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Yale scientists have created a method to significantly increase the power of laser light on a silicon chip by boosting it with sound waves. This new device promises more efficient fiber-optic communications and better data signal processing

Learning from your mistakes is a key life lesson. After unintentionally creating nanorods, researchers realized their accidental invention behaves weirdly with water, demonstrating a 20-year old theory and potentially paving the way to low-energy water harvesting systems and sweat-removing fabrics.

Rocky Mountain Tiny Houses recently completed a tiny house that puts the main sleeping quarters downstairs, leaving room for storage or a guest upstairs. The off-grid home runs from solar power but can also be plugged into the grid to give its backup batteries a top-up.

One of the latest gadgets to promise better sleep comes from Xuan Yao, a Chinese designer and entrepreneur whose company FitSleep is trying to break into the market with a new device called the FitSleep α1​ that uses alpha waves to beam us into better sleep.

The ConferenceBike, a seven-seater bicycle with all riders seated facing each other in a circle, is a different kind of conference table.

At WWDC 2016 today Apple has been busy announcing improvements to its four software platforms, including iOS. iOS 10, due out later this year, doesn't have any major new headline-grabbing features but does include a host of minor improvements that should make the mobile OS more useful.

Set in the grounds of Cholmondeley Castle, in the verdant and rolling landscape of Cheshire, UK, the Cholmondeley Power and Speed (CPAS) show lets visitors see spectacular cars in a spectacular setting. Gizmag went along on Saturday to take in a festival that was fast, furious and fun.

A new start-up has taken the often protracted process of hiring a car back to the drawing board and rolled out a new streamlined take on the service. Virtuo employs a mobile-only approach, with customers registering, making bookings and gaining access to vehicles all via their smartphone.

Music festivals, camping and cycling to work can be smelly and grimey affairs, especially if there are no showers in which to get washed. Wet wipes are an alternative, but are so small they're hardly effective. Epic Wipes, however, are towel-sized wipes designed especially for body cleansing.

​Apple kicked off its World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco today by focusing on the changes coming to their smartwatch through the upcoming watchOS 3 update. Here are seven of the highlights.

It makes sense to think that picture-taking "removes" you from a situation, changing you from being a participant to being an observer. According to a new multi-university study, however, getting snapshots can actually make you enjoy experiences more.​

​The Pip-boy is iconic of the Fallout franchise's retro-futuristic charm. Last E3, the centerpiece of the preorder bonuses for Fallout 4 was a replica, which could hold iOS and Android smartphones and interface with the game. Now, Bethesda is one-upping itself with a functional Pip-boy smartwatch.