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Braven has announced the immediate availability of its new BRV-X outdoor speaker. It has a built-in battery that can be used to charge other portable devices, and is described by the company as "the tank of mobile speakers."

On March 12, 1989 Tim Berners-Lee, while working as a contractor at the CERN laboratories in Switzerland, submitted Information Management: A Proposal, which sparked the greatest advance in information technology since Gutenberg invented the printing press.

Engineers from Duke University have used metamaterials to create an acoustic cloak that makes it appear as if sound waves directed at it were being reflected off a flat surface, regardless of the direction the sound originated from or where the observer was located.

We're only a few months into 2014, but we've already seen quite a few new smartwatch releases. Two of the highest-profile are the Samsung Gear 2 and Pebble Steel. How do you decide between these two very different watches? Read on, as Gizmag compares their specs and features.

According to the World Health Organization, there were approximately 207 million cases of malaria worldwide in 2012, 627,000 of which proved fatal. Manu Prakash hopes to lower those numbers, using his disposable folding paper microscope.

Volvo's latest research project involves using magnets to keep the self-driving cars on the road. As well as preventing cars from running off the road, the Swedish automaker says the technology could help improve road maintenance and allow for lanes to be narrowed.

The explosion in mobile data usage has put a strain on mobile networks, slowing them down when congested and requiring more radio spectrum space. Artemis Networks hopes to solve this problem with a new technology called pCell that promises full speed mobile data regardless of the number of users.

Advances in electronics combined with our finely tuned ability to lose stuff has seen the market for wireless tracking sensor systems expand rapidly in recent times. Lupo is a versatile item finder that's also a security solution and a Bluetooth remote controller for smartphones and other devices.

Chromatic aberration (CA) or color fringing is an annoying property of cheap camera lenses, and even pops up on top of the range glass like Canon's L series. Luckily, it's very easy to correct in Adobe's fantastic Lightroom 5.

At the Geneva Motor Show, Gumpert introduced the Explosion, a humbly styled and powered sports car with a price just north of €100,000. Despite drawing power from a modest 2.0-liter engine, the Explosion still shoots off the line to 62 mph (100 km/h) in a mere three seconds.

Canadian company Safari Condo has recently released the Alto R 1713 and R 1723 recreational campers. Both travel trailers are lightweight and boast an aerodynamic teardrop shape, which makes towing them easy and accessible.

A belief that high-resolution audio need not be sacrificed in the age of convenient access to music has led the iconic Neil Young to conceive a system called PonoMusic, which he believes will afford digital music listeners the audio quality of yesteryear.