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Wristband-style activity tracking devices can already measure things like how much exercise you get each day. The engineers at 3L Labs, however, claim that their FootLoggers insoles can do even more. Each device utilizes not only an accelerometer, but also eight pressure sensors.

An international team of scientists has made a breakthrough in the magnetic manipulation of nanoparticles that could lead to a big boost for small scale digital storage in portable devices.

Archos has unveiled a new range of connected objects ahead of CES 2014. Capable of wirelessly working with each other, and synchronizing with iOS and Android smart devices, the new products fall into either Connected Home and Connected Self lines.

Apple’s iCloud Keychain feature is the company's attempt to make a basic level of password management available in its new iOS 7 mobile OS. It’s a convenient feature that keeps your account names, passwords, and credit card numbers stored in iCloud. Here's a look at what it is and how to use it.

If you've ever been thundering along on your mountain bike and suddenly had one of your hands slip off the handlebar, you'll know just how "unsettling" it can be. The guys at UK-based TMR Designs certainly know, which is why they developed the moldable Imprint Bicycle Grips.

The Leaktite Big Gripper from Home Depot attempts to rethink the bucket with an an asymmetric design that, when coupled with its ergonomic handle, makes it more balanced, even when full.

The Power Pillow consists of a battery pack encased within a soft cushion that allows you to charge your smartphones and tablets while relaxing on your sofa. When not in use, the Power Pillow hides the battery pack in a safe, easily located place.

Like the electric car, e-bikes continue to evolve and change as newer technologies and materials become available. But for some designers, the best formula resides not in the future, but in the past. For Derringer Cycles, 1920s board-track racers are the inspiration behind its new electric bikes.

Based on feedback following its debut in 2012, Volkswagen has debuted a new version of the Taigun compact SUV concept at Auto Expo 2014 in New Delhi, describing it as a "near-production concept."

Self-healing paints and other coatings recently took a step closer to common use. Scientists have used "off-the-shelf" components to create a polymer that melds back together after being cut in half, without the addition of catalysts or other chemicals.

Quantum physics likes the cold. While current refrigeration methods can routinely attain temperatures in the nanoKelvin range, NASA's Cold Atom Lab, scheduled for installation on the ISS in 2016, will aim for temperatures as low as a few picoKelvin.

The FDA has now approved a device for use after an incomplete procedure that is minimally invasive and can achieve similar imaging results to a colonoscopy. PillCam Colon is a pill-sized camera that is swallowed and passes through a patient's gastrointestinal tract.