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One risk skateboarders face is large rocks that can cause the rider to trip forward. A new device called Rockochet aims to fix that, by sitting in front of the wheels and deflecting rocks away – leading to a safer, smoother ride.

The Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai is already the tallest building in the world. Now, it also boasts the record for having the highest observation deck of any building. At The Top Sky opened to the public in October and is situated up on the 148th floor of the building.

When we feel full, it's because our gut has released hormones that tell our brain to stop being hungry. It would follow, therefore, that people who overeat might benefit from producing greater amounts of those hormones. Well, that's what a new food additive is claimed to cause the body to do.

Seven years ago, iRobot unveiled the Create – an educational robot based around the platform of the company's existing Roomba vacuum-cleaning robot. Both robotics in general and the Roomba specifically have advanced since then, so it only makes sense that iRobot has now announced the Create 2.

Proof that priceless automotive barn finds are still out there is the discovery of 60 cars untouched for 50 years on a French farm included four Ferraris, eight Delahayes, a Hispano Suiza H6B, a Maserati A6G and nine Talbot Lagos. Sure enough, one of the Ferrari's was a California Spider.

Australia's Schulberg Demkiw architecture studio has recently completed an innovative new home in Melbourne’s beach side suburb of Elwood which boasts a 6 star Green Rating and sits on small 9 by 12 meter (29 ft x 39ft) piece of land.

The ability of 3D printing to produce customized implants tailored to a patient's anatomy has opened up many possibilities in medicine, with 2014 turning up one world-first surgery after another. Let's take a look at some of the recent life-changing surgeries made possible by 3D printing.

No device can replace the feeling of being outside in the sunshine, but a good smart light could perhaps make spending time indoors more pleasant. Sunn Light is an LED light that changes its level of brightness automatically throughout the day to mimic the natural rhythm of the sun in your area.

You might think that anyone hoping to erect a large building in a spot currently occupied by a house with protected status would be out of luck, but SOMA Architects proves otherwise with Bobo – a mixed-use residential building that dramatically overhangs the facade of a home in Beirut.

By molecularly combining three hormones to form a new peptide, researchers have effectively cured obesity and adult-onset diabetes in rodents, with human trials of the molecule now planned.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is shipping crude oil into space. This may seem like the worst market in the Universe to expand into, but there's method behind this petroleum madness.

Rolls-Royce and its partners are expanding on their ideas for a virtual bridge that could soon lead to a future where the line between manned and robotic ships becomes completely blurred.