Even if aerodynamics and fast driving aren’t your goals, there are still plenty of ways to have fun with motorcycles… buzzfeed.com

Oscar, a three-year old British cat, has joined the rarefied ranks of bionic animals… wired.com

If we didn’t know any better, we’d think this experimental robot mouth was destined for sex shops. But its mindless bleating isn’t too sexy, unless you’re one of the Japanese researchers who built it… dvice.com

I asked for a Jetson‘s flying car and I get a Flintstone‘s man- powered pushmobile instead.

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This robot baby, named Diego-san, is the stuff nightmares are made of. Standing a bit over four feet tall and featuring a grotesquely large head… dvice.com

Sure, building a robot that plays ping pong is in itself an impressive feat. But building a ping pong playing robot that looks this downright badass?… dvice.com

An electromagnetic headpiece could help the millions of depression sufferers for whom antidepressants fail. The nonsurgical NeuroStar Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation system is as easy as a teeth cleaning… popsci.com

A contraption in the style of Wallace and Gromit has been built which cooks breakfast automatically, including an omelette, toast and freshly squeezed orange juice… telegraph.co.uk

The SmartHand smart bio-adaptive hand prosthesis does more than just replicate the physical functionality of a real human hand. The SmartHand also uses a unique technology to provide the user with a measure of sensation when using the SmartHand… technovelgy.com

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