Nasa will announce the truth behind its mysterious 'historic' find on Mars on Monday - but there are fears it might turn out to be less Earth-shatteri...

Nintendo's quirky new Wii U console might have been received warmly by reviewers, but it might not have made the impact on the charts that Nintendo wa...

A real-life version of the loveable anglepoise lamp seen at the start of Pixar films might be the most adorable gadget of 2012. 'Pinokio' is descri...

The first stealth drone developed in Europe has made its first flight from a test base in France. The terrifyingly-named "nEUROn" Drone has been bu...

A Swiss team has built a robotic turtle which it says could revolutionise how the oceans are studied. The beautiful robot is named Naro-Tartaruga,...

Thanks to his new TV series of the same name, Stephen Fry is now officially 'Gadget Man'. But he might have taken that title a little too deeply into ...

Nintendo's Wii U has had a successful UK launch, figures have suggested. According to industry magazine MCV, the new console sold 40k units in its ...

Handcuffs which could deliver electric shocks, drugs and sedatives to people who are under arrest could be the future of law enforcement, after a US c...

Creator Of SMS Consents To Interview (By Text)...

Dyson have filed a patent for a tap which can dry your hands. As reported first by the New Scientist, the idea is to have a single faucet on your s...

The hoverboard made famous in the movie Back To The Future has been listed for sale online. And in every important respect - except for the fact it...

Nasa has found hints of organic compounds on Mars - the first step towards identifying primitive life on the planet. The $2.5 billion Mars rover Cu...

A petition has been launched in America calling for the White House to build a Death Star. More than 1,000 American citizens have demanded the inte...

China is planning to grow vegetables on Mars, it has been announced. That's despite the country's expanding and ambitious - but young - space agen...

Robots have been taught to lie - and you have squirrels to blame. Machines which are able to deceive enemy soldiers by creating false trails have b...

Bluetooth-enabled stickers designed to help you keep track of items after they're lost have been developed. StickNFinds are pitched as small, cheap...

The BBC has announced a plan to 'reinvent' the Red Button as an additional hub for its digital entertainment. The 'Connected Red Button' is a new ...

UK Company To Build Africa's Largest Solar Power Plant...

'Hire A Hitman' Advertising Stunt Pulled After Four Hours Due To Bullying Fears...

Nasa has said it will send a new rover to Mars in 2020 as the next stepping-stone to a manned mission. The new robot will be partially based on the...

The mystery of the 'lost' island which was found on Google Earth - but missing in real life - appears to have been solved. 'Sandy Island' in the So...

If real life were like a video game, it would be quite different. We'd all be committing crimes, constantly, or else disappearing into giant pipes to ...

Inventor of the world wide web Sir Tim Berners-Lee has warned that the UN should not be allowed to 'run the Internet'. The British communications p...

Facebook has unveiled a new version of its Messenger app which allows users without an account on the social network to join. The update potentiall...

What happens when you let a robot randomly buy stuff from Amazon using your money? You get into Hungarian avant-garde composer Ákos Rózmann, obvi...