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Inspired by the 1970s cartoon character Captain Future, the Horological Machine No.6 (HM6) "Space Pirate" not only reflects the style of an outer space adventurer’s ship, but is also piece of high-tech mechanical watchmaking with 475 components – 80 in the case alone.

Following the appointment in July of MAD Architects to design the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, the first design images have been released. The design blurs the line between the structure and the surrounding landscape. It aims to explore the relationship between nature and the urban environment.

Patients affected by neurological disorders and athletes facing severe exhaustion have all reported experiencing feeling an invisible and "presence" that is often felt just outside their field of view. Researchers at EPFL have now recreated the same sensations in laboratory experiments.

After a 20-year search, astronomers have uncovered a grand total of 1,900 planets residing outside of the Solar System. According to a new study, the Gaia space observatory could help that figure grow by a factor of ten by the end of the decade, reaching 70,000 planets after 10 years.

British scientists have already looked to principles employed by butterfly wings, as a means of thwarting currency counterfeiters. Now, researchers from China's Southeast University have developed another such technology, that's inspired by a different insect – a color-changing longhorn beetle.

We've already looked at all the wild custom cars of the SEMA Show, but that was only half the story. For roughly every neon-lit, overpowered car on display, there was a jacked-up truck, makeshift off-road camper or heavily armored 4x4. Check them out in our gallery.

The secret to pulling off long-term manned space missions is biomanufacturing – at least, that's the argument presented by scientists at Berkeley Lab who believe that synthetic biology techniques could produce a significant portion of fuel and augment food and drug supplies during missions to Mars.

Gizmag spent the better part of last week touring the halls of the 2014 SEMA Show in Las Vegas. It's a jungle of the flashy and impractical, with everything from pristine classics preparing for the auction block to outrageous one-offs that will never be seen again.

Last month, UCIC's voice-controlled computer, the Ubi, came out of beta and became available to the public. The company pushed a software update to Gizmag's beta unit and we've been interacting with the ever-present, always-on, voice-controlled vault of internet knowledge ever since.

Migrating salmon in the Pacific Northwest are set to be helped on their journey by Sensor Fish. Developed by PNNL, these devices record and analyze the physical stressors faced by the fish on their trek and provide hydroelectric dams with data to become more fish-friendly.

LUX Motorwerks has provided a interesting contribution to this year's SEMA line-up by boosting the output of the Kia K900’s 5.0-liter V8 from 420 hp to around 650 hp with two boot-mounted turbochargers.

The ability to run quality mobile games that scale up help separate the Fire TV from other streaming set-top-boxes currently on the market. The optional game Amazon Fire Game Controller is designed for more sophisticated games and here's our look at the device.