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To recognize the burgeoning field of robot art, a new contest has been launched by website RobotArt.org, and you can help determine which mechanical painter will win.

​Apple is a little late to the 2-in-1 party, but judging by iPad Pro sales figures the company is still playing an important role. But what about for you? Is the iPad Pro 9.7 worth considering as a Surface Pro 4 alternative?

For those who are forever glued to their smartphones, navigating a city can be hazardous. Dodging street lights and other pedestrians without looking up is tricky, and crossing roads is downright dangerous. That's why Augsburg in Germany is trialling in-road pedestrian lights.​

Researchers in China believe they’re cracked the code on the elusive lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery. Using three-dimensional (3D) graphene, the Beihang University researchers structured Li-S in such a way that they show high, real-world potential on both the cathode and anode sides.

​BB guns and crossbows are two different things … right? Well, not if you're German weapons-tinkerer Patrick Priebe. Drawing on the design of his previously-made DIY airsoft rifle, he has now created a crossbow that shoots BBs.

A team of researchers at La Trobe University is developing a blood test for earlier detection of Parkinson's disease. The team estimates that it could be available within the next five years.

The Australian government is moving to tackle its biggest freshwater pest, working toward the controlled release of specific herpes virus which it says is capable of killing individual carp within 24 hours.

Exomars 2018 is now ExoMars 2020 after the Euro-Russian Mars landing mission was officially postponed for two years. The joint ESA/Roscosmos venture has been beset by delays over the past four years and recent setbacks in mission preparations have placed the 2018 launch window out of reach.

Well-known backyard inventor Colin Furze has proven common sense and engineering experience aren't prerequisites for creating crazy, hovering vehicles by strapping two-stroke petrol parajet motors to a metal frame, in the process creating a DIY hoverbike.

Volkswagen has released a 1.5-liter Miller Cycle engine tasked with improving fuel consumption and increasing low-down torque.

The Large Hadron Collider was knocked out of commission when a weasel stepped on the bare connections of a 66,000 volt transformer.

The McLaren F1 was the most exciting supercar of its time, and not many cars since have had its level of panache. And now it could be yours (or somebody's, anyway). McLaren Special Operations Heritage division is selling one of the last F1s ever built.