The hack (pictured) was demonstrated to Wired by security researcher Silvio Cesare ahead of his talk at this week’s Black Hat conference in Vegas. Stock image pictured.

The shoulder-mounted system was created at MIT's d'Arbeloff Laboratory and was designed as an extension of the wearer's own limbs. Daweoo is working on a similar design that gives wearers superhuman strength.

Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California developed the 'acoustic bottle' to make objects invisible to sonar detection.

Berlin-based hacker, Ruben Santamarta. says he's figured out how to hack equipment on passenger jets through their WiFi and calls for tightened security.

Professor Ouyang Ziyuan, the chief scientist of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program in Beijing, recently said the moon is 'so rich' in helium 3, that this could 'solve humanity's energy demand for around 10,000 years at least.'

The inventors, based in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, describe their EcoFarm as 'a symbiotic environment where the waste of the fish is used as a natural fertiliser'.

London-based science writer, Peter Forbes, and Brighton sculptor, Tom Grimsey, compiled their images for their new book the 'Nanoscience: Giants of the Infinitesimal'.

A study of almost 5,000 youngsters - equally divided between boys and girls - found that moderate players are happier with their lives than those who play more or those who never play at all.

Dr Robb Rutledge of University College London said his team were surprised to find just how important expectation is.

University of Sussex researchers claim that the movement is so important that, if its ears are covered up, another horse struggles to know what it is thinking.

The free game (pictured), from Vietnamese-based developer Dong Nguyen, is only compatible with Amazon Fire TV and Mr Nguyen has not confirmed when it will launch on other platforms.

Created by Japan-based Kim Taewan, the free app works by asking the user to mark either two or three points on their body, in-between which the stretching takes place.

Researchers in Barcelona have confirmed British mathematician Alan Turing's 62-year-old theory that explains how certain patterns form (image shown).

Wonder material graphene aerogel – which is so light it can balance on top of a flower – could be used to make parachutes for aeroplane passengers.

Washington researchers say companion planets are far more likely to be hospitable.

Texas researchers say pain relievers such as ibuprofen affect men and women very differently.

It is now legal for US consumers to unlock a cellphone without permission from their wireless provider.

The South Korean firm, which makes the Galaxy S5 (pictured) announced its net income between April and June dropped to 6.3 trillion won (£3.6 billion) down from 7.8 trillion won (£4.3 billion) a year earlier.

The cells, designed by Sheffield University, are made from perovskite, and when used as a spray (illustration pictured), produce very little waste. Prototype cells have an efficiency rating of 11%.

A medical expert at Long Beach Memorial in California said the discovery of heart disease in Ancient Egyptians and other cultures hints that there are triggers other than a modern fatty diet.

Houston-based firm Celestis is offering four different options starting at $995 (£590) that will see pets ashes launched into orbit and even deep space this autumn.

Physicists at the University of California, Berkeley, have following a quantum system’s movements before it collapses into a 'classical state', a feat once considered impossible.

Researchers from the University of Tasmania dated minerals containing traces of zircon (pictured) and found them similar to those in sedimentary rocks in the U.S.

A production model of the A5, from Los Angeles-based aviation firm ICON, was recently seen at the EAA AirVenture convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

The craters in northern Siberia, claims geophysicist Vladimir Romanovsky, began their formation in a similar way to that of a sinkhole, when ice collected in an underground cavity.

The family tree, created by Southampton University, showed that the branch of theropods - which gave rise to modern birds - were the only dinosaurs that kept getting smaller.

The survey involved more than 2,000 UK residents and was commissioned by London-based mobile analytics firm RootMetrics.

The California firm's Yosemite software will let users make calls via their iPhone from a Mac, and start work on an iPad before picking up in the same place on a Mac.

There is only one operational High Secure Infectious Diseases Unit in the UK, at the Royal Free Hospital in London, pictured, which has an array of specialist equipment.

The free app (pictured) was created by London-based Uniion. When a user ‘flings’ a message they have no idea where it will end up. If the recipient likes the fling, they can reply.

A video produced by Washington DC's American Chemical Society reveals the science behind why dogs smell each other (stock image shown).

The £25 CaseCam, created by Seattle-based Garett Ochs, uses a fold-out mirror to both prop the phone up and let the camera see what's in front of the device.

Nasa scientists in Maryland have revealed plans for a new giant telescope called the Advanced Telescope Large-Aperture Space Telescope (Atlast), illustration shown.

During a call, Signal (pictured), developed in San Francisco, displays two words on the screen of both users that are used to confirm who the callers are, and stops people joining the calls.

The increasing amounts of water in the upper troposphere (pictured) are a direct result of human activity, University of Miami researchers say.

Dr Smith from Portland State University says a future interstellar mission would only work if a large human colony was taken along for the trip (illustration of a future space colony shown).

The study by the University of Cincinnati found that each species of mammoth and mastodon kept to separate areas based the types of food available.