly revising that. A new study has identified the oldest known fossil of a bird's vocal organ, helping uncover how today's diverse birdsong developed.

Mercedes has used the E-Class to show exactly what current radar-guided autonomous driving systems can do. Now, BMW has unveiled its seventh-generation 5 Series, loaded to the gills with semi-autonomous driving systems to make life easier for the driver.

With quadcopters, interactive robots and wearables on many kids’ letters to Santa, Christmas 2016 promises to be a tech-filled holiday. Here we look at some of the tech toys which are expected to be big hits this festive season.

Owners of non-touchscreen laptops now have a way to add that functionality to new and existing Chromebooks and laptops running Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 via a device called the AirBar.

​​In order to monitor their blood glucose levels, diabetics typically have to perform finger-prick blood tests. Scientists from the University of Texas at Dallas, however, are creating an electrochemical biosensor that continuously measures glucose in the wearer's sweat. ​

After a great 2016 Overland Expo West in May, we found ourselves hungry for more, so this year we attended the newer Overland Expo East show in Asheville, North Carolina, which has the same great sense of go-anywhere adventure and "no-obstacle-too-big" innovation. Here are the highlights.

GPS is great unless you lose the signal, so the University of California, Riverside is developing an alternative navigation system that uses secondary radio signals, such as from cell phone systems and Wi-Fi, and is claimed to be highly reliable, consistent, and tamper-proof.

Scientists from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory claim to have produced one of the most usable of all chemicals - ethanol - in a process conducted at room temperature that effectively reverses the combustion process