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Last weekend some of the world’s biggest auction houses got together for the annual Pebble Beach classic car auction. Fantastic rarified machines crossed the block, providing surprises for both buyers and watchers alike.

The HTC One (M8) and Samsung Galaxy Alpha are notably different handsets. The former offers an expansive display, aluminium build and top-tier internals, while the latter opts for a style-over-specs mentality that we've rarely seen from Samsung. Read on as Gizmag compares the two handsets.

Following on from my time behind the wheel of a gorgeous F-type V8S roadster a few months back, I recently had the opportunity to drive the less powerful (but equally gorgeous) 380 hp V6S Coupe version of the F-type.

Helper robot company Savioke has announced that it is to start trialing service robots for hotels. The SaviOne robot can deliver items to guests in hotel rooms autonomously.

Researchers are currently looking into ways of allowing "swarms" of communicating robots to accomplish tasks that are difficult or even impossible for single robots. Harvard University recently performed an unprecedented demonstration of that behavior, using a batch of over 1,000 tiny Kilobots.

Whether they're the result of injuries, surgery or birth defects such as cleft palate, missing sections of bone in the skull or jaw can certainly affect someone's appearance. A newly-developed foam-like material, however, may be able to help.

Leveraged the technology behind a temporary tattoo capable of continuously monitoring lactate levels in a person's sweat, researchers have created a biobattery powered by perspiration that could lead to small electronic devices being powered by sweat.

A new battery electrode designed at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) combines liquid-state cesium and sodium to dramatically improve on the efficiency, safety and useful life of sodium-beta batteries (NBBs).

Researchers from John Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a modified version of the bacteria Clostridium novyi that triggers an anti-tumor response in rats, dogs and humans. The breakthrough could complement existing methods to provide better targeted treatment of cancerous growths.

Most of the world's manufacturers have decided that flexible, modular platforms are the way of the future. Volvo is keen to get in on the action with its Scalable Product Architecture (SPA), which will debut in the upcoming XC90 SUV and then extend across the Swedish manufacturer's range.

Scorpion Trikes in Wisconsin plan to release a DIY kit with dual wheels out front to turn your Harley-Davidson V-rod into a reverse three-wheeler. The conversion offers two wheel independent suspension and an integrated look, all in an afternoon’s work.

There are already door locks and bicycle U-locks that are activated by Bluetooth, but FŪZ Designs claims that its Noke is the world's first Bluetooth padlock. It forgoes a physical key or combination dial, and instead unlocks when it detects the Bluetooth signal from an approved user's smartphone.