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If, like me, you've always found ping pong a little lacking in flashing lights, Pingtime, an augmented reality project created for the 2013 Rokolectiv Festival in Bucharest, may just take your fancy.

On Saturday,the world's largest tunnel boring machine was dedicated in the city of Seattle. “Bertha,” as it’s known, will spend the next 14 months boring a 1.7 mile (2.7 km) tunnel under the city to replace a viaduct damaged in a 2001 earthquake. Gizmag took a look inside the giant machine.

The world's largest building, China's Chengdu New Century Global Center, has opened for business.

Paddling a kayak is tough work. If you're wondering just how tough, a new paddle from New Zealand-based One Giant Leap can tell you. Its integrated power meter monitors how much power is going into each stroke.

The world record for a car at auction was smashed this month when a 1954 Mercedes W196 F1 Silver Arrow sold for nearly US$30 million, doubling the previous record. This car won the 1954 German GP at Nürburgring driven by Fangio on debut, and is the only post-war Silver Arrow in private hands.

Gizmag compares the specs (and other features) of the newly-discounted Microsoft Surface RT and Apple iPad mini.

While an AI system tested by UIC researchers performed well on vocabulary and in recognizing similarities, a bad result in comprehension, or commonsense “why” questions, brought its average IQ down to that of an average four-year-old child.

Highly customizable robot fish called naro-nanins, developed by the nautical robot team at ETH Zurich, are teaching kids about biology and technology.

At last week's "What's Next" show in Paris, Peugeot previewed its AE21 Hybrid electric bike which integrates a lithium-ion battery into its aluminum frame.

NapAnywhere is a new pillow designed to offer real support while being portable enough to carry around.

Californians Joe Huff and Bridget Hilton have created a line of headphones that sport wood on the outer earcups. Gizmag reviews a pair of beech Troubadour headphones from lstn.

Mercedes-Benz has stepped away from designing luxury cars for a moment to design a completely different type of vehicle. Its futuristic, tech-filled golf cart takes the most popular ideas mentioned by competition entrants and blends them with elements from Mercedes' production vehicles.