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Humanoid robots are continually improving and Honda's ASIMO is no different. Honda's first two-legged robot was born in 1986 and since then, subsequent models have become increasingly advanced. Today's newly-announced version is autonomous, intelligent and responsive.

Jibo is an interactive buddy that is touted as the "world’s first family robot." Designed to engage with people in a human-like way, Jibo takes on various roles around the house including mail deliverer, environment controller, storyteller, telepresence device, event reminder, and cameraman.

Nikki Sylianteng, living in New York City, is on a one-woman crusade to make parking signs more human-friendly, using a visual design approach and some late-night guerrilla tactics to help improve usability in her neighborhood.

Details have emerged of a new baby all-electric that Tesla plans to add to its stable. Although we have only been able to confirm a 2017 release date with Tesla, CEO Elon Musk has been quoted as saying that the Tesla Model 3 will be based on a new platform and retail for around US$35,000.

This week at the Farnborough Airshow, BAE Systems showed off its latest Helmet-Mounted Display (HMD), the Striker II flight helmet. The unit provides digital, visor-projected night vision and tracking systems that are equivalent or better than current HMD systems.

Rolls-Royce sponsored a local team of primary schoolers, developing an "ultra luxury" electric go-kart to compete against similar school-designed cars in this week's Greenpower IET Formula Goblin.

An ambitious project at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii is rendering 3D models of sunken ships from World War II for use in keeping track of changes over time to their structures as part of an effort to bring greater insights to this tragic historical event.

Rally driver Ken Block has revealed the car that he will be piloting in his upcoming Gymkhana video, and it's a big departure from those featured before. Instead of using a modern hatchback, Block's new "Hoonicorn" car is a 1965 Ford Mustang with an 845 hp (630 kW) V8.

Between potting parsley and tending to tomatoes, a vegetable patch requires a fair bit of work and even more know how. The MEG Open Source Greenhouse is designed to tap into the collective knowledge of green-thumbs around the world, with an internet-connected indoor microclimate.

Even with the growing number of calorie counting gadgets on the market, keeping track of how healthily we are eating requires a certain amount of discipline. The BitBite is the latest take on the eating monitor, relying an a discreet ear-clip to track your diet and nutrition.

Ensuring that people have shelter is a critical part of disaster relief. But what happens if the disaster is ongoing? Or if another disaster hits? A humanitarian shelter from Extremis Technology is designed with just that thinking. The Hush2 can be erected in two hours and can withstand hurricanes.

Researchers at the University of Texas have produced a miniature version of a component essential to multi-frequency radio that may well revolutionize the design and construction of cellphones, transceivers, and other portable communications devices.