Bizarre inventions

In August 1904, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and other New York newspapers could announce that a unique and novel attraction had come to town: Enigmarelle, the ‘Automaton Mystery’. This extraordinary cont

Rover left an indelible mark on British motoring. As Roverfest celebrates the marque’s heritage this weekend, we look at why the Solihull marque’s classics really mattered

You could never have accused Rolls-Royce of flooding the market with new models. In the 20 years preceding the New Phantom’s arrival in 1925, the Twenty had been the only new production Rolls to join

Everyone’s looking. Million pound cars nearing Harrods on the Brompton Road invite an audience. But up front, splay legged under the hula hoop steering wheel, I’m invisible. That’s the thing about cha

The technology-led US stockmarket has hit another record peak. There are rumours of stonking pay packages for software developers in Silicon Valley. One of the leading tech behemoths has just achieved

Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland recently taught the one-armed, four-legged ANYmal search and rescue robot to play badminton against a human. Fans of the sport may be relieved to learn that AN