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Chalmers University of Technology is developing a new optimization tool that acts like an efficiency expert for industrial robots by smoothing their movements to reduce their energy consumption by as much as 40 percent.

Dutch submersible-building company, U-Boat Worx, claim to have created the world's deepest-diving, fully-acrylic, transparent crew compartment submersible with a diving depth down to 1,700 meters (5,577 ft).

The Olympus OM-D E-M10 II is a mirrorless Micro Four Thirds camera which packs an impressive photographic punch in a diminutive retro-styled body. The 16-megapixel camera features 5-axis image stabilization, a large OLED electronic viewfinder, and can shoot at 8.5 fps.

A compact, low-fuss way of traveling far away from the grid, the New Zealand-designed Ecombo trailer puts cozy living quarters inside a rugged block of metal that you tow with your 4x4.

Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) claim to have created a hybrid artificial photosynthesis system that produces both hydrogen and methane, all from water and solar energy.

Turkish design firm Designnobis has designed an interesting concept for a compact pop-up shelter dubbed Tentative. The design shows promise thanks to its dramatically decreased size when in transportation.

Facebook opened its doors to the public in 2006, and it's changed a lot since then. Mark Zuckerberg and his huge team of engineers are continually adding new features to the site and its apps, so you might not have come across everything – follow these tips and tricks to get up to speed.

Having taken a huge risk in creating its oddball GT-R LM Nismo, Nissan has pulled the plug on the program until it can sort out the problems that have plagued it. These problems meant the car battled at Le Mans, and won't be competing in LMP1 racing until Nissan has worked out its problems.

We've seen some highly-portable electric vehicles before, including diminutive scooters and skateboards. Cocoa Motors' new WalkCar, however, makes those gizmos look huge. It's used more or less like a Segway, but it's not much bigger than a laptop.

Robotics research is moving along at such a pace that it can be difficult to spot the major milestones of innovation in the technology as they go by. One significant step forward is in evidence at MIT in the form of Hermes. Physically it's all robot, but its actions are controlled by a human being.

Today Google, the company, is smaller while the Google universe seems to be expanding with the announcement by CEO Larry Page of a new umbrella company, called Alphabet.

OnePlus likes to brand its high-end, budget-priced phones as "flagship killers." Let's see how the OnePlus 2 compares to the most popular Android flagship, the Samsung Galaxy S6.