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A new restaurant is aimed at showing that good food need not be bad for the environment. The Perennial, in San Francisco, uses sustainable produce, practices and design. It has its own aquaponic greenhouse, sources responsibly-reared meat and has recycled furnishings.

Scientists are claiming an important advance in soft robotic grippers, demonstrating a device that can better grasp fragile objects through the help of electroadhesion, the very same phenomenon that sees balloons cling to ceilings after being rubbed on your hair. ​

KIT scientists have created what they claim is the world's smallest lattice. Formed with struts and braces measuring less than 10 micrometers in length, the 3D lattice has a total size of less than 10 micrometers, but boasts a higher specific strength than most solids.

The latest bag from Poros is designed with modern life in mind. The Tetra backpack keeps mobile devices powered on-the-go through its seamlessly-integrated charging technology with full LCD battery display.

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates and Leslie E. Robertson Associates have drawn-up a remarkably ambitious proposal for Tokyo that includes significant flood defenses, a Hyperloop transportation system and a mile-high skyscraper. The blue-sky concept is imagined for completion in 2045.

A research team at the Ohio State University has created electromechanical devices that look like tiny leafless trees and can generate electricity when they are moved by seismic activity, the slight swaying movements of a tall building, or the vibrations from traffic on a bridge.

Each year, the US military set outs on a resupply mission to McMurdo Station, the National Science Foundation's Antarctic research center. But this year it has received a helping hand, by way of an unmanned drone that flies out ahead of its icebreaking ship to scout the safest path forward.

The DEDAVE could be to autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) what the Model T was to cars. It's claimed to be "the world’s first autonomous underwater vehicle to be developed from the outset with a view to series production."​

The Dutch National Police is banking on birds of prey to come up trumps in dogfights between new and old inhabitants of the sky, and is training a fleet of eagles to help bring an end to dangerous drone flight.

Researchers have replicated the adhesive secreted by sandcastle worms to form a new kind of underwater glue. Its creators say the substance could find use in a number of applications, including tissue repair and dentistry.

A new artificial intelligence software is allowing videogame characters learn from one another in human-like ways by observation, imitation and communication, in a development that could aid driving assistance or robots that perform complex actions on very little human instruction.

Here Active Listening is a pair of wireless earbuds that can transform your ears' perceptions of the world around you. We review the initial version, which is shipping to Kickstarter backers now.