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Apple has been awarded a fascinating patent on technology that can detect when a smartphone has been dropped, work out how far it is to the ground, and forcibly adjust the phone's rotation in mid-air so that it lands in a way least likely to damage critical components.

Google paying US$3.2 billion for smart thermostat company Nest gave an indication of the company's vision for the connected home. Now it has integrated control of the thermostat with its Google app, letting owners control their Nest via voice commands and enabling location-based services.

French programmer Fabrice Bellard has come up with a graphics format he believes can "replace the JPEG image format." Bellard’s BPG (Better Portable Graphics) format boasts a compelling quality advantage over JPG, particularly when images are heavily compressed.

Despite being the most abundant mineral on Earth, it is only recently that a naturally-occurring sample of it has been isolated. Surprisingly, that sample wasn't found on Earth. It came from outer space. Even more surprisingly, it didn't even have a name until just a short time ago.

Various groups are working on delivery drones which take off and land vertically, but that can also tip sideways to transition into fixed-wing flight. If you're thinking that it would be neat to purchase a drone that could do the same thing, one may soon be available in the form of the X PlusOne.

A new experimental, non-invasive medical technique is promising to precisely deliver drug-carrying metal nanorods anywhere inside the body and image tissue with cellular resolution.

NASA'S Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) Mars orbiter is providing new insights into the loss of the Martian atmosphere by discovering how the solar winds penetrate to surprisingly low altitudes.

A city in Denmark is turning to a smart sensor network to monitor and analyze the impact of large-scale events, starting with its Christmas market. The tech tracks mobile phones and tablets to provide data that can be put to use in easing the flow of traffic, optimizing retail setups and more.

In long-awaited news for Instagram devotees, the Polaroid Socialmatic is now available for preorder. The camera has the ability to capture and print photos much like an original Polaroid, but is equipped with Wi-Fi to enable sharing over the internet and social media sites.

The hunt for present or past life on Mars got a boost as NASA's Curiosity rover records spikes in atmospheric methane ten times greater than previously measured by the unmanned probe.

Sufferers of type 1 diabetes regularly need to inject themselves with insulin in order to regulate levels of sugar in their blood. But scientists have remotely manipulated insulin production in mice using electromagnetic waves suggesting more comfortable treatments may not be all that far away.

Of all the reasons that children are taken to the pediatrician, ear infections are among the most common. That's why CellScope created the Oto HOME. It's a smartphone attachment that lets parents image the inside of their child's ear, and then show the video to a pediatrician via the internet.