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​Installing underground pipes can be a disruptive process. A trench has to be dug first, which is filled back in once the piping has been laid along the bottom. Might it not be easier if tunnels could simply be bored directly into the soil? That's what the BADGER robot is being designed to do.

​Former GP rider Katja Poensgen only signed on to ride for the resurrected Indian brand on June 10, but she has already taken two spectacular wins and generated more publicity than the brand has had in Europe for a century ... and her motorcycle is named after a famous headless chicken.

In a real first, Swiss watchmaker Krayon has released the Everywhere – the first watch that not only displays the times of sunrise and sunset, but can be set by the wearer for any location on Earth instead of for a specific location built into it at the factory.

​According to The Ohio State University, over half of all patients who are treated for heart failure end up back in the hospital within six months, due to fluid buildup in their lungs. Sensible Medical has set out to change that, however, with a wearable device known as the SensiVest.

Woodenwidget has managed to put a very interesting spin on the classic pop-up camper. It's designed a sort of wooden gypsy caravan with a two-part body that rises up at camp. And it doesn't want to sell you a caravan; it wants you to build your own at home. ​​

One of the startups vying to make the Hyperloop a reality, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, has announced a partnership with the South Korean government and local universities to build the world's first full-scale Hyperloop system. ​

The discovery of an ancient Egyptian “billboard” might turn back the clock on when hieroglyphic writing was thought to be introduced to the general population. The inscriptions date back to about 3,250 BCE and show a form of writing that was thought to only be used by the ruling class at that time.

Alexander Symes purchased his first house back in 2008. Finding it rather tired and in need of maintenance, he took the opportunity to carry out a radical renovation. The result is the Up-Cycle House, an attractive and unusual home that incorporates recycled materials and sustainable design.

Mushroom sausages may sound like a vegan dish, but for Brunel University London student Aleksi Vesaluoma, they're an unorthodox building material that not only allows for light, biodegradable structures, but has the added bonus of providing a delicious side dish for the morning bacon and eggs.

If files on your computer suddenly vanished, you’d be in line for a new one pretty quickly, and yet that’s what our brains do all the time. Forgetting is a frustrating experience, but a new paper suggests that when it comes to human memory, forgetting things may be just as important as remembering.

Designed to make sometimes chaotic remote business meetings feel more natural, the newly announced Meeting Owl camera features a 360-degree camera that can both broadcast the entire room and focus automatically on the person speaking.

It might be time to stop using antimicrobial hand soap. According to a consensus statement signed by over 200 scientists and medical professionals, there’s no evidence that so-called antimicrobial chemicals do anything to prevent illness, and they might be harming your health and the environment.