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Last fall, Utah startup Ravean brought some heated down garments and hoodies onto the scene. Now that the winter is officially over, Ravean is getting ready for summer by applying its 12V heating technology to sleeping bag liners.

In large supermarkets carrying thousands of goods, even employees can have trouble remembering where everything is. That's why Toronto's 4D Retail Technology Corp. developed the stock-taking, store-mapping 4D Space Genius robot.​

"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit" wrote J.R.R. Tolkien, and generations of readers were hooked. Read on as we take a journey to the Shire and highlight the very best hobbit hole-style homes we've seen so far.

Parking lots take up a lot of space in towns and cities – could they be put to better use? That's the thinking behind the ZED Pod: a small solar-powered home raised on stilts that would be installed in parking lots to create small sustainable communities.

​If you like the idea of cycling gloves with turn-indicating LEDs on the back, then you'll probably like Zackees. You do​ need to activate those LEDs yourself, however. If that's just a bit too much of a bother, then you might prefer a pair of beSEENs.​

There are plenty of racing car games for tablets, but none we've seen so far incorporate an actual toy car that sits on top of the screen. Ptah Tech is a company that has launched a brand-new Kickstarter campaign for a game that will do just that – and the results look surprisingly fun.

Mysterious AR startup Magic Leap revealed a new teaser video of its mixed reality experience, using "no special effects or compositing." Will VR soon be upstaged?

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is giving astrophysicists a hand in pinpointing the source of gravitational waves detected late last year, and it could prove critical in detecting future bursts.

The latest candidate to emerge in oil spill cleanup solutions is a multipurpose fabric covered in tiny semi-conducting rods, affording it a unique set of properties that could see it used to deal with everything from water decontamination to wiping down your kitchen counter. ​

The world's largest commercial aircraft engine has been started for the first time at GE Aviation's Peebles Test Operation in Ohio. According to GE, ground testing of the GE9X development engine will enable data to be gathered on the engine, which is due to enter service at the end the decade.

Most bicycle frames take the form of multiple tubes that are joined together at the ends. It's a tried and trusted design, but it's difficult to fully automate. In an effort to change that, Bob and Tom Schiller have created the Mokumono bike.

Looking to avert gridlock at altitude, NASA has been working on an air traffic management system for drones, and today is carrying out its first coordinated testing to see just how well it can accomodate flights at different locations across the country.