Technology

In the shadow of a service outage that affected millions of users, outside of Richland, Washington, internet commerce giant Amazon is building the first of a series of modular nuclear power stations to protect its data services from outages.

When a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar earlier this year, the ground split and many buildings collapsed. Yet 26 bamboo homes, designed and built by architectural studio Blue Temple, remained completely intact.

No matter how much gear you stuff into your backpack for recording on the go, chances are high that you'll forget something. The AirStudio S1 is designed to ease the burden, serving as an EDC multi-tool for musicians, podcasters or sonic creatives.

Calling all guitarists who spend way too much time trying to lock in the perfect sound: Groundhog Audio claims its tech can match the tone from any song and drop it into a compact pedal at your feet – no knob twiddling necessary.

Bone conduction offer the freedom of listening to music while staying aware of your surroundings – and now you can take this tech underwater with Jabeees' 7Seven headphones. And, at US$79.99, they keep pace with many of their more expensive competitors.

Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky is blurring the line between helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft with its new Nomad family of Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) that combine the versatility of a helicopter with the speed and endurance of a fixed-wing aircraft.

BORD Architectural Studio has created the new Sauska Tokaj Winery in Hungary. Perched lightly above the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region, the 5,830-sq-m structure seems to hover over the landscape, echoing the graceful curves of the surrounding hills.

Like something out of an early Transformers movie, researchers at Caltech have just demonstrated how a humanoid and a drone can team up to accomplish multiple forms of movement. The experiment opens new possibilities in robotic locomotion.

Late last month, Anker sub-brand Soundcore launched a Kickstarter for a 4K laser projector with a 7.1.4 sound system. Those not wanting to wheel around a huge smart entertainment hub can now opt for something similar, but a lot more portable.

An imaginative approach to social housing has earned Appleby Blue Almshouse the UK's top architecture award. Judges praised its reimagining of the traditional almshouse, turning the senior housing project into something special.