One of the wildest cars at the Geneva Motor Show,
the Nanoflowcell Quant e-Sportlimousine is a research prototype that's
powered by salt water. More accurately, it's powered by a flow battery
that uses a special formula of ionic charge-carrying salt water as its
storage medium. Not content to just electrify an average powertrain,
Nanoflowcell uses its technology to send 912 horses into an all-out
frenzy of spinning, smoking rubber. Read More
Since 1998 Audi’s enigmatic sports coupe, the TT,
has been one of the German firm's more unique offerings. With the
unveiling of its third generation models at this week’s Geneva Motor
Show, Audi has chosen to blend elements of the original TT with those of
more current designs. Read More
Last month, Ferrari gave us a glimpse at its new mid-front-engine, retractable hard top berlinetta California T.
Now at the 2014 Geneva International Motor Show, the legendary Italian
car maker has taken the cover off the new grand tourer, which the
Ferrari Styling Center, in collaboration with Pininfarina, has
completely redesigned to both reflect Ferrari’s heritage and to get the
most out of its new turbocharged engine by Maranello. Read More
Canadian-based start-up North45 has
developed a cleverly designed two-piece scarf with an integrated magnet
that stays fixed to your goggles while providing an escape route for
your breath. Read More 
Mazda has provided a bit of a
surprise at the Geneva Motor Show with the unveiling of its new HAZUMI
concept. This latest sub-compact from the Mazda is reported to be the
successor to the company’s highly rated “2” series hatchback. Read More 
Health monitoring start-up Azoi has announced the
availability of a significant product in the form of the Wello, a
lightweight smartphone case embedded with sensors that measures blood
pressure, electrocardiography (ECG), heart rate, blood oxygen,
temperature, and lung functions to a high level of accuracy. With such
functionality, the Wello has the potential to become a disruptive
technology, enabling people in developed countries to track all their
key vital health data, and make more informed lifestyle choices. In
developing countries where the healthcare system is poor or
non-existent, it has the potential to facilitate much more. Gizmag
speaks with Hamish Patel, founder and CEO of Azoi. Read More
Helicopters are an invaluable military resource
for transporting supplies, carrying out surveillance and reconnaissance,
and evacuating casualties from rugged terrain. Unfortunately, they are
also a finite resource. That's why DARPA is looking to share the load
with the Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) concept, a
compact, high-speed and highly-automated delivery system with vertical
take-off and landing (VTOL) capabilities. Read More
Around 60 percent of the homes in the Netherlands
are row house terraces, with around a quarter of those built in the
post-war period. While these constructions characterize much of the
Dutch urban landscape, they weren't exactly built with energy efficiency
as their first priority. A team of Delft University students has
developed a concept for a solar-powered skin designed to optimize energy
usage, while also preserving this classic Dutch architecture. Read More
Five international teams are moving forward from a
field of 33 proposals with the goal of performing a robotic landing on
the moon, followed by a short drive and high-quality video mooncast, all
as part of the Google Lunar XPrize competition to incentivize a new
novel, low-cost era of lunar exploration. Read More
The Geneva Auto Show has a
reputation for being the place for auto designers to display their most
exotic work. In the case of Italy’s Pagani, known for its less than
subtle approach to extreme automobiles, that means the 800 hp Zonda
Revolucion. Read More 
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