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It's August 8, and Roland is celebrating by once again giving musicians the opportunity to back their creations with the robot-like rim shots, unrealistic snare and booming kick of one of the first drum machines, the TR-808. The new TR-08 stays true to the original, but adds a few modern touches.

We have seen fixed-wing drones pull off some impressive maneuvers, with versions that dive like a seabird, land like a perching bird and even using shape-shifting wings to soar through the air like one. But landing on and taking off from vertical surfaces?

Industrial activity like coal-burning and mining has greatly increased the amount of mercury in our environment. Scientists have now developed a low-cost polymer that can soak up mercury in its most harmful forms, raising the prospect of a cheap and sustainable way to clean up the mess.

Technologies that reprogram one type of cell to perform the role of another hold a huge amount of potential, and scientists are now reporting a promising advance in the area, in the form of patch that they say can use an electric pulse to turn skin cells into the building blocks of any organ.

Rocket Lab says that the failure of its Electron rocket to reach orbit was due to a ground equipment error and not from any fault with the launch vehicle. A two-month internal investigation that the root cause was a fault in a third-party contractor's equipment.

The ability to fly at speeds greater than five times the speed of sound holds the promise of reaching to the antipodes in hours, it also makes possible deadly weapons that can penetrate any defenses now available. So what is hypersonic flight and does it pose a promise or a threat?

As electric skateboards grow in popularity, more companies are trying to cash in with light, powerful new designs. Based in San Francisco, Kuickwheel​ is a startup that wants to rattle the likes of Evolve Skateboards with a light, compact entry-level unit and a longer-range, high-performance board.

​One of the problems with depression is the fact that detecting its onset can be difficult. A new computer program could help, however – it can detect depression in peoples' Instagram photos, even before the condition is diagnosed.

According to researchers at MIT and Rutgers University, the molten core of the ancient Moon was an active dynamo that drew power from the Earth's gravitational pull to keep its magnetic field going for a billion years longer than previously thought.

NASA's Cassini probe is gearing up for its final five orbits during which it will skim the atmosphere of Saturn before making its final plunge. On August 14 it will travel deep enough inside the atmosphere to need to use its reaction control thrusters to maintain stability.

The Land Rover Defender is an iconic vehicle, but East Coast Defender has made its name by sullying those classic lines for well-to-do buyers. Its latest creation takes an old-fashioned approach to interior luxury, and blends it with a reworked powertrain for an off-road experience like no other.

At this year's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Infiniti plans to walk the line between classic and modern, presenting a vintage race car with electric technology and modern design language. The prototype open-top racer will be joined by concept debuts from other luxury automakers.