Volkswagen's NILS - a single-seater electric sportscar for the road

Volkswagen's NILS - a single-seater electric sportscar for the road: "Volkswagen has once more produced a minimalist and frugal commuter vehicle for its home auto show in Frankfurt, and this one has us quite excited. NILS is an F1-inspired single-seat electric concept with an aluminum space frame, gull-wing doors and thanks to its extreme light weight (460 kg), small frontal area, it offers sports car performance at speeds up to 130 km/h from a small 25kW electric motor."

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AT&T HTC Jetstream Tablet announced at IFA 2011

AT&T HTC Jetstream Tablet announced at IFA 2011: "Starting September 4th, AT&T customers will be able to purchase the new HTC Jetstream Tablet in stores and online. The device is AT&T's first 4G LTE/HSPA+ tablet, plus it's the first HTC tablet to use the Android 3.1 (Honeycomb) operating system."

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LiquidRoam RoamBoards ready for sale

LiquidRoam RoamBoards ready for sale: "Motorized two-wheeled and three-wheeled personal transport innovations like the Solowheel and the cheap and cheerful Solaron certainly look like a fun way to get around, but if it's four-wheeled action you're looking for then the new RoamBoard is definitely worth a look."

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Sony's 360-degree Circle Sound SRS-BTV25 and RDP-V20iP speakers land at IFA

Sony's 360-degree Circle Sound SRS-BTV25 and RDP-V20iP speakers land at IFA: "Sony has unveiled a couple of rather ballsy offerings at IFA 2011 in the form of the SRS-BTV25 and RDP-V20iP. The compact spherical units pack Sony's 360° Circle Sound audio diffusion technology that promises to deliver omnidirectional sound to all corners of a room."

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Samsung Galaxy S II triplets headed for U.S. carriers

Samsung Galaxy S II triplets headed for U.S. carriers: "Having already launched in many world markets, Samsung has now unveiled the Samsung Galaxy S II models that are destined for U.S. carriers from September. The company's flagship smartphone will come in three slightly different flavors through Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile, with all running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) with Samsung's TouchWiz 4.0 UI and packing a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, and Super AMOLED Plus touch screen display in a slim form factor."

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Ford's Evos – four-gullwing-door fastback plug-in hybrid concept connects to 'the cloud'

Ford's Evos – four-gullwing-door fastback plug-in hybrid concept connects to 'the cloud': "Ford's Evos may only be a concept car but with its four scissor doors reaching skyward to the heavens, it is both the most distinctive and important concept from Ford in many a year."

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Sony's US$780 'Personal 3D Viewer' Head Mounted Display to go on sale in November

Sony's US$780 'Personal 3D Viewer' Head Mounted Display to go on sale in November: "Sony has been quick to commercialize the prototype 'Personal 3D Viewer' HMD (Head Mounted Display) we first saw at CES earlier this year, announcing a much-changed version at IFA in Berlin a few hours ago which will be known as the HMZ-T1."

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AeroVironment unveils the Shrike Vertical Take-off and Landing Unmanned Aircraft System

AeroVironment unveils the Shrike Vertical Take-off and Landing Unmanned Aircraft System: "California-based aerospace company AeroVironment has developed some fascinating Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) over the years, including the High Altitude Long Endurance Global Observer, a hummingbird-like nano air vehicle, and the hand-launched Wasp III reconnaissance platform. In 2008, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded the company US$4.6 million in funding to develop a "perch-and-stare" aircraft, for use in military surveillance."

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Matternet would use UAVs to deliver supplies to remote villages

Matternet would use UAVs to deliver supplies to remote villages: "Across Africa, along with other parts of the world, there are many villages that are inaccessible by road for at least part of the year. The only reasonably fast way of getting medicine and other essential goods to these locations is to fly them in by conventional aircraft. "

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2012 Bentley Continental Convertible - the beautiful bruiser

2012 Bentley Continental Convertible - the beautiful bruiser: "When VW bought the Bentley name in 1998 it made the very sensible decision to retain the metal-bashing, veneer-slicing and leather-stitching craftspeople at the Crewe factory."

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Extraordinarily close call for Gizmag's Loz Blain

Extraordinarily close call for Gizmag's Loz Blain: "So here's the story. I was out test riding the BMW S1000RR for the latest in our video motorcycle review series. I had a pillion on the back, Karen, taking her first ride on a sportsbike."

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Video profile: The Lithium Hawk homebuilt EV

Video profile: The Lithium Hawk homebuilt EV: "Four years ago, Canadian electronics engineering technologist Nap Pepin decided to buy a kit for a BugE electric vehicle. Not content with its out-of-the-box performance, he swapped in a lithium battery pack, and his own custom battery management system."

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