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Though the whole point of tiny houses is that everything is smaller, if there's one area that tends to be shrunk down a little too much with most models, it's the living room. The Clover tiny house, by Modern Tiny Living, bucks this trend with a larger than average living room.

Utility knives come in all shapes and sizes these days. The smaller end of the spectrum is proving a real hotbed of invention of late, and the Everyday Blade is the latest on the scene. Its inventors describe it as the world's smallest folding utility knife.

Zaha Hadid Architects recently unveiled a new skyscraper for a tourist area in Malta. Named Mercury Tower, it features a distinctive twisting form and, assuming it goes ahead, will be joined onto an existing building on the site that was originally constructed in the early 20th century.

A year after getting van lifers' minds tingling with the California XXL concept camper, Volkswagen has revealed the production version, the Grand California. Based on the Crafter van, the Grand California adds some extra space and amenities to the world-renowned California camper van lineup.

Hungarian inventor Erno Rubik's famous puzzle cube has been around for 44 years now, but never like this. The GoCube is a Bluetooth-connected Rubik's Cube, dripping with sensors, that teaches you how to navigate its 43 quintillion permutations and lets you battle other cubers online.

​Just over a decade ago, Samsung announced the imminent arrival of the first laptops to come with 32 GB NAND flash storage. Now the first consumer-level 4-bit, 4 TB SATA solid state drives have begun mass production, signaling a possible turning point for high capacity home storage.​

Tepui is building upon its versatile roof-top tent (RTT) lineup with the HyBox. The innovative vehicle tent will support all kinds of adventures at all times of year. Peel the tent canvas off and you have a roomy cargo box eager to swallow sports gear, clothes, tools and other essentials.

Hydrogen may be the zero-emission fuel of the future, but transport and storage has always been a head-scratcher. Highly flammable and difficult to ship due to its low density, the logistical issues have always stood in the way of progress, until now.

This design for a smart wristband from engineers at Rutgers University promises a new generation of wearable health and environment trackers. The prototype device can wirelessly connect to a smartphone that then processes and displays a broad assortment of biomarkers including blood cell counts.

Though some firms are content to design a typical rectangular skyscraper, that's really not BIG's style. Its latest project, named the Shenzhen Energy Mansion, consists of two towers that reduce solar glare and energy requirements with their undulating form and stunning pleated facades.

If global warming causes flooding that inundates the world's coastal urban areas, how will we cope? Biomimicry designer and material scientist Jun Kamei answer is Amphibio – an artificial gill and a breathing reservoir that will allow people to hang out in the submerged megacities.

Imagine if there were comfortable and inexpensive wearable fabrics that were capable of detecting a wide range of pressure and motion. Well, scientists at the University of Delaware have created just such a technology, and it could have some interesting applications.