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A peptide found in the venom of the Australian funnel-web spider has been shown to reduce the brain damage that occurs in the hours following a stroke, with early preclinical studies involving rats having delivered extremely promising results.

​Jetpack Aviation reached a major milestone this month when it strapped a regular guy with no training into its JB10 Jetpack. He managed to pilot the thing, if only for an extended hovering session while tethered to a cable strung across a small, cleared section of a California avocado orchard.

General Dynamics' Knifefish robotic mine-hunter recently completed evaluation tests with the US Navy in a dummy minefield off the coast of Boston, Massachusetts, demonstrating its ability to detect and classify mines submerged at various depths.

You may know that “HDR” stands for High Dynamic Range, a term with origins in photography. Now, it’s a buzzword that’s popping up on more mobile displays and is being touted as a selling point. What exactly does HDR mean for tablets, phones and laptops?

​Butt discomfort is a common complaint among cyclists, caused at least in part by road vibrations being transmitted up the frame and into the saddle. The Rinsten Spring addresses that problem, in the form of a steel spring that's installed between the saddle and seatpost.

With a wide-angle glass lens, the Lomo'Instant Automat Glass Magellan camera is pitched at discerning instant photographers. We recently got the chance to have a look at the upcoming shooter at The Photography Show in Birmingham, UK, ahead of its release in April.

Lotus hasn't taken any time off from innovating tough shells with cozy-as-home interiors, and this year it launches the new Tremor, a dual-axle trailer that'll follow your 4x4 to the roughest, most distant destinations to provide a sturdy roof, comfy bed, shower, hot meal and even clean clothes.

Wi-Fi works by sending information via radio waves, but systems that rely on light have the potential to achieve much faster speeds. A new system uses infrared rays beamed from antennas to reach data transfer rates of over 40 Gbps, regardless of how many devices are hooking into the network.

​The NCAA March Madness Live VR app offers a virtual seat to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. Starting with the "Sweet 16" games in San Jose, viewers have a variety of viewing options for watching the collegiate tournament in VR.

Discarded electronics (or e-waste) brimming with valuable and toxic components is building up in landfills around the world, and it’s notoriously tricky to recycle. Now, researchers have a new way to tackle the e-waste issue: freeze it, grind it into “nanodust” and then sort it out.

Having created one of the fastest cars in history, Bugatti has been expanding the range of vehicles related to its flagship. Owners could already pair the car with a boat, now they can match it with the PG Bugatti Bike, a limited-edition fixie with show-stopping looks.

Apple has axed the aging iPad Air 2 and replaced it with a refreshed 9.7-inch iPad (just iPad, no suffixes) that's slightly more affordable. The two are nearly indistinguishable from the outside, but their internals vary. Here's how their specs and features stack up.