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Advanced Rail Energy Storage (ARES) has developed a system that uses heavy rail cars that are pushed to the top of a grade using excess power, releasing them back down the hill to generate electricity through regenerative braking when required.

Gizmag compares the specs (and other features) of Apple's iPhone 5, and HTC's new mini-me version of the HTC One.

MTM's Special Ops RAD watch includes an integrated Geiger-Müller tube for measuring not only single-dose gamma ray levels, but also cumulative exposure from 0.0001 to 9999 millisieverts and dose equivalent rates up to 4,000 microsieverts per hour.

Scientists have accidentally created a new material thought for more than 100 years to be impossible. A single gram of Upsalite has a surface area of 800 sq m, equivalent to the sail of a megayacht.

Scientists at Disney Research have created a program that allows a computer to draw portraits based on facial photos, in the style of specific human artists.

The Exodus recumbent motorcycle, by U.S. company Suprine, is a 130-horsepower, lay-back motorbike with a roll cage and a perspex windscreen, capable of more than 80 miles per gallon on the highway.

Disney Research has developed an algorithm which can generate 3D computer models from 2D images in great detail, sufficient, it says, to meet the needs of video game and film makers.

An interactive electronic skin developed at Berkeley responds to pressure by instantly lighting up, and could be used to create smart bandages, wallpapers that act as a touch screen, and more sensitive robotic hands.

The Rubbee is an electric drive unit that attaches to a regular bicycle in only a few seconds, and that comes off just as quickly.

Chinese auto maker BYD has announced that it is to supply Amsterdam Airport Schiphol with 35 of its all-electric buses, which will replace the airport's aging fleet of specialized gas-powered vehicles.

Researchers at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) have crossed the business of pest control with the world of robotics by last month testing their robotic "tick rover" to determine its efficiency at removing the blood suckers from the lawn.

If you aren't happy with Windows 8 and are curious to find out what's new in Windows 8.1, rather than just read about it, why not try it for yourself and install it in a Virtual Machine (VM)?