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Researchers with the Grand Challenges Canada initiative have created a highly-effective mosquito trap, each one of which is made from a single discarded tire.​

Why spend time folding your bike in half when you can just jump on half a bike and ride? A unique last mile solution, the German-designed Halbrad (that's "Halfbike" in English) packs the two wheels, pedals and handlebars of a bicycle on a reengineered rear triangle.

​SpaceX has released footage shot from a circling chase plane of the first successful barge landing of the Falcon 9 mainstage booster.

Last year we saw researchers adapt foam metals to stop various forms of radia​tion in their tracks, and now the same team has ramped things up to offer protection from something with a bit more force: an armour-piercing bullet.

SXSW is an epicenter for all things tech, tackling complicated issues like privacy and gender equality in the digital space, and highlighting the more frivolous side of the equation with rock-paper-scissors-playing robots and giant Ferris wheels.

London's famed red buses are set to receive a little dash of green, thanks to five new all-electric additions to the fleet. After being formally received at a ceremony last week, the new emission-free vehicles will now be rolled out along service routes where pollution is of particular concern.

​Imagine if instead of installing curtains or blinds, you could simply adjust the opacity of the glass in your windows. Well, that's how smart windows work. Researchers at Harvard University have now developed one of their own, which they say is simpler and cheaper than what's come before.​

Sou Fujimoto Architects and Laisné Roussel have proposed a tall wooden development for Bordeaux, France. Dubbed Canopia, the project comprises a cluster of four mixed-use tall timber buildings linked by rooftop walkways.

Dental cavities are one of those things where the sooner you catch them, the better. Dentists' visual inspections and x-rays certainly help, but a new hand-held device is designed to detect them even earlier. It's called the Ortek ECD, and it hunts cavities using electricity.

A 3D programmable mechanical metamaterial has been created, which can be programmed to change shape, volume and size on command. It is said to be ideal for making a range of structures from microscopic implants to full-size buildings.

The full frame Pentax K-1 has been a long time coming. But as we found out during a recent hands-on with the new camera, it looks like loyal Pentax-fans have finally got something to be happy about.

A New Zealand designer is revamping the traditional wheelchair design with a new model that frees the arms of the user. Instead of using the hands to create movement, the user moves their upper body to direct the two wheels.