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In Dubai over the weekend, Luke Bannister beat out 150 other competitors from around the world to lead his team to victory at the first World Drone Prix, returning home with a cool US$250,000 in his back pocket. ​

At SXSW, 35 exhibitors were vying for awards across 13 categories in the festival's annual Interactive Innovation Awards. Gizmag checked out the showcase to pick our favorites.

​Presbyopia is a common visual condition, in which the eye's lens stiffens to the point that it can't focus on close objects. Glasses, surgery and regular contact lenses do help, but they have drawbacks. That's why scientists are developing self-focusing contacts, inspired by a fish.​

An unlikely pairing of a pangolin and honeybees inspired Golem Innovation to create the Alpha helmet, an articulating noggin protector that retracts around your neck when not in use.

Hot rod street racer turned electric vehicle guru Luke Workman is a fascinating, hilarious and awe-inspiring human being. In part one of our interview he talks about his Death Bike, his overclocked Corbin Sparrow and the unlimited performance we'll soon see from EVs.

Due to its incredible degree of complexity, the ancient Chinese game of Go has been viewed as the Mt Everest of artificial intelligence research. But just as chess, checkers and Jeopardy fell before it, a Google-made computer program has finally taken the fight a top-flight human opponent.

Wondering what the air quality is like in London? Well, over the next three days, you can ask one of 10 pigeons located throughout the city, each one of which is equipped with a lightweight backpack that monitors ozone, nitrogen dioxide and volatile compounds.

Fireflies are certainly fascinating to watch, but have you ever wanted to join in the conversation? Well, you apparently should soon be able to do so, with a little help from the Firefly Communicator.

It was only two years ago that the founders of Wheelys were thinking about creating a mobile cafe. Since then they've launched a pedal-powered bike-cafe, an electrified second version, a third version with a towable greenhouse and, now, the Wheelys 4, which purifies the air while brewing coffee.

We already knew Oculus had some impressive – dare we say "magical" – games in the pipeline for the Rift. That belief was only reinforced after spending six full hours inside the VR headset earlier this week. These are our impressions of the 12 Oculus Rift games we went in-depth with.

A new startup is looking to create a consumer-affordable scanning LiDAR, ideal for makers, enthusiasts, and students. The Scanse Sweep is designed to provide 360 degree sensing capabilities to drones, robots, and more.

A lot of people want an electric boost while they're cycling. That's why several types of add-on motors exist. One of the latest, the bimoz, is not only a lot less obtrusive than most, but at 1.97 kg (4.3 lb) including battery, it's also claimed to be one of the lightest.