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The Salone del Mobile 2015 has once again lived up to its reputation of being one of the greatest furnishing and design fairs in the world. Gizmag got the chance to explore some of the new furniture collections which not only filled the Rho Fairgrounds, but also took over the city of Milan.

Audi is making a new fuel for internal combustion engines that has the potential to make a big dent when it comes to climate change – that's because the synthetic diesel is made from just water and carbon dioxide.

For the first time, you can now buy an ultra-light MacBook that also has a Retina Display. Maybe you're torn between that slim and sexy new MacBook and the company's bigger workhorse, the Retina MacBook Pro? We have both notebooks in house, so how about we take a quick look.

Schiit Audio (yes, you read that right) has spent the last five years researching digital filter algorithms, a quest that has ended with Yggdrasil, a flagship multi-bit DAC with a true closed form filter.

There are already beverage cans that contain chemically-activated chilling modules. Now, three students are applying the same principle to hypodermic needles. Instead of keeping the medication cool, however, the idea is that a needle cap could chill the patient's skin, making the injection painless.

The prototype AlcoStop system measures drivers' blood alcohol levels by analyzing their sweat via built-in sensors. If those levels indicate that they're too drunk to drive, the system won't allow the car's engine to start.

Manufacturers are throwing everything they've got at winning the battle for chauffeur-driven dollars. Volvo has tackled this challenge in a very unique way - by removing the passenger seat, and replacing it with a multi-purpose luxury footrest.

Over the years, one of the biggest trends we've seen in water bottle design is the collapsible bottle that compacts down to pocket size when empty. The Hydaway offers a slightly different take on the trend, its silicone body compacting like an accordion into a flat, pocketable disc.

For children living in poverty, footwear is one of many problems. Almost as soon as a child has received shoes to wear, they're likely to have grown out of them and have to make do with them being too small. The Shoe That Grows changes this. It allows children to adjust its size as their feet grow.

A cheap but tough new electronic paper display can be written on with a magnet. It could be used in low-cost, lightweight electronic whiteboards as well as traditional classroom blackboards, and its creators hope that it will eventually reduce our dependence on real paper.

When you think of Zaha Hadid, shoe design probably isn't the first thing that springs to mind. However, the starchitect joined forces with UN Studio's Ben van Berkel and three other high-end designers to moonlight as cobblers for this year's Salone del Mobile.

As cities are become ever more populated, living spaces are getting smaller and we need to find clever ways to make the most of the space we have. The 5:1 Apartment in New York is one such small space. It uses a sliding wall to transform itself from daytime to nighttime functionality.