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iWinks aims to make lucid dreaming easier and more fun with the dream-enhancing Aurora headband, using EEG sensors and other hardware to detect when a sleeper has entered REM sleep. Using LEDs and sounds, it signals the beginning of REM sleep and sets a mood.

Silk is an amazingly strong material, yet it also harmlessly biodegrades when left in the body. Because of that, it may soon find use in the production of better plates and screws used for securing broken bones.

Canadian-based start-up North45 has developed a cleverly designed two-piece scarf with an integrated magnet that stays fixed to your goggles while providing an escape route for your breath.

Architectural artists Ward Shelley and Alex Schweder lived on an hamster wheel-shaped home for 10 days as part of their art exhibition In Orbit.

Facebook, a major partner of the Internet.org project whose aim it is to deliver internet access to those without, is reportedly looking to acquire drone company Titan Aerospace, with plans to use its vehicles as a means of spreading the internet to the world's under-served regions.

While most of Canada seems content to let the rest of the world worry about designing vehicles, a small Quebec group sees things different. The province has brought us the likes of the Felino cb7 and the MK5 track racer, can now add the 2-seater kit-car Tomahawk to the boutique list.

Samsung's family of wearables is about to get bigger. Starting next month, three new devices are about to join the Samsung Gear family. Let's pull back the veil and compare the features and specs of Samsung's original Galaxy Gear to the new Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, and Gear Fit (whew!).

Getting into space is an expensive business where every little bit of extra weight can add thousands of dollars to the cost of a mission. A team of researchers at MIT proposes establishing gas stations in space as a possible way to help cut the cost of future missions to the Moon.

The terror attacks in Norway on July 22, 2011 that resulted in 77 people being killed left the country with a sense of abrupt loss. That feeling will be echoed in a memorial designed by artist Jonas Dahlberg, which will see a slice of land removed from the landscape at Sørbråten.

Insulating your home may help the environment by lowering your energy usage, but unfortunately the petroleum-based foam that's typically used as insulation isn't all that eco-friendly itself. Researchers in Germany, however, have developed a greener alternative – it's foam made from wood.

Gizmag recently had the chance to go hands-on with the Lomography New Petzval Art Lens, a lens which looks like it came straight form the 19th century, to see what the quirky brass-housed optic is all about.

Print the Legend tells the story of how 3D printing moved from an industry-only engineering technology to an at-home, DIY manufacturing machine as start-ups have taken the consumer market by storm.