Luxury Danish smartphone takes minimalist design to a whole new level Think that nothing can match the design of your iPhone 5? These Danish designers would like to change your mind Danish luxury phone company Aesir Copenhagen has revealed its second phone concept designed to tempt deep-pocketed gadgeteers to part with copious amounts of cash. Developed by KiBiSi, the new smartphone is infused with a very minimalist black and white-skinned version of Android and is forged from high-end precision-made parts which include luxury materials like 24-karat gold components....

Mac and Streamium detente begins Praise be for companies like Elgato, because Mac heads would be screwed without them. The German outfit that brought you such hits as the EyeTV (Freev Praise be for companies likeElgato, because Mac heads would be screwed without them. The German outfit that brought you such hits as the EyeTV (Freeview telly recording for Macs) and EyeHome (iLife streaming to your TV), has brewed up EyeConnect, a media-streaming Mac app that’ll work with any Philips Streamium....

Machina MIDI coat makes music and keeps you dry Who needs a conventional MIDI controller when you can wear one? We’re usually happy if a coat just keeps us warm and dry – but clearly that isn’t enough forMachina, a company from Santa Monica that specialises in wearable technology. Known as the MIDI Controller Jacket MJ v1.0, this sleek black rain-defender allows the wearer to create and control music with body movement via the help of a bespoke app....

Macintosh Classic and Raspberry Pi join forces to become a NES arcade machine It’s amazing what you can do with a few bits of tech, a bit of time and the drive of your inner geek Reddit user MungoBBQ has managed to cram a NES arcade machine into the body of an old Macintosh Classic, tickling the fancy of our inner geek and making us rather jealous at the same time....

Man has 75 percent of his skull replaced with 3D-printed implant 3D printing and science team up to help improve us one body part at a time “Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology”. Those words seem pretty relevant to us today as an anonymous American man readies himself to receive a 3D-printed prosthetic fragment which will replace 75 percent of his skull. Oxford Performance Materials will be providing the 3D-printed fragment....

Martin Jetpack takes off in 2013 Got US$20,000 spare? Why not snap up a jetpack that’ll make your commute to work the highlight of your day It is Space Year 2012, and we were promised jetpacks. Next year, our dreams of a future straight out of The Jetsons will finally come to fruition, as the long-awaited Martin Jetpack finally goes on sale. The US$20,000 (£12,690) boyhood dream will be out mid-2013 offering you a 31mph speed and max altitude of 5000 feet....

Mattel to release Back to the Future hoverboards by the end of the year Sure it might not hover for now, but we still have until 2015 for the real deal… Our desire-o-meter has officially been busted by Mattel’s announcement that it will deliver replica Back to the Future hoverboards by the end of the year. Before you faint with glee, we should point out that these hoverboards will be high quality 1:1 replicas and won’t actually hover – but we have until 2015 for that, so this first batch should see us through rather nicely....