Only director Michael Bay could have made a film like Transformers: Revenge of the fallen. It's a head-ringing, ear-crunching and ultimately exhausting experience, filled with more than two hours of constant robot destruction.

With a diameter of just one millimeter, a tiny robot has been unveiled that will crawl through the body to diagnose artery blockage

A robotic camera snake that mimics the actions of the actual reptile has been developed by the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology for surveillance use on the battlefield

Backroom boffins in the US Army have decided that robots will be better at warfare if they have a built in guilt system.

Will Wright, creator of The Sims and Spore, has revealed his plans for his new company Stupid Fun Club. Expect real-life robots and gaming to go hand-in-hand

To honour John Hughes, we've listed tech movies that give you all an excuse to sit down with a DVD or two and enjoy tech in the movies..

Pentagon research firm DARPA have discovered a new way to radio-control insects using neural transmitters that trigger muscle changes within the insect. Watch the video of zombie insects being controlled here.

Remember Anakin Skywalker? Here he is, 10 years after. Also: Intel's power saving trick and why it might hurt your eyes, robotic motorcyclists, Monkey Island on the iPhone

Microsoft owns up about what it really does with those bug reports. Also: a universal robot operating system, see the stunning 1960s McLaren that CAD revived.

From flying cars to hoverboards, and AI to lasers, we delve into 10 technologies from a list of iconic films and find out just how close we are to making each a reality

We tour several of the leading tech research labs in the US to discover which 10 research projects could soon change the world

Wired posts 7 good, and possibly controversial, reasons to switch to Windows 7. Also: Razer's first dedicated MMO mouse, man sells oven door as TV.

A site that shows you how to do infra red photography. Also: Asimov's laws of robotics and why they matter, Earth is getting a Space Fence, and the next big netbook processor.

From weird and wonderful gadgets, to the most fascinating links and insightful reads. Here are four sites that bring you the hidden gems of the Web every day

Doctor Who fans will notice something chillingly familiar with a new patent that has come out from Apple.

Scientists are betting on a new high tech material, which is among the strongest and thinnest known materials in the universe

The strange, the antique and the downright geeky – we chronicle the 10 best (and worst) vintage tech advertisements of all time

We attended the Sydney press conference of the upcoming blockbuster GI:Joe and learnt about their Twitter use, their feelings on Internet fanboys and the inspiration behind some of the military tech on display in the film