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Scientists at Harvard's Wyss Institute have developed a human airway muscle-on-a-chip that accurately mimics the way smooth muscle contracts in the human airway and could help in the search for more effective asthma treatments.

The Stars-and-Stripes-adorned Captain America chopper ridden by Peter Fonda in the classic American road movie Easy Rider will cross the auction block on October 17 and is expected to become the world’s most valuable motorcycle if its auction estimate of US$1,000,000 to US$1,200,000 is met.

As our cities grow increasingly crowded and house prices rise, plots that would have once been considered unsuitable for building upon are becoming more attractive and profitable. With this in mind, Tokyo's 3 m (9.8 ft) wide Wall of Nishihara is located on a plot shoehorned between two roads.

Speed skaters and cyclists use different muscle groups to propel themselves forward. Nikola pedals are designed to let cyclists use both of those groups, for increased power.

Our ability to store energy has proven a big hurdle in the adoption of renewable energies. Researchers from MIT have developed a new battery system with a longer life that also costing less to make, a development that could make wind and solar more competitive with traditional sources of power.

The Volkswagen Golf is something of a sensible urban classic that few would regard as having any offroad credentials. That image may soon change as VW prepares the Golf Alltrack for its World premiere at the Paris Motor Show next month.

When it comes to smartphones, Samsung and Apple are fierce rivals. But will that rivalry carry over to the budding smartwatch space? If it does, then we couldn't see two more dramatically different approaches. Let's compare the recently-announced Apple Watch to the upcoming Gear S.

Ofer and Helene Webman out of Phoenix, AZ, have developed a smartphone-sized box called the ToneWoodAmp – or Twamp for short – that brings the kind of effects enjoyed by electric guitarists to acoustic pickers without needing to route the instrument through a big power amp.

We recently had a rare opportunity to take a look into a few areas of Ford’s Melbourne design center that are normally off limits, including the FIVE lab which lets designers walk around, sit in and interact with 3D models of their vehicles before a physical prototype has ever been made.

Use of space and sustainability are key factors in designing the buildings of the future. This is especially evident in the concept designs for a building in Shenzhen, China. Cloud Citizen proposes a sprawling mix of huge interconnected towers, green spaces and environmental features.

The speed and ease with which portable shelters can be erected are often two of their key attributes. One recently designed portable shelter promises to be not only quick to erect, but nigh on effortless. The Pneumad folds out from a car trailer and inflates automatically.

Confederate Motorcycles have a carved out a reputation for creating strikingly designed hand-crafted bikes. Its latest offering serves only to strengthen that reputation. The X132 Hellcat Speedster is an evolution of the original Hellcat and looks just as mouthwatering.