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BMW is using a unique venue to launch its latest concept car, a plug-in hybrid with a customized bike-hauling solution.

Team DRC-HUBO, led in part by the HUBO Lab at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), reveals a robot that will compete in the upcoming DARPA Robotics Challenge.

Gregory Holloway's LittleBox PC is a build-it-yourself kit designed to turn the Raspberry Pi into a complete touchscreen desktop computer.

Lilliputian Systems, an MIT spinoff, has launched a USB battery charger powered by a miniaturized butane fuel cell, which will be able recharge most mobile phones about ten times, or a laptop battery once, from one container of butane.

Nikon President Makoto Kimura has hinted the firm could release a "non-camera" product to address the issue of people increasingly using smartphones to shoot photographs.

Scientists are developing a computer tool that could be used to detect neurological or developmental problems in infants, by analyzing their cries.

Designed by Beijing-based MAD Architects, the Pingtan Art Museum will combine exhibit halls with public spaces on an artificial island as part of a Chinese project to encourage closer ties with neighboring Taiwan.

Made from LEGO and various odds and ends, Matthew Krueger's low cost LEGObot 3D printer prints using hot glue.

Applying a Tetris-like approach to house design, Chinese architectural firm Studio Liu Lubin has created a Micro-house featuring compact, multiple interior zones that can stacked together or used as a stand alone dwelling.

The creators of the Lernstift, a digital pen that vibrates to indicate when the writer makes a spelling mistake or exhibits poor penmanship, are hoping to get their device into production with the help of a Kickstarter campaign.

Tighthouse, by Architecture firm Fabrica718, is the very first Passive House to be located in New York City. Based on an existing row house that is over a hundred years old, it has been extensively retrofitted to meet the exacting Passive House standard.

On June 13, AeroVelo flew a human-powered aircraft for 64.11 seconds to a height of 3.3 m to claim the coveted Sikorsky Prize.