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Frankly, what I know about water sports can be written on the dorsal fin of my imaginary surf board (what do you mean they don't have dorsal fins?), but I'm not going to let that stop me telling you a bit about Asap, an electric watercraft designed for lifeguards.

Assistant professor Todd Humphreys and his team at the University of Texas at Austin has succeeded in spoofing the GPS-based navigational system and changing the course of a superyacht equipped with the very latest navigational aids.

When Windows 8 was released last October it didn't receive a lot of fanfare. But this year Microsoft is making several changes to the operating system with version 8.1 and a lot of them are for the better. Here's a look at some tips and tricks for using new features in Windows 8.1.

Although Land Rover's hefty Defender may not seem like the most logical candidate for an electric makeover, the first Electric Defender began its real world tests this past month in Cornwall, England.

Members of the Input Devices and Music Interaction Lab at McGill University have collaborated with a choreographer, a composer, dancers and musicians to create three groups of sensor-packed, internally-lit digital music controllers that attach to a dancer's costume.

Four turbines at the Smøla wind farm in Norway are to have one rotor blade painted black to see whether increasing the visual contrast of the turbine against its background might help to reduce bird strikes.

The 2014 Ford F-150 arrives this fall with the option of a dual-fuel compressed natural gas system that cuts emissions and fueling costs. The automaker is calling it the only half-ton pickup truck of its kind.

Most sports fans will have been frustrated with a TV director's camera selection at one time or another, but a new panoramic camera would put such decisions in the viewer’s hands. Comprising ten individual cameras, the OmniCam 360 provides a full 360-degree of the action.

Huddle, by Netherlands-based designer David Graas, is a 3D-printed combined pendant LED bulb and light-shade that resembles a modern cityscape.

NASA has released a map of the inner Solar System showing the orbits of the 1,400 potential Earth-striking asteroids. According to the agency, the plots show the orbits of asteroids over 460 ft (140 m) in diameter that pass within 4.7 million miles (7.5 million km) of Earth.

Imagination Farm USA's Holho “hologram generator” uses a set of mirrors perched on a smartphone or tablet to produce the illusion of a moving 3D image.

When it comes to camping in comfort, sleeping in a hammock usually beats the cold floor of a tent. However the Nube hammock tent from Sierra Madre Research attaches to any camping hammock to form a completely enclosed shelter that keeps you and your gear off the ground in almost any location.