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ESA has concluded that it's possible to build a hybrid solar-sail/electric-propulsion satellite that could hover over either of the Earth's poles by balancing the pull of the Earth and the Sun.

Cycling and city living go well together for a number of reasons, but ease of storage isn't one of them. Hide-A-Ride is a mechanical rack designed to make things a little easier by suspending bikes against the ceiling and out of the way, leaving valuable floorspace free of their clunky frames.

The textiles industry isn't exactly a poster child for eco-friendliness, due to its use of toxic dyes. An alternative has recently been developed by scientists who discovered that E. coli bacteria can produce a blue dye known as indigoidine.​

ZVex Effects created a candle-powered guitar effects unit for Winter NAMM 2016, and has now made it available to buy. The Candela VibroPhase is a guitar effects unit like no other and creates a rotary speaker effect without the need for a battery or power brick.

In both an impressive display of innovative technology and a glimpse of a future in which humans could be redundant, Volvo has shown off its Robot-based Autonomous Refuse handling (ROAR) project. The system uses drones to locate refuse bins and robots to collect and empty them.

A flexible, paper-like ceramic material has been created that promises to provide an inexpensive, fireproof, non-conductive base for a whole range of new and innovative electronic devices.

The View-Master Virtual Reality is a modern take on the stereoscopic viewers you probably remember from your childhood. But will it give today’s kids a first taste of VR to remember? We recently took one for a spin to find out.

What with having to do testing on public roads, carmakers don't have the luxury of keeping their products hidden until launch like other manufacturers. Instead, they try to camouflage their prototypes as best they can. Ford has revealed some of the newer methods it is using to do so.

Researchers at Washington State University have created the world's first computer simulation capable of growing realistic forests, using the model to predict how things like frequent wildfires or drought might impact forests across North America.

A Canada-based startup is tuning drone technology to the rugged Canadian wilderness, launching a portable drone that can be quickly unpacked and unleashed to stream thermal images of woodlands to sniff out hikers that have wandered off course.​​

In what it labels as a first, a team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) has built on previous technology to transform adult skin cells into cancer-killing stem cells that seek and destroy brain tumors.

Mitsubishi plans to get a little outdoorsy at this year's Geneva Motor Show, where it will debut two matching Geoseek concepts. The L200 Geoseek pickup and ASX Geoseek crossover wear equipment and styling inspired by the great outdoors.