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A passcode or pattern lock is a great way to keep your phone secure, but then you have the added hassle of entering numbers or patterns every single time you use your phone. Motorola Skip is a new accessory that uses NFC to bypass the pesky part of securing your phone.

Global Surf Industries’ line of Coco Mat surfboards and paddleboards are made with coconut fibers, which are said to offer an unmatched strength-to-weight ratio and a relatively "green" construction process.

Open House by artist Matthew Mazzotta may look like a simple wooden home, but it actually features separate sections that fold open to create a unique outdoor theater space that caters for 100 patrons.

The MAP System provides a real-time display of the pressure points on a patient's body, to minimize the chances of them developing bedsores. It consists of a pressure-sensing mat that is placed on an existing mattress, and a bedside monitor.

By 2050, the UN expects that there will be almost 10 billion people on Earth. If you're yet to hear alarming phrases like "food security" and "sustainable intensification" you've probably been living under a rock. Which is apt, because that's exactly where you might find one of the answers: insects.

In a recent demonstration for the US Department of Defense, Boeing's Thin Disk Laser system has delivered an output 30 percent higher than project requirements, a result which paves the way toward a practical tactical laser weapon.

MIT researchers have invented a new digital material whose block like design allows the assembly of huge structures like towers, spacecraft and airplanes by snapping blocks together. Parts can be assembled instead of engineered by small robots crawling over the structure adding pieces of material.

A recent experiment by researchers at the University of Rochester has managed to suspend a nano-sized diamond in free space with a laser and measure light emitted from it, which could help progress the field of quantum computing.

The Noomad, from Spanish outfit Polo De Innovacion Garaia, is designed to transform a traditional two-wheeler into a stable, three-wheeled cycle equipped for hauling groceries, luggage, babies and more.

A team of scientists led by the University of Maryland claim that the Voyager 1 space probe, which is now 11 billion miles (18 billion km) from Earth, left the Solar System’s boundary last year and is not, as NASA claims, passing through a transition zone.

An obvious improvement on the retractable semaphore devices that preceded them, turn signals have remained largely unchanged since their introduction. But Audi is claiming to have improved the humble turn signal by using a sequence of lights to indicate the intended turn direction.

Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are testing a new propulsion system ... inside the station. While this might seem like the height of recklessness, this particular system doesn't use rockets or propellants.