New video! Nintendo 3DS XL – is bigger better? Nintendo’s predictably gone and supersized another handheld console – but does bigger mean better? Nintendo has stayed true to form by predictablysupersizing another handheld console. It’s bigger, better-built and throws up a portable 3D experience that not even the more powerful PlayStation Vita can offer. The DSi XL proved bigger is indeed better, but does the same theory apply to Nintendo’s third dimensional gamer?...

New video! Nokia Lumia 720 – an affordable smartphone with a great camera The newest addition to the ever-growing Nokia Lumia family promises decent snaps in exchange for a great price Losing track of how many Lumia’s make up Nokia’s smartphone range? With the announcement of the Lumia 720 it’s not getting any easier. But what’s particularly interesting about this mid-range smartphone is that while it doesn’t rock the high-end features of its more expensive siblings, it promises a decent camera with Carl Zeiss optics for an affordable £200 price tag....

New video! Revolights review We took out the revolutionary Revolights to see just how dazzling this jump in cycle lighting is Revolights took Kickstarter by storm and now they’re available to buy. We got a set shipped over to the UK to test them out on the streets. Apart from turning heads we enjoyed the safety of being seen from all angles on the road. Check out ourRevolights videofor a closer look....

New video! Sony shows off Xperia Tablet Z and world’s thinnest tablet The Xperia Tablet Z is without a doubt Sony’s best tablet attempt yet – but is it impressive enough to entice you away from your iPad or Nexus 10? The Xperia Tablet Z is without a doubt Sony’s best tablet attempt yet. Chuck in a handful of impressive specs and features like its gloriously bright and colourful 10.1-inch HD screen, an impressively skinny 6....

Next Big Thing – 3D translator avatars Microsoft has already developed the kit to create an avatar that’ll speak 26 different languages – with your face and voice Translators? Sounds like a Star Trek gadget. Yup – but unlike all the cool things from Star Trek we wish we had (phasers, warp speed, and replicators) this translator is actually real. It was unveiled at Microsoft’s TechFest 2012 as a module for lip-synching with typed words....

Next Big Thing – bio-photo-voltaic devices A table made with moss sounds useless now but soon it could be powering your devices Plants can power things? Apparently so, according toscientistsfrom the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) working in bio-photo-voltaics – that’s the use of wasted energy from photosynthesis to power devices. The BPV-powered Moss Table above is a potential powerhouse of gadget juice. So, that lamp is powered by the moss?...

Next Big Thing – liquid touch sensors Disney Research’s new technology Touche takes touchscreens to a whole new level with liquid touch and body interfaces Watery smartphones? Sounds dangerous. Touche is touch sensitive tech that’s like the capacitive display on your smartphone but has tons of applications – from rigging up your doorknob to know when you’re grasping it with your whole hand or shutting the door with one finger to passing electrodes through water with Touche recognising when there’s a fingertip below the surface and when you’re whole hand is submerged....