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When you're using helicopters to dump water on forest fires, it goes without saying that the faster you can obtain and deliver water, the better. A new system developed by Spanish firm Inventec is claimed to be capable of sucking up 1,000 L (264 gal) in just five seconds.

Ford has announced an updated version of its Sync in-car communications and entertainment system. The automaker says the new version has an improved smartphone-like interface, along with better performance and speech recognition capabilities.

Scientists at Yale University have discovered that if liquid droplets are just the right size, they can actually make a solid material stiffer when added to it. Their findings could pave the way for composite materials that use liquids for added functionality, yet that don't compromise strength.

The liquid crystal technology being developed for research on exoplanets has been adapted to project a 150-feet-high rainbow on the roof arch of Amsterdam Central Station. It will be turned on every night for a short period after sunset.

Japan's CyberStep Communications has announced a redesigned KDJ-ONE portable music studio is finally ready for release and has launched not one, but two simultaneous crowdfunding efforts to bring the device to market.

To free up captains and reduce their chances of running aground, the US Navy is introducing a new automated navigation planning system into its surface fleet that speeds up course planning and reduces the chance of human error.

In June 2015, Dubai-based Middle East Development plans to begin work on a new skyscraper that will be the tallest in Africa. Based in Casablanca, Morocco, the mixed-use tower will rise to a height of 540 m (1,771 ft), easily dwarfing all other buildings on the continent.

A new crowdsourcing initiative is calling upon the public to help catalog the ever increasing library of stunning images snapped of our planet, and more importantly its cities, at night from the International Space Station (ISS).

EDAG always creates a concept car demonstrating new thought for the Geneva Motor Show and the 2015 concept offers the ultimate in lightweight engineering. The "Light Cocoon" uses a weatherproof Jack Wolfskin textile stretched over a bionically-inspired trellis frame then back-lights it for effect

When we met with Oculus VR earlier this year, the team mentioned that future versions of the Rift headset could skip the PC, and instead use mobile devices for brains. Now we see what they were cooking up. Read on, as Gizmag reviews Oculus' collaboration with Samsung, the Gear VR Innovator Edition.

In long-awaited news for Instagram devotees, the Polaroid Socialmatic is now available for preorder. The camera has the ability to capture and print photos much like an original Polaroid, but is equipped with Wi-Fi to enable sharing over the internet and social media sites.

Among the many bicycle designs we look at here at Gizmag, we see a fair number of balance bikes. We've even seen a wooden one or two. However, we've never seen a balance bike quite like the ZumZum, which is built around a curved wooden frame that serves as its own suspension system.