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| OUTDOORS |
| Super-tough portable box keeps gadgets safe, dry and charged |
 | Drops, mud and water tend not to be such good friends of electronics. If you cage your smartphone up in the now-being-Kickstarted RokPak though, it'll be able to take the best that Mother Nature — or your own clumsy hands — has to throw at it.​ read more |
| MATERIALS |
| Multiple bends won't crack this lightweight, paper-like, flexible ceramic |
 | A flexible, paper-like ceramic material has been created that promises to provide an inexpensive, fireproof, non-conductive base for a whole range of new and innovative electronic devices. read more |
| ARCHITECTURE |
| Could you live in a ventilation shaft? |
 | Tubular Living, the latest project by China's People's Architecture Office, suggests that people make their home in large metal ventilation shafts. The project was commissioned by the Lane Crawford department store to celebrate 165 years of operation. read more |
| ROBOTICS |
| Robot climbs up pipes to clean power station boiler tube walls |
 | A boiler tube wall-climbing cleaning robot has been specifically created to replace humans in the harsh and hazardous environment inside electric power stations. read more |
| AROUND THE HOME |
| Multifunctional hand truck works as a wagon, bike trailer and more |
 | Hand trucks, wagons and mover's dollies are all handy tools with their own uses. The Erovr replaces all three and then some, giving you a multifunctional gear-hauling platform that compacts down for easy storage and transport. read more |
| MEDICAL |
| Microneedle patch drip feeds cancer drugs directly into melanomas |
 | In an advance that could help arm the body's immune system in the fight against cancer, researchers have developed a microneedle patch that can be worn on the skin to more effectively deliver immunotherapy drugs directly to the site of a melanoma. ​​ read more |
| ELECTRONICS |
| Smartphone and laser attachment form cheap rangefinder |
 | A team of researchers at MIT have come up with a new infrared depth-sensing system built with a US$10 laser attached to a smartphone that could be used to convert conventional personal vehicles into autonomous ones. read more |
| AUTOMOTIVE |
| AMG C 63 Cabriolet combines V8 rumble with wind-in-your-hair thrills |
 | AMG has turned the Mercedes C-Class Convertible into a 510 hp V8 bruiser for people determined to work on their suntan. read more |
| HEALTH & WELLBEING |
| Blood test detects concussion up to a week after impact |
 | Mild concussions can be hard to detect, but that doesn't necessarily make them any less of a threat to long term health. Researchers have devised a blood test that can detect these injuries up to seven days after the incident, promising another way for doctors to manage the risk of head injury. read more |
| AUTOMOTIVE |
| BMW 7 Series Master Class and Solitaire are all about exclusivity |
 | With diamond trim and lush floormats and paintwork that incorporates fine glass flakes, the Master Class and Solitaire Edition 7 Series serve to show the huge range of options available to buyers with a taste for the finer things. read more |
| SCIENCE |
| Electronic eggs aid vulture rescue efforts |
 | Artificial electronic eggs called "EggDuinos" are getting plopped in the nests of three critically endangered vulture species, in order to study their habitats. read more |
| MOBILE TECHNOLOGY |
| iPhone SE vs. Samsung Galaxy S7 |
 | If the two phones you're considering are the iPhone SE and Galaxy S7, then you must be a pretty flexible shopper – one being a modern-sized flagship, the other a budget-priced throwback to the small phones of yesteryear. Nonetheless, let's see how they stack up. read more |
| AUTOMOTIVE |
| Jeep reveals its most capable and luxurious Grand Cherokees |
 | The new 2017 Grand Cherokee Trailhawk wears a raft of upgrades that make it the "most capable factory-produced Grand Cherokee ever," while the Jeep Summit debuts as the most luxurious. ​ read more |
| ELECTRONICS |
| Panasonic passes 100 Thousand Solar Lanterns Project half-way mark |
 | Back in 2013, Panasonic announced its intention to donate 100,000 solar-powered lanterns to some of the then 1.32 billion people around the world living without access to electricity. Three years on, the firm says it is over halfway to that target. read more |
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