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Attention space rats and astromice, NASA is sending new, posher rodent habitats to the International Space Station (ISS). The high-tech cages will first will fly in August aboard an unmanned SpaceX Dragon cargo ship and are part of an extensive study on the effects of weightlessness.

Taiwan is looking to build a new ferry terminal to accommodate an increasing passenger volume at the Port of Kinmen. After fielding proposals from around the globe, it was the mountain-inspired design of Junya Ishigami that the panel deemed would best define the port in the 21st century.

The Whistle pet activity tracker has been updated, with the WhistleGPS adding GPS capabilities to allow the tracking of Fido's location as well as becoming the first consumer device to tap into Sigfox's low-power Internet of Things (IoT) network.

The US Air Force has introduced its first B-52 bomber to be equipped with Boeing's Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) system. Boeing says that the system provides increased situational awareness for B-52 crews. It is hoped that it will contribute towards the B-52's continued use.

Upon first glance, the MINI Superleggera Vision features a design taking inspiration from Bentley, the Jaguar F-type, Aston Martin and various Porsche 911 iterations. The concept speedster isn’t actually designed by MINI at all, but rather by Touring Superleggera.

While carrying out its routine monitoring of the weather on the Red Planet, the Mars Color Imager (MARCI) on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has inadvertently snapped before and after images of the largest fresh meteor impact crater found anywhere in the Solar System.

Sea-Eye is a unmanned surface vehicle (USV) that's capable of patrolling the oceans even when it capsizes. Developed by Malaysian researchers the battery-powered USV features a design that enables it to work just as well upside down as right way up.

Longitude Prize 2014 is a new competition with a £10 million prize aimed at solving one of today’s great technological challenges, with the British public voting for which issue the prize will be given to.

NASA has announced the winners of its 2014 International Space Apps Challenge. The contest is an international "hackathon" aimed driving innovation for future space missions and to improve life on Earth. The categories are Earth Watch, Technology in Space, Human Spaceflight, Robotics and Asteroids.

The team behind Modos is looking to offer more durable furniture than typical flat-packed products while taking the convenience a little bit further, developing a modular furniture system that uses simple connectors and wooden boards to form everything from stools to media centers.

A home that's thought to be London's narrowest house recently hit the market for a cool £450,000 (US$757,000). It measures just 2.5 meters (99 inches) at its widest point.

The recently-opened Austin, Texas-based Container Bar brings sustainable building and alcoholic beverages together at last, and provides a fine example of upcylced architectural design along the way.