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Two years ago, we looked at Vello, an Austrian company with its own take on the folding bicycle. Its line includes several different models built around its signature folding system, and now it also includes an electric model - or at least it will if Vello's crowdfunding campaign is a success.

We've been impressed with each towable tiny house that Escape has released thus far, and its latest dwelling, the Vintage, doesn't disappoint. Inside, it features a relatively large bathroom and kitchen, and can sleep up to six people.

As a farewell to the summer, Seattle-based Freefly Systems has enlisted one of its drones for dronesurfing, a new take on kitesurfing where the kite pulling the rider across the water is replaced by a drone.

After trialling the approach for around a year, Dutch police are now preparing to welcome eagles into the law enforcement fold, with the animals highly trained to take down drones that pose a threat to the public. ​​

The tidal power MeyGen project is now officially underway, with Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland, unveiling four 1.5 MW turbines, which together make up Phase 1A of the project, at an event in the Nigg Energy Park in Scotland.

American drone company xCraft previously impressed the TV sharks on Shark Tank with a quadcopter rig that turns a smartphone into a flying cockpit and camera. Now the startup is looking to impress drone racers with the beta version of its "Rogue" model, one of the fastest flyers we've seen.

​​There may indeed be plastic waste strewn across the surface of the world's oceans, but most of it still enters the water at the shoreline. It was with this in mind that Richard Hardiman created the WasteShark. It's an aquatic drone that's designed to cruise harbors and gulp down garbage.

A new study suggests that belief about nicotine content in cigarettes can influence cravings and brain activity in chronic smokers.

Chinese technology giant Huawei just introduced its Honor 8 smartphone to the US market. This US$400 phone boasts specs that echo the best of this year’s top-of-the-line flagships. Is it worth forsaking more established brands to cop an Honor 8? Let’s take a look.

​Having previously shown off impressive capabilities dealing with uneven ground and being pushed around​, the humanoid Atlas robot built by Boston Dynamics has now demonstrated the ability to balance unaided on the edge of a plywood board less than an inch thick.

The Czech Republic's Pin-Up Houses has developed a prototype prefab tiny house that may lack in amenities, but excels in cost and speed of assembly​. Named France, it comes in at just US$1,200, and takes a team of three just three hours to build.

Kinetic energy from movement has been harnessed to charge batteries, and thermoelectric generators have powered wearable devices. Now researchers at NCSU have created a new wearable prototype that's lightweight, comfortable and much more efficient than existing TEGs.