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Once thought of as an urban fad, the concept of growing produce in the inner-city has started to gain acceptance. But for Infarm of Germany, the idea of grow-your-own comes in the form of a translucent origami-like greenhouse, specially designed to grow those tiny baby greens known as microgreens.

Of the e-bikes that we saw at last week's Charged Up event, one of our faves is a little number that isn't particularly remarkable in any one way. It's the iZip E3 Town:exp, and it simply manages to pack several good things into a small package.

Maintaining a straight back and square shoulders can be a tough habit to form. With two built-in sensors, UpRight is a wearable device that sticks to your lower back using an adhesive strip and delivers a gentle vibration when that perfect posture slips into a harmful slouch.

At Maker Faire recently, Gizmag's Eric Mack got to check out the Touch Board, which turns any conductive material, including the firm's own conductive electric paint, into a potential capacitive touch input.

Scientists at Southwest Jiaotong University in China have reportedly built a maglev train that could reach 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h). According to The Daily Mail, a vacuum is used to minimize air resistance. Project lead Dr Deng Zigang claims it could be used for military or space launch syste

Balance bikes are a popular tool to help children learn balance and steering before transitioning to pedaled bikes. GreenChampBikes has developed a bamboo balance bike that is aimed at teaching children biking skills while educating them about sustainability and the environment at the same time.

Italian architectural firm, Nemesi & Partners, has revealed its award winning plans to clad Palazzo Italia in Milan with a smog-filtering facade as part of the Milan Expo 2015. The unique pavilion will be made from a special air-purifying cement created by Italcementi.

A computer algorithm tracks an eye, an ear, and a ball being rolled, all with the aim of making early diagnosis of autism cheaper and more readily accessible. The researchers hope to put this technology in the hands of children, in the form of a smartphone app.

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.

During the recent MidiHack weekend in Stockholm, Sweden, an unofficial collaboration between a university professor and three developers from Native Instruments yielded a rather impressive Lego step sequencer, complete with XY pad, faders and rotary controls.

Although hippos may look slow and docile, they're actually very aggressive. So, it would follow that you wouldn't want to swim anywhere near them. That's why when researchers wanted to study the effects of hippo dung on water quality, they sent in autonomous air boats instead of people.

Designer Sangli Li has created a high-tech hat that attempts to defend the wearer from unwanted actions, such as a person suddenly shouting in your ear, or leaning in too close, by using small movable fans to quickly unfold in a blocking manner.