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Canadian green living proponent Greenmoxie recently completed its first tiny house. Alongside some impressive off-grid technology, the eponymous dwelling includes novel features you don't usually expect to see in a tiny house – most notably an electric drawbridge-style deck.

Almost two years after a disastrous liftoff explosion, Orbital-ATK's Antares booster is back in service. At 7:45 pm EDT, an improved Antares 230 rocket blasted off from the MARS Pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Island facility in Virginia carrying the commercial OA-5 mission.

A new type of material developed at Chalmers University of Technology could bring color to e-paper. The material is flexible, ultrathin and can produce the full color range of an LED-backlit LCD, but requires ten times less energy than a Kindle's e-ink display.

On paper, Sony’s PlayStation VR is the virtual reality system to buy. If only Sony had delivered a stable experience that captures the magic that made VR desirable in the first place.

Google has finally released "made by Google" smartphones, but they did not spring up from scratch. The Pixel XL's closest relative is the Huawei-manufactured, Google-overseen Nexus 6P. What are the differences between last year's well-reviewed Nexus 6P and the first phablet to bear the Google name?

Voice control is one option for one-handed smartwatch usage, but researchers from Dartmouth University are developing another. Their WristWhirl prototype can be controlled by making joystick motions with the hand of the arm that's wearing it. ​

Slovenia's Mag-Lev Audio is currently Kickstarting a design that makes use of magnets, sensors and custom software to levitate the platter above the base, keep it perfectly stable and spin it at album or single playback speeds – adding a wow factor visual feast to the vinyl listening experience.

Along with a fancy bodykit, the M4 DTM Champion Edition celebrates Marco Whitmann securing the DTM Driver Championship with the water-injected engine and more focused chassis from the M4 GTS.

A team at UWB is developing self-driving tricycles, with the aim of providing a relatively inexpensive alternative to owning an autonomous car. The project may even open up the possibility of an automated ride-sharing network, like a bike version of Uber's or NuTonomy’s proposed services.

The recently-completed Woodsman's Treehouse offers the benefits of getting in touch with nature without requiring its occupants to rough it. Boasting luxury features like a sauna and hot tub, the architect-designed vacation home also has a fun slide for those who want to make a quick exit.

Mini has branched out into vans, scramblers and cars with their hats backwards, but it hasn't ever sold a hybrid. That's set to change when the Mini Plug-In Hybrid launches. It's not quite ready for public consumption, but the company has given us a peek behind the development curtain.

A new study from Caltech suggests a way to control bacteria created to fight cancer or disease, by manipulating the temperature around them to trigger when and where they release medicine, and when they might need to self-destruct.