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Anyone with a loved one suffering from Alzheimer's will tell you that one of its most heartbreaking aspects is the patient's inability to recognize who you are. Now, new research is shedding light on exactly why this is, furthering our understanding of how the disease impairs perception.

Under-desk exercisers, such as the PediGlide or the Cubii, have been touted as a solution to the sedentary lifestyle affecting the health of people who work in offices. The Hovr is another take on the idea, providing a free-hanging footrest that encourages movement of the legs.

A camping hammock with extra utility, the Flying Tent from Austrian startup Startraveller Equipment GmbH lets you better react to the weather and terrain. It can hang lazily from the trees, stand up on the ground, and drape over you as a poncho.

Locating buried landmines is not only a meticulous and time-intensive task, but an incredibly dangerous one as well. Working to help keep humans out of harm's way, British scientists have started testing drones with advanced imaging technology to more effectively map affected areas. ​​

The Daguerreotype Achromat Art Lens is the latest vintage-inspired lens from Lomography. Currently on Kickstarter, where it’s already secured its funding target several times over, the lens is a modern reworking of the world’s first photographic optic lens from 1839, but now for your DSLR.

There are some heating and cooling options out there, as well as AC units designed specifically for motorbikes, but not everyone is keen to strap one of these to the back of their bike. Enter MiClimate, a belt designed to keep bikers at a comfortable temperature without adding too much bulk.

Designed to identify and assist customers who look like they need help, EMIEW3 can pass sales information on to other robots, and even stand up if it's knocked over in the hustle and bustle of a sales environment.

We got Yves Rossy, a real-life "Jetman" to stay Earthbound long enough to find out more about his journey to create the wings, the importance of having a Plan B and just how it is he manages to steer.

​London’s first fully transparent solar bus shelter was unveiled on Friday. The shelter is reported capable of producing enough electricity for a London home for a year and was designed and developed by UK solar technology company Polysolar.

As well as using LiDAR for its autonomous vehicles to navigate in the snow, Ford is using the technology to do so in the dark. The carmaker has tested one of its Fusion Hybrid autonomous research vehicles in conditions too dark for a human driver to see where they were going.

Adidas and Continental apparently believe that what works on a tire should also work on a shoe. To that end, the two companies have collaborated to produce the Terrex X-King – a trail-running shoe with mountain bike tire lugs providing the grip.

The Nativ Sound Vita music player is designed to offer touchscreen access to all music with innovative voice control and wireless multi-room playback.​