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Hong Kong-based company Design to Innovation (DTOI) has developed what it is claiming is the world's first wireless scanner mouse. The Zcan Wireless is designed as a standard optical mouse, but cuts the cord and packs a miniaturized scanner, enabling users to instantly scan images and text.

A new service is promising to end the uncertainty of how clothes will look or fit when shopping on the web. Fitle aims to provide users with a 3D avatar of themselves with which to "try on" clothes online. The company says it will eventually offer the world's largest clothes database via partners.

In order for microscopic "nanobots" to get to their destinations, they'll need some form of propulsion. A team of Israeli and German scientists has responded by creating what they claim is the world's smallest propeller.

Oregon Manifest's Bike Design Project is showcasing five prototype commuter bikes, made by teams representing five major US cities. Members of the public are being invited to vote for their favorite, with the winning bike getting produced commercially by Fuji Bicycles.

Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley claim to have created a prototype vision-correcting matrix that they claim fits directly to a screen and negates the need for eyeglasses or remedial lenses for farsighted people. This may also eventually help other, more serious, eye problems.

At a press conference in Washington DC, NASA announced the seven instruments selected to fly on the Mars 2020 rover mission that will study the geology of Mars, seek out signs of ancient life, and conduct experiments related to the habitability of Mars for future manned expeditions.

Advances in technology have opened up some important new ways for the visually-impaired to consume printed content. Researchers have now unveiled a low-cost reading device that processes graphical information, enabling the blind to digest documents such as bills, PDFs, graphs and bank statements.

With so many tech devices in our lives these days, it's important to stay on top of maintenance that needs to be done periodically on your Windows PC and other devices to keep things running smoothly. Here's a look at some tasks that should really be carried out regularly.

The Wassily fruit bowl adds a new element to the humble fruit bowl, one which could help keep your fruit fresher for longer. A web of silicone elastic strung tautly around the frame helps aid consistent ripening, prevent bruising, and prevent one bad fruit spoiling the rest.

If you're a sport fisherman, then you know the frustration of having a fish strike and reject your lure. What sort of fish was it, and how big was it? Well, the Strike Cam may not help you land such finicky fish, but it can at least answer those questions.

While there's lots of action in the high-rent district of phablet town, HTC is looking to sneak in and grab a slice of the mid-priced pie. But is a device that borrows the best from smartphone and tablet something that should be compromised on? Read on, as Gizmag reviews the HTC Desire 816.

ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)-5 Georges Lemaître lifted off today. The 20-tonne unmanned cargo ship was launched atop an Ariane 5 rocket at 23:44 GMT from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.