Measure the density of solids with the refractometer. Calculate the extraction percentage. Adjust the pressure, run the software models and experiment with temperature stabilisation... It may sound like laboratory research, but it's standard practice for London-based barista Gwilym Davies, the current World Barista Champion.

Those large-wheeled, off-road baby strollers can be quite menacing as they bear down upon you, but at least they're not armed, as these works of child-carrying carnage are.

Exploring a new city is always fun. But if you can't get there, a gorgeous, zoomable 360-degree photo can be an acceptable substitute.

Some German movie goers were a little disappointed yesterday when faulty DRM caused major issues in their advanced screening of Avatar in 3D.

The first public building in Denmark to be declared carbon neutral is an example of what the U.N. climate summit is trying to achieve globally.

A 13-year-old teen was probably in hot water with his father after running up a cell phone bill of nearly $22,000. Ted Estarija said he was expecting his bill to be higher this month after adding his son to his plan, but wasn't expecting a bill of $21,917 in data usage charges.

Look, I know you like the netbook idea -- and you love netbook prices. If you're like most people, you think tablets are expensive, slow, heavy and a pain to use. But if you've bought one, you know that netbooks aren't as great as they sound. And next year's tablets will be way better than you think.

Want to make sure your little ones remain entertained at all times? The portable Aiptek DVD projector might be just the thing especially on a long road trip, where you get a built-in DVD player to play your kids' favorite movies on a projector screen (or a suitable surface)

Google has warned web users of misleading adverts that promise high cash returns from using the search service. The use of Google's name and logo trick people into sending payment information, said the web giant in a blog post.

The national debt clock ticks along endlessly, but never fear, your tax dollars are hard at work trying to gauge the accuracy of the Internet using weather balloons. It may sound silly, but the experiment was actually concocted by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) in an attempt to learn how much trust they should put in information gathered from social networking channels such as Facebook and Twitter.