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SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft is set for an upgrade with the company announcing the successful qualification testing of its SuperDraco rocket engine – a unit designed to replace the Draco engines currently used for attitude control on the Dragon orbital spacecraft

Researchers at the University of Arizona and the University of Connecticut have developed a technology for augmented reality devices that superimposes data over three dimensions rather than two.

The eCool is an earth cooler designed to hold 24 cans of your favorite tipple. Once installed, it remains in situ all year round, and thanks to a hand crank powering the mechanism, no electricity is required.

When scientists injected human stem cells into mice disabled by a condition similar to multiple sclerosis, they expected the cells to be rejected by the animals' bodies. It turned out that the cells were indeed rejected, but not before they got the mice walking again.

The more we hear about the health risks involved with sitting too much, the more popular standing desks become. Such desks can be expensive, though. The StorkStand offers a clever alternative. It's a mini standing desk that attaches to the back of your office chair.

The days of the air-cooled Monster are numbered. Ducati today revealed its water-cooled 821 middleweight, which seems ready to come in and replace the air-cooled 796. With 112 hp, 65.9 lb-ft and weighing just 395.7 lbs dry, the 821 looks like a great bike for real-world fun at the throttle stop.

Dr Graham Doig from the University of New South Wales' School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering is examining whether explosives could be used to fight out-of-control forest and bushfires by blasting the flames out of treetops, slowing the fire and making it easier to fight on the ground.

The privacy of the online data has been a hot topic over the last year. In order to protect against unwanted snooping, a group of scientists has created a new secure email service. ProtonMail provides end-to-end encryption, meaning that even the company itself can't see your messages.

New research into tooth repair and stem cell biology may bring tissue and bone regeneration one step closer to reality – or at the very least, give us hope that we can throw away those nasty dentures.

KinderLab Robotics has launched a new robot building and programming platform called Kibo that's designed for youngsters from 4 years and up. After creating a custom robot build, kids then put colored program wooden blocks into order before scanning the sequence into the base and pressing go.

If you're shopping for a new MacBook, do you go for light and thin with a mediocre display – like the MacBook Air? Or do you spend more for a beefier build but an amazing display, a la the Retina MacBook Pro? Let's revisit the 13-in MacBook Pro with Retina Display, and see if we can help.

FlyPedals are aluminum adapters for clipless bike pedals. By attaching cleats to the underside of the FlyPedal adapter, they will clip in and out of the clipless pedals much the same way a pair of bike shoes would, effectively transforming them into flat, street shoe friendly surfaces.