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Thrillseekers will soon have a new place to lose their lunch, courtesy of an upcoming roller coaster that's promoted as being the world's tallest. The Skyscraper is set to open in 2016, in Orlando, Florida.

Arup says it has developed a 3D printing technique for creating structural steel elements to be used in construction. Although laser sintering has been used elsewhere, Arup believes this is the first time it has been used for this purpose. The technique could reduce energy usage, costs and waste.

The Google Chromebook is gaining in popularity and market share, due in large part to their affordability and ease of use. This means there will be many new users unfamiliar with the devices. We've got a few tips that can help you get the most out of your new Chromebook.

VTech has revealed its 4th generation of children's tablets including a new top-of-the-range model, the InnoTab MAX, which features access to a selection of more than 200 hand-picked, educator-endorsed Android learning games.

A team from the University of Cincinnati and AMP Electric Vehicles have created a package-delivering UAV that could make short flights from a traveling delivery van, using that van as a mobile charging station and package depot.

The stethoscope has remained mostly unchanged for quite a long time. Colorado-based Thinklabs Medical, however, is out to change that. The company recently announced its One digital stethoscope, that can electronically amplify chest sounds by over 100x, and analyze that audio via a smartphone app.

How do you top building the world's largest ice dome? Well, if you're the Eindhoven University of Technology, you build a 40-meter (131-ft)-high model of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica ... and you build it it out of "pykrete."

As part of the 70th-anniversary commemoration, RAF Tornado jets from II (Army Co-operation) Squadron (II (AC) Sqn) recreated that historic D-Day recon mission over Normandy, giving us a glimpse of how far aerial reconnaissance has come in three generations.

The first-ever White House Maker Faire will be hosted by President Obama this month, and that inspired Gizmag to compile our favorite projects from the recent gran-daddy of all Maker Faires.

It might be time to start being nicer to your laptop, because a supercomputer program has passed the Turing Test for the first time in history. On Saturday, at the Turing Test 2014, the chatbot Eugene Goostman convinced the judges 33 percent of the time that it was a human being and not a computer.

Big Ass Fans has added its SenseME technology to its Haiku ceiling fan, which includes Wi-Fi connectivity and sensors that enable it to regulate temperature and kick into action when someone enters the room.

Bromine, an element long considered inessential for animal life and even dangerous, has now joined the ranks of 27 other elements deemed necessary for human development. Its importance lies in its regulation of an enzyme that creates tissue.