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Students at UC Berkeley have developed the STAR (Sprawl Tuned Autonomous Robot), a 3D-printed robot that can flatten its legs to slip under small gaps and raises them up again to climb over obstacles.

The NB 508 icebreaker will be able to increase its frontal area, thanks to an asymmetric hull and the ability to move through the ice at an oblique angle.

A letter from the Ministry of Defence released under the 30-year rule reveals that laser weapons were deployed on Royal Navy ships during the Falklands War in 1982.

Researchers at North Carolina State University have embedded a hydrogel with copper ions, which provides the ability to bend the hydrogel with the application of an electrical current. The technology has applications for soft robotics and a variety of other fields.

Duggan Morris Architects has launched this year’s "Floating Cinema," which will be gracing the waterways of East London until the end of September. For the project, Duggan Morris created an award winning design that converted a barge into a floating cinema.

CreepyDOL is a new personal tracking system that allows a user to track, locate, and break into an individual's smartphone. "For a few hundred dollars," the system's creator says, "I can track your every movement, activity, and interaction, until I find whatever it takes to blackmail you."

Spanish architectural studio ÁBATON has developed the ÁPH80: a prefabricated, portable micro-home, which is envisioned as the first in a series of upcoming similar dwellings suitable for up to two people. The house can be erected in just a day.

Natural compounds from corals found in the Great Barrier Reef and light-absorbing pigments pumped out by artificial bacteria are the basis for two new sunscreens that offer complete UV protection (lacking in all current sunscreens) against lethal cancers.

The South Korean city of Gumi’s transit system will see the addition of two electric buses that draw their power from the road using the Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV) system, in which electric cables embedded in the asphalt provide power to vehicles traveling on its surface.

Adventure Underwear is merino wool underwear designed for travelers, providing a place to keep their belongings whatever they're doing. One of the pockets is waterproof to depths of 200 feet, providing another useful hideaway for valuables.

The new Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, by architectural firm Perkins+Will, is a LEED Platinum certified campus which overlooks the ocean in East Boothbay, Maine.

Metabolix is genetically engineering switchgrass to make a biodegradable polymer that can be extracted directly from the plant. Applications include bioplastic and industrial chemicals such as butanol and propylene.