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Turbulence can be unpleasant enough for passengers in full-sized aircraft, but it's even more of a challenge for micro air vehicles. That's why a team from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, has looked to birds for a solution.

The hand is one of the crowning evolutionary advantages of our species. Its opposable thumb makes it excellent for a huge range of tasks, chiefly grasping and tugging genitals. But that doesn't mean it can't be improved upon – meet the Handie.

There are already concepts that would see electric vehicles draw power from cables in the road, thus freeing those vehicles up from lugging around heavy batteries. British firm Texchange, however, is going a step farther – it's developing a system where the motor is in the "road," too.

Mercedes‑AMG has helped design a mountain bike. The sports car and performance brand within Mercedes-Benz recently joined forces with German bicycle manufacturer Rotwild, to create the limited-edition Rotwild GT S.

If you hunt unexploded sea mines for a living, then you might not mind losing your job to a robot. That seems to be the reasoning of the British and French governments as they embark on a joint venture to develop a prototype autonomous system for detecting and neutralizing sea mines.

In potentially good news for the noses of gymnasium employees and commuters crammed into packed train carriages on hot summer days, scientists at Queen's University, Belfast claim to have developed the world's first perfume delivery system that releases more aroma the more a person sweats.

Designer and dressmaker Kristie Wolfe recently completed building her dream vacation home, an off-grid treehouse in Hawaii. Including traveling costs, materials, and all other expenses (including the purchase of land), the whole project came in at just US$23,000.

Honda has announced that a production version of a concept it showcased at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show will be made available to buy. The Honda S660 is designed to be a fully-fledged sports car packed into a mini, two-seater form. A limited-availability Concept Edition will also be rolled out.

The symptoms of Parkinson's disease can sometimes lead sufferers to put down their pens forever. The ARC pen is a vibrating writing device that stimulates muscles in the hand, giving those with Parkinson's better control when putting pen to paper.

The four-wheel-drive Dominator 3200 Pro is the most powerful skateboard ever produced by Australian company Epic Skateboards. So it was with equal parts excitement and trepidation that we fired it up and took it to for a spin.

The Galaxy S6 is Samsung's most aggressive step forward yet in the mobile space. Though we aren't ready to publish our full review, we have some early thoughts on our experience of using the GS6.

Modern deep space probes may be among the most sophisticated pieces of hardware the 21st century can produce, but the Rosetta space probe was thrown into safe mode recently when it was unable to take a simple star fix due to comet dust.