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They don't have ears and were thought to mostly interpret the world around them through sight and touch, but scientists have now discovered that spiders possess the ability to hear over relatively long distances, a sense that appears finely attuned to recognizing the sounds of incoming enemies. ​

The team behind Megasus Horserunners has launched a crowdfunding campaign for a horseshoe alternative it says will allow for more natural hoof movements, and can be easily clipped on and taken off as required.​

​The Oculus-powered Samsung Gear VR finally has a true rival, in the upcoming Google Daydream View. There’s still a lot we don’t know about the latter, but let’s compare the features and specs we’re aware of right now.

In the third and final part of our series on Hollywood and hacking we move into the 21st century and examine the shift towards true stories and realism in cinematic hacking depictions.

​​​It was in 2010 that we first heard about a set of ergonomic wheelchair wheels that let users move their chairs forward by pulling back on the handrims. Six years later, the technology has moved from prototype to product, with the Rowheels REV-LX wheelset recently hitting the market.​

The Roving Blue O-Pen supports world travellers and nomads by keeping drinking water clean and fresh. In contrast to more common purification means, like UV rays, this pen-sized purification device kills microorganisms with the stuff that blocks those UV rays in the atmosphere: ozone.

Since 2008, British audio specialist Naim Audio has been working to fill the cabins of Bentley cars with finely tuned sound. Now it's working to bring that partnership into living rooms. The company's latest Wi-Fi multi-room all-in-ones take cues from its ultra-premium automotive speakers.

The ALIAS system, developed by DARPA, could cut down on crew requirements in military and civilian small aircraft by taking control with a robotic arm. Although it's still a ways off production, the system has been successfully demonstrated on a Cessna Caravan aircraft.

PrimaLuceLab has turned its hand to helping the Nikon D5500 cut down noise. The cooling unit attached to the DSLR body may ruin its portability, but the Italian company says it allows astrophotographers to take images of a quality​ to rival cooled CCD cameras without sacrificing ease of use.

To accommodate cartoon-lovers of Japan, Amazon has today released a 32 GB model of the Kindle Paperwhite, optimized to handle the image-intensive stories of the manga genre. ​

​​If you should come across something that looks like a mussel but has a green LED in it, just leave it alone – it's a robomussel. Glued into existing mussel beds in 71 locations worldwide, the sensors are part of an ongoing effort to track the effects of climate change on the marine environment.​

Engineers from Duke University have developed a way to create acoustic “holograms” that promise to be as magical as visual holograms – all by placing an array of 3D-printed acoustic building blocks in front of a sound wave.