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MOTORCYCLES Video review: Royal Enfield's Classic 500 fools people into thinking we've restored it
	To drive a new car with truly retro styling, you're paying through the nose for something like a Morgan. But you can pick up this Classic 500 motorcycle for about the same price as your average commuter, and most people can't tell it's not a restoration.Read more

MOBILE TECHNOLOGY Oh snap! Hands-on with Lenovo's Moto Z and its modular back plates
	Modular phones aren't yet a thing, per se, but that doesn't mean underdog smartphone-makers aren't trying their darnedest to make them the next big thing. Lenovo's new Moto Z may be the most promising yet.Read more

WEARABLES Review: Garmin's Vivoactive HR knows exactly how sporty you are
	The Garmin Vivoactive HR is a fitness tracker which pairs GPS and heart-rate monitoring with a comprehensive array of activity and sports modes. We recently tried one out to see what it can do.Read more

HEALTH & WELLBEING Sensor-loaded toothbrush maps your mouth for a route to cleaner teeth
	The recently-announced ONVI Prophix toothbrush has a built-in camera that lets users stream video from inside their mouth as they brush. Philips doesn't go that far with its new brush, but has instead kitted it out with sensors that track brushing on a 3D mouth-map to encourage thorough oral care.Read more

HOME ENTERTAINMENT This projector can throw 100-inch UHD video from just 2 inches
	At Infocomm in Las Vegas this week, Optoma announced a couple of new projectors –​ a mid-range professional model with a 16:10 aspect ratio, and one that can project a 100-inch 4K image from just two inches away from the wall.Read more

AUTOMOTIVE Electra Meccanica three-wheeler lets efficient motorists fly Solo
	Everyone from Renault to VW, with a few Russians in between, has taken a crack at repackaging the city car. For some reason though, most of these "reinventions" still have four wheels. Canadian company Electra Meccanica has joined Elio Motors in asking why, with its three-wheeled Solo.Read more

ENVIRONMENT Quickfire carbon capture method turns CO2 into solid rock within two years
	A new method of carbon sequestration could seriously fast-track the process. Injecting carbon dioxide into volcanic rocks was found to turn the gas into a solid within two years, which is a much shorter timeframe than the centuries or millennia that the current consensus suggests.​Read more

MUSIC Como Audio frees streaming audio from smartphones with Solo and Duetto systems
	As Spotify, Tidal and Apple Music continue to grow in audience and influence, the way we listen to our music is becoming inextricably linked to our smartphones and computers. Como Audio, founded by Tivoli Audio founder Tom Devesto, is trying to change that with its Solo and Duetto music systems.Read more

COMPUTERS Not all or nothing with analog mechanical Wooting one keyboard
	On digital keyboards, a button is either pressed or it's not – a potential pitfall when you accidentally run full pelt into an enemy you were trying to sneak up on. To this end, a Dutch group have designed the Wooting one, an analog mechanical keyboard to provide more precise in-game control.Read more

GOOD THINKING Seiko creates insanely complex machine that does very little, beautifully
	Seiko has created an extremely complicated machine that takes watch parts and turns them into a playful mechanical cityscape that recalls the the Rube Goldberg or Heath Robinson contraptions of the last century – or possibly the boardgame Mouse Trap.Read more

AUTOMOTIVE Honda to send fully electric NSX up Pikes Peak
	As proven last year, electric cars are tough to beat ​up twists and turns of Pikes Peak. Honda will certainly be hoping e-power is a winning formula when it takes on this year's Race to the Clouds in three versions of the new NSX, one of which will be exclusively powered by batteries. Read more

OUTDOORS Rugged B14 scooter gets adventurous upgrade for tearing up the dirt
	The Rover B14 scooter from Portland's Works Electric is a tough, standup electric scooter built for kicking up dust and chewing through dirt. Like the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, the all-new B14 Adventure scooter debuts as a high-performance, off-road-tweaked upgrade on an already rugged vehicle.Read more

AUTOMOTIVE Tesla reverses course and brings back lower-priced Model S 60
	After replacing the Model S 60 and 60D with the Model S 70 and 70D, Tesla is backpedaling on the decision ... kind of. The Model S 60 and 60D are back, and they pack the ability to get upgraded to the 75 and 75D. ​​Read more

HEALTH & WELLBEING Tiny exoskeleton has a huge goal
	When we think of mobility-enhancing exoskeletons, we tend to picture them being worn by adults. Spanish engineers, however, have developed one that's designed specifically for kids. Not only does it help disabled children to walk, but it may also even save their lives.​Read more

MOBILE TECHNOLOGY The world's first Project Tango phone brings augmented reality to your mobile
	We've finally got eyes on the first consumer smartphone that supports Project Tango, Google's ambitious augmented reality platform that gives your mobile a sense of its own surroundings. It's called the Lenovo PHAB2 Pro, and has been unveiled together with two mid-range handsets from the same line.Read more

HEALTH & WELLBEING Video-enabled toothbrush offers a fresh look at your teeth
	Regardless of how thorough your mouth-care regime is, it's not always possible to see just how well – or not – you've cleaned your teeth. ONVI's Prophix toothbrush, however, has a built-in video camera that lets you seen every last nook and cranny of your mouth, if that's what you really want.​Read more

SPACE Supermassive black hole devours cold cloud clumps
	For years researchers have believed that supermassive black holes only subsisted on a diet of hot gas. New observations of a galaxy about a billion light years away though, show that cold, clumpy cosmic rain will do just fine to fill a black hole's gaping maw.Read more

ARCHITECTURE Turtle-like house comes out of its shell
	Designed by Lenz Architects, the aptly-named Shell House looks like a squat turtle with its shell-like roof. The house is located on the outskirts of Almaty, Kazakstan, and can be closed-up to the outside to increase security and privacy.Read more

ARCHITECTURE Curve Appeal to be "world's first" 3D-printed freeform house
	Historied architecture studio Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo (WATG) has designed what it says will be the world's first freeform 3D-printed house. Its arch-based "Curve Appeal" design will be made a reality after it won Branch Technology's Freeform Home Design Challenge.Read more

SCIENCE Four radioactive "babies" get their names
	Four new elements recently added to the periodic table have finally been given names suitable to their discovery and scientific field of relevance. Now the final decision as to whether these names become permanent has been opened to pubic comment.Read more

DRONES Drone catches rarely sighted Bryde's whales in action
	New Zealand lists them as a critically threatened species, so catching a Bryde's whale in action is a pretty rare event. One team of marine scientists has not only sighted the endangered cetacean, but done so through the eye of a camera drone, meaning we can all have a gander too. Read more

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