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Although there are plenty of ways to avoid being distracted while driving, starting with a healthy dose of self control, Nissan has taken a no-holds barred approach to stopping smartphone communication on the move. Meet the Signal Shield concept, a Faraday Cage for the armrest of your car.

We need to develop new antibiotics, but the fungi species that produce them can be hard to work with. Now, scientists have used baker’s yeast to create penicillin, which is a big step towards creating easy-to-tweak “mini-factories” for new antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs.

There's been a lot of talk this year about bezel-less displays on smartphones. Samsung has now delivered the best example of how this benefits the consumer. Read on as we review the Samsung Galaxy S8+.

Microsoft announced a new addition to its Surface line at an education-focused event earlier this week. Here's how the specs and features on the Surface Laptop compare to those of the Surface Pro 4, a related device at a similar price point.

What the Sea DNA 999 lacks in size and flashiness, it makes up for with versatility and performance. With three configurations and a top speed of 90 knots, the Technohull Sea DNA 999 promises plenty of fun on the water.

Many older buildings are ornamented with gargoyles, grotesques, famous figures, and the like – but emoji? That's a first as far as we know. Amsterdam's Attika Architekten has adorned a building with 22 of the grinning, laughing, and scowling images.

The European Southern Observatory has released an enormous 43,223 x 38,236 pixel view of one of the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbors – the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). Due to its proximity to Earth, the SMC is a prime target for studies aimed at improving our understanding of alien galaxies.

​Evapolar is back with a second iteration of their portable air conditioner after successfully completing an IndieGoGo campaign in 2015 and delivering over 20,000 units worldwide.

​Back in 2015 Google came up with the quite clever idea of using its mapping data to provide home owners with estimates for rooftop solar power yields. The service, dubbed Project Sunroof, has since grown to cover every US state and as of today, is available in Germany too. ​

For 35 years American alligators have been tracked in a sanctuary in South Carolina, and a study about the findings has just been released. The results? We might have to rethink gator size and sex.

Biomedical engineers at Newcastle University are giving new meaning to hand-eye co-ordination by fitting a bionic hand with a camera. The hand uses an off-the-shelf camera combined with machine learning to allow patients to grasp objects automatically without consciously operating the device.

The Gilera 500cc Grand Prix bike of 1957 is one of the most desirable racing bikes in history – the final version of a bike​ that won titles in 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955​ and 1957, and now one of the 15 made is going to auction.