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Chemists at the University of California, Riverside have created rewritable paper that can be printed on and erased many times before it needs to be discarded, offering a proposed alternative to current rampant paper consumption and real hope for achieving the promised "paperless office."

Scientists from Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have created a solar water splitting technique that uses common materials. They have also achieved a record solar energy to hydrogen conversion efficiency of 12.3% in the process.

The Wraith may be the showpiece for what the modern incarnation of Rolls-Royce can do in engineering as well as style, but that doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement. At least, that's what car customizer SPOFEC seems to think as it offers its upgrade package for the luxury coupé.

Apple has been awarded a fascinating patent on technology that can detect when a smartphone has been dropped, work out how far it is to the ground, and forcibly adjust the phone's rotation in mid-air so that it lands in a way least likely to damage critical components.

A new Kickstarter aims to make deodorant more environmentally friendly by cutting back on plastic packaging. By replacing the disposable stick with a reusable dispenser, ClickStick's designers claim plastic waste is cut by 90 percent. But is the good work undone by overcomplicating a simple product?

Pinto is a wrist-worn storage device that lets users securely and conveniently store their files. It’s being pitched as an alternative to cloud storage, connects via Bluetooth and even makes use of wireless charging.

With exception of a new voice in 2004, Stephen Hawking's input interface has remained much the same for decades. Now Intel has created a new system called the Assistive Context Aware Toolkit that allows him to carry out tasks much faster than before.

The virtues of a simple, low-cost and sustainable lifestyle have driven the growth of the tiny house movement. Jonas Wagell's Mini Houses embody these values. Having initially been designed as a weekend cabin or guest house, the Mini House is now in its second iteration.

There are plenty of systems that use an app-running smartphone instead of a key to unlock doors. A new app not only wants to do that, but wants to give you a seamless journey through buildings. myPORT provides building access, calls elevators and sends intercom feeds to your phone.

Using a technique called Compressed Ultrafast Photography, researchers from Washington University in St.Louis have built a camera that is able to capture images at a rate of up to 100 billion frames per second: fast enough to capture the propagation of light.

The Oru origami-style kayak made a big splash in the foldable boat market, raising close to $450K on Kickstarter and earning all kinds of media and industry attention. Rather than resting on its accomplishments, Oru has designed the upgraded Bay+.

The ESO has given its European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) the final green light, allowing construction to go ahead. The telescope is expected to take around a decade to complete, with the final installation expected to facilitate discoveries in galaxy composition and exoplanets.