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After 12 years in orbit, the ESA is in the process of enacting its retirement plan for the International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (Integral). However, while the agency is adjusting the orbit of the satellite now, the spacecraft won’t re-enter Earth’s atmosphere until the late 2020s.

Once the domain of a select few products like the Powerski Jetboard, the powered surfboard market has really grown over the past year. The German-designed Lampuga joins the crowd, bringing with it speeds up to 34 mph (55 km/h) and claims of being the world's fastest e-surfboard.

As Samsung's sixth smartwatch in the span of a year, the Gear S was almost easy to dismiss. But after using one all through the insane week known as CES, we think it might be one of the more underrated tech products you can buy today.

Nand Logic's Smart Helmet may just top the list when it comes to the highest number of electronic goodies packed into a single helmet. While it's intended for activities such as motorbiking or snowboarding, you might even want to wear the thing when you're just walking down the street.

Earlier this month, the Sky Garden opened at London's 20 Fenchurch Street. The attraction is touted as London's "highest public garden" and spans the top three floors in the building. Gizmag went along to have a look.

Anki has announced the latest iteration of its smartphone-controlled robotic car racing game. Anki Overdrive builds on the previous Anki Drive by adding modular tracks, along with improved car designs, new AI personalities to battle against, and additional gameplay modes.

Prototype contact lenses have been created that have tiny telescopes built in to boost vision, and increase magnification in response to the user's eye winks. Originally designed to improve battlefield vision for soldiers, the new lenses may also help people with age-related macular degeneration.

While email has certainly made it easier to keep in touch, there's still something nice about receiving a hand-written letter. That's why Bond was created. It uses a pen-holding robot to create a "hand-written" note in your handwriting, which is then mailed to a recipient of your choice.

The US$344 million Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) is designed to image the surface of the Sun in unprecedented detail and help scientists address fundamental questions about solar physics when it opens sometime in 2019.

At this year's Japan Camping Car Show in Tokyo, Honda has unveiled a two-piece concept that takes the kei car camping. Based on Honda's popular N-Box that was released in 2012, the N-Truck looks like a micro semi-articulated truck and couples with the N-Camp, a pint-sized caravan/trailer.

Elon Musk's Hyperloop is making actual progress, with a startup company, Hyperloop Technologies, raising $8.5 million and another $80 projected for later this year. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has 170 crowdsourced employees, while Musk himself has pledged to build a test track in Texas.

Tago Arc is an E Ink fashion accessory that can be customized to look exactly as the user desires, and never needs to be charged. It connects to a smartphone companion app, allowing the wearer to create their own designs, or purchase from a library of images.