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​A software developer from Kansas, US, has developed a robot that can seemingly solve a Rubik's Cube in nigh on one second. Jay Flatland and his friend Paul Rose use a setup that includes a Linux-powered PC, an Arduino, webcams and stepper motors. They are targeting a world record.​

UK architecture firm BAT Studio recently built a 29 sq m (312 sq ft) greenhouse that sits on hydraulic legs. It serves as a safe place for the owners to keep their belongings during floods.

Razor has created an electric-powered version of its RipStik caster board which is able to carve along at 10 mph (16 km/h). We recently had the chance to try one out ahead of its release later this year.

Resembling a regular sleep mask, the Neuroon is a wireless device that connects to a dedicated mobile app for Android or iOs and monitors your brain waves, analyzes your sleep patterns, and uses bright light therapy to help improve sleep quality for those who have trouble falling or staying asleep.

Anyone who's dealing with the current snowstorm in the US will know that clearing snow is hard work and futile if there's another dump. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Chris Tuan may have put an end to the need to shovel snow, however. His conductive concrete simply melts any snow that lands.

A versatile origami fold could be the key to creating just about any structure, from the nanoscale to full-scale buildings, according to new engineering research out this week. A team at Harvard says the key is a folding pattern known as the Miura-ori.

Researchers have developed a thin and flexible pressure sensor that's able to continue to function effectively when curved over a tiny radius.

As the Extreme Fliers Micro Drone 3.0 begins to ship to its crowd funding backers, we got the chance to play with one at Toy Fair in London. We watched this diminutive drone whizz and flip over people’s heads and got to try out its First Person View flying feature.

Hydration packs' bladders can retain the color and taste of added energy supplements. That's the reason Infuze was created. It adds a supplement to hydration-pack water, downstream from the bladder.​

Industrial Design student Kama Jania from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Poland​ has created a working prototype of a lightning-proof tent. The Bolt tent is part of a series of three different tents that are each designed to protect users from direct lightning strikes and step voltage.

Almost two years ago, we featured a prototype device that would turn a sports or motorbike helmet into a speaker. The Headway stuck to the outside of a helmet and used surface transduction to transmit audio waves into the helmet. Now it's all grown up and it's called the Headwave Tag.

Noise cancelling technology, which is widely used in headphones, lets users drown out background distractions to hear their music better. But what if you don't want to hear anything at all? The new QuietOn earplugs use active noise cancelling (sans music) to minimize what users can hear.