Review: i-H2GO hydrogen-powered remote-control car

Electronics Review: i-H2GO hydrogen-powered remote-control car At the end of last month, Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies began shipments of its latest fuel cell-powered remote-control toy car, the i-H2GO, which runs on hydrogen obtained from user-supplied water. We got our hands on an early production model, and tried it out. read more Games GestureWorks Gameplay adds customizable touch controls to any PC game Ideum is preparing to release its GestureWorks Gameplay software, which allows any video game running on a Windows 8 device to be played with an on-screen touch controller. With the new program installed, players will be able to create their own custom, virtual controllers for any game. read more Telecommunications Optical computing gets a lift on butterfly wings A team of international researchers has developed artificial crystals with unique optical properties that could lead to advances in quantum computing and telecommunications. Their inspiration? The glorious green wings of the Callophyrs Rubi butterfly. read more Space Rubbish removal satellite to be launched from an A300 jetliner Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Swiss Space Systems (S3) have formed a partnership to launch the CleanSpace One satellite into orbit to collect space debris using a launch system that promises to be cheaper than using conventional techniques. read more Wearable Electronics TrueSmart smartwatch aims for the best of both worlds Omate has developed a waterproof smartwatch that can be used as a standalone phone watch, or in combination with smartphones through wireless technology. Called TrueSmart, Omate is fundraising for its production on Kickstarter, where it has already hit its target goal several times over. read more Mobile Technology iPhone 5s vs. HTC One The HTC One is easily one of the sharpest-looking phones ever made. But if any company can give it a run for its money, it's Apple. How does Apple's latest flagship compare to the phone HTC has staked its future on? Read on, as Gizmag compares the features and specs of the iPhone 5s and HTC One. read more Mobile Technology Phonebloks concept imagines a modular smartphone Phonebloks is a concept smartphone comprising individual modules for all of the elements which make up the average handset. This would help ease the problem of electronic waste, and save the average consumer from having to upgrade their whole smartphone. read more Music Yamaha introduces its "best stage piano to date," the CP4 Stage Yamaha says that its forthcoming professional piano is "simply the best stage piano Yamaha has ever made." Featuring wood keys and authentic hammer action, the CP4 Stage promises faithful sonic recreations of the company's acoustic grand pianos, and a good selection of vintage electric pianos. read more Outdoors Road Shower lets you freshen up, al fresco After a day spent hiking, biking, climbing or otherwise exerting yourself outdoors, a shower sure feels nice. That's why Colorado native Joel Cotton created the Road Shower. It's a pressurized water tank that mounts on your roof rack, allowing you to grab a quick shower beside your car. read more Automotive Ford packs tech inside the new S-MAX Concept Recently, Ford Europe rolled out its S-Max Concept in Cologne. The company claims that the car combines a new style language with a new suite of interactive technologies, that do everything from parking the car entirely under its own control to monitoring the driver's heartbeat. read more Laptops Google announces incoming Haswell Chromebooks Google and Intel have announced a batch of upcoming Chrome devices based around Intel's 4th-generation Core i processors. Acer, HP and Toshiba are all due to release new Chromebooks before the holidays, with Asus also joining the party with a Chromebox desktop computer. read more Mobile Technology Prototype mobile phone covers foreshadow new wave of E Ink displays With companies that blazed the E Ink eReader trail such as Amazon and Kobo branching out into tablets with LCD displays, you might be forgiven for thinking that E Ink technology is on the way out. But E Ink was at IFA to demonstrate that this is far from the case by showcasing new E Ink technology. read more Computers "USB condom" keeps your devices safe in public ports Conscious that inserting one's USB charger into just any old public port might expose one's handheld to nasty malware, security outfit int3.cc has come up with the USBCondom, a go-between device that creates a break between the data pins of your USB connector and those of the public USB port. read more Home Entertainment Prototype system from BBC R&D sets subtitles free Researchers at BBC Research & Development are testing a prototype subtitle positioning system that uses gaze-tracking technology and frees subtitles from the shackles that have traditionally kept them at the bottom of the screen. read more Home Entertainment Japanese broadcaster looks beyond 4K to 8K Although 4K was the resolution du jour at IBC in Amsterdam again this year, as it has been for the past couple of years, Japan's national public broadcaster, NHK, was going one better with a demonstration of 8K, or Super Hi-Vision (SHV), that is set for satellite broadcast in 2020. read more Special promotion for Gizmag readers "What's New in Office 2013 - Your Unofficial Overview" The world's most popular productivity suite, Microsoft Office, is now in its seventh version with the release of Microsoft Office 2013, a cloud-integrated revision of the software that comes complete with the new tile-based user interface formerly known as Metro (the look of which you will be familiar with if you have seen or used Windows 8). read more UNSUBSCRIBE You are receiving this email because you signed up for our daily newsletter at http://www.gizmag.com. 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