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UK-based sustainable building firm build different recently completed work on an energy-efficient prefabricated home dubbed Schoolmasters. The house follows Passivhaus principles, draws most of its energy from renewable sources.

A new car racing game is bridging the real and the digital worlds. 3DRacers makes use of 3D printing, Arduino-based electronics and smartphone control. Users can design their own cars, 3D print them at home or via 3D Hubs, customize their performance and control them via a mobile app.

The wait is set to continue for those that have laid down some cash and cleared a space in their garage for Elio Motors' US$6,800, tandem seat, 84 mpg (2.8 L/100km) American-made three-wheeler. The company has announced the vehicle's launch has been delayed ... again.

Austria-based Livin Studio is responsible for the Fungal Mutarium, a prototype terrarium that uses bioremediation techniques to destroy plastic while creating edible fungus creations in the form of little pods that can be flavored and filled.

Graphene isn't the only wonder material that could trigger a major leap forward in electronics. Silicene, an atom-thin form of silicon, has for the first time been made into a transistor, and it could lead to much faster and more efficient computer chips.

The 2015 Grand Prix season is nearly upon us and the teams are busy unveiling their contenders. Ferrari Scuderia, the team that more than any other embodies all that is Formula 1, rolled its SF15-T off the truck and into the public eye this past weekend at pre-season testing in Spain.

Rolls-Royce badge is showing off its high-tech street cred with its Phantom Drophead Coupé "Nighthawk." The limited edition aimed at the North American Market recently had its first public drive in Phoenix, Arizona and takes its cues from cutting-edge stealth aircraft.

A sea change swept through Formula 1 in 2014, rendering what once was known as an engine into an insanely high-tech contraption called a "power unit." In preparation for the coming season, here's our primer on what motivates the fastest road course cars in the world these days.

The ESA has successfully tested its Fluorescence Explorer mission (FLEX). The mission, which aims to create global maps of photosynthetic activity, will allow for the identification of vegetation suffering degrees of stress that simply aren’t visible to the human eye.

A deep-sea microorganism has been discovered that has not evolved in over 2 billion years, with fossilized versions identical to living examples living in the sea off the coast of Chile today. Researchers say the organism actually supports Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution

Developed in consultation with Ken Block, the third-gen Ford Focus RS combines a powerful 2.3-liter EcoBoost engine with a new high-tech, dynamic torque vectoring all-wheel drive system. It will also be the first RS to be sold in the US.

The Nissan GT-R LM NISMO LM P1 is, to put it bluntly, one of the craziest ideas to pull out onto a race track in decades. It's a front engined front-drive car that puts out over 1200 horsepower. Yes, you read that correctly: A front engined front-drive racecar. Let's take a look under the hood.