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Rather than spending a large amount of time and money for custom-fit earphones, a startup running a Kickstarter campaign is offering a quicker, cheaper and simpler way. Users just pop squishy gel tips into each ear, push a button on an app and a minute later they've got some snug fit earphones.

The European safety organization Euro NCAP has announced the introduction of a new test to ascertain the effectiveness of pedestrian detection and autonomous braking and collision avoidance systems from different auto manufacturers.

Following an architectural competition, Italy's Stefano Boeri has been given the nod to design a "vertical forest" for Lausanne, Switzerland. The novel tower will be dominated by greenery and boast some sustainable technology, including solar power and rainwater collection.

A new study conducted by Baylor College of Medicine in the US has provided the first evidence that medicines aren't negatively affected by spending time in space. The research looked at samples returned from the ISS, and represents the first step in a new avenue of study.

Recently, we've seen public parks created – or planned for creation – on old railways, in old trolley terminals, on streets, bridges and piers. A new park in London, however, is more unusual than all of these. It's built inside the structure of an old gasholder.

For most people, opening a drawer in their kitchen to find it writhing with creepy crawlies would be the stuff of nightmares. For the team at Livin Farms, however, it means dinner. The outfit has created a kitchen-top hive in which users can breed mealworms for eating.

A new chip design could lead to massively parallel, energy efficient computation that handles complex tasks like pattern recognition better and faster than ever before.

​The crowdfunded drone explosion continues with the FLYBi, a quadcopter designed to put you in the "cockpit," sort of.

Climate change has a huge impact on the health of the world's oceans. In an attempt to find a solution for carbon dioxide pollution in the oceans, nanoengineers at the UC San Diego have developed micromotors that can move through water, removing CO2 and converting it into usable material.​

Omate has just announced its latest Android-powered, standalone smartwatch, the Omate TrueSmart+. Users can call, text, and email freely in addition to running many Android-compatible apps.

The largest "tree of life" ever created has been released, spanning 3.5 billion years and 2.3 million species. Compiled from almost 500 existing smaller trees, it's been described as a "Wikipedia" for such evolutionary maps.

The Roomba 980 is the first of the line of hockey-puck shaped robotic vacuums to include an intelligent visual navigation that allows it to map out rooms and clean them with greater efficiency.