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Way back at CES 2017, Nvidia announced that its G-Sync technology was about to make its way to UHD HDR gaming monitors. A few months later Acer revealed the Predator X27, but availability and pricing was unknown. Now we know it will be landing next month, and that will retail at just under $2,000.

Sanjay Dastoor​, the former CEO of electric skateboard manufacturer Boosted Boards, is branching out into two-wheeled modes of urban transport. He has today launched Skip, a new scooter sharing service kicking off in Washington DC.

A big challenge humanity faces in venturing off Earth and into deep space is how to tackle the dangers of cosmic radiation.​ A team has now discovered a drug treatment that could not only prevent cognitive deficits caused by this radiation, but actually repair damage in the brain after exposure.

Disrupted sleep due to a snoring partner has inspired a number of noise-canceling earbuds designed to enable a better night's sleep. The latest solution to cross our desk is QuietOn Sleep, a set of snoring-oriented earbuds designed by ex-Nokia engineers.

The field of optogenetics is all about using light to stimulate cells in the body. Now, researchers from Flinders University have used the technique to shine a light where the Sun don’t shine, stimulating nerves in the gut to relieve chronic constipation.

British company Equipmake, best known for designing Formula 1 KERS systems for Williams, has turned its hand to electric motors and blasted out of the gate with a spoked motor design it claims is lighter, more powerful, easier to cool and cheaper to manufacture than standard electric motors.

Deteriorating, century-old oak trees destined for the scrapheap have been turned into a lovely barn in the Netherlands. Architects at Hilberink Bosch Architecten put the structure together at their farm south of Amsterdam, using traditional building techniques and materials collected from the area.

Nearly 1,800 participants from 420 associated fairs in 81 countries, regions and territories took part in this year's International Science and Engineering Fair. But there can be only one winner, and that honor went to 19 year-old Oliver Nicholls for his prototype automated robotic window cleaner.​

​If you enjoy moving your hands as if you're conducting a piece of music that you like, then SoundTracer may be right up your alley. The experimental new iOS app allows you to find a song within a digital library, by "drawing" that music in the air with your phone.

Albania's Tirana Pyramid has an interesting past. Opening in 1988 as a museum honoring the country's communist former leader, it was then used as a temporary NATO base, a nightclub, and more following communism’s fall. MVRDV is now turning it into a technology education center for young people.

​Christiaan van Heijst is an airline pilot with over a decade's experience flying everything from small Turboprops to massive Boeing 747s. He's also a photographer able to capture spectacular images from his privileged perspective at 35,000 ft.

Wild man Travis Pastrana is gearing up to recreate three of Evel Knievel's greatest motorcycle jumps in three hours for a live TV special. And as part of the tribute, he's going to be jumping an Indian Scout FTR750, a motorcycle almost as inappropriate for the job as Knievel's old Harleys.