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To make prosthetics feel more natural, researchers at MIT are working on a new surgical technique that uses existing nerves and muscle grafts that creates a better sense of where a limb is in space and how much force is put on it.

As skyscrapers grow ever higher, getting from the bottom to the top in a timely fashion becomes more of a problem. But there's little time wasted in Hitachi's ultra-high-speed elevator, which has reached 1,260 m/min during independent testing in Guangzhou, making it the world's fastest.

Trak has been building portable skin-on-frame kayaks for over a decade and is now ready to enter the 2.0 phase. Its Trak 2.0 is a combination of carbon fiber, aluminum and polyurethane that travels to and from your destination by car trunk, rail car, plane or shoulders.

A startup called Tech Will Save Us is trying to update the classic play dough modeling material by giving it an electronic twist, using conductive dough to teach kids how to create basic circuits with lights, sounds and movement.

It's not even a sportsbike engine. From 2019, the new spec engine for Moto2, the second highest class in Motorcycle Grand Prix, will be developed from the Triumph Street Triple motor.

​The ability to control our gadgets with voice commands brings a lot of convenience, but it also brings something else: the opportunity for voice hacking. Researchers at the University of Buffalo, however, have figured out a way to use the compass in smartphones to prevent such a practice.​

For the past few years, East Coast Defender has been firing out compelling Land Rover Defender builds like it's been saving up ideas since the Defender was introduced in 1948. Now it's created a Defender so hot it had to make a whole new division for it.

Boat building is as much an art as a science – maybe more. So it's no surprise that Aeroboat chose the Saatchi Gallery in London to unveil its S6 yacht. Designed by British-based Claydon Reeves design studio and BMT Nigel Gee, the 65-ft (20-m) yacht boasts a number of luxury features.

Submarines in a modern world marked by globalization and emerging regional powers, these undersea behemoths are more important than ever. But what role does the submarine play in the 21st century and how will emerging technologies change it?

Habitability is one of the main things we look for in exoplanets, but those that are completely and utterly uninhabitable still have plenty to teach us. NASA has just found a planet that we’re going to crown Least Likely To Host Life: KELT-9b, a blistering gas giant that’s hotter than most stars.

People can be pretty picky about their pillows. Not only do folks prefer a different softness-to-support ratio, but that preference can change night to night. Now, a French startup has developed the Wopilo, an indecisive-sleeper’s dream pillow that’s soft on one side and firm on the other.

Commissioned to create a low maintenance summer house in Halkidiki, Greece, architect Eva Sopéoglou designed and built this tiny off-grid cabin. It can be opened up to the outside and is clad in perforated decorative metal sheeting that fills the interior with dappled sunlight.