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SPORTS Successful wind tunnel testing brings flying wakeboard closer to takeoff
	The Wingboard, designed to place riders behind a plane so they can wakeboard through the sky, has just successfully completed its first wind tunnel flight testing, edging the creator closer to his lifelong dream of recreating the cloudsurfing bear cub from the Disney series Talespin.​Read more

MOBILE TECHNOLOGY Moto Z and Moto Z Force review: Smartphone innovation is back
	The Moto Z Droid and Moto Z Force Droid are the rare smartphones that do something truly different. Read on, as we review Lenovo's new modular – and killer – flagships.Read more

AUTOMOTIVE Review: The smoother, sleeker 2016 Infiniti QX60 luxury crossover
	The 2016 QX60 lived in our driveway for a week and proved itself to be a solid unit, but there are some drawbacks as well. Here's a look at the good and the bad of this long-lived luxury crossover.Read more

GOOD THINKING Review: Loctek S1L is an upstanding desk-mate
	Humans aren't setup to be squashed into a chair all day, no matter how ergonomic it is claimed to be, but standing all day isn't something we're particularly keen on either. One solution is a sit/stand desk like the Loctek S1L we've been testing. Read more

ELECTRONICS Levitating nixie clock is perfect for those with a floating schedule
	​Nixie tubes have lately been finding their way into clocks and other devices. At the same time, we've also been seeing an increase in gadgets that levitate objects using magnets. Therefore, it really shouldn't come as a surprise that someone is now offering an ultra-cool levitating nixie clock.​Read more

ENVIRONMENT Ice library to get its first frosty deposit from French mountain
	For scientists who study the Earth's ice – a valuable recorder of the past – the warming of the planet means that their very archives are vanishing. To take action, the Protecting Ice Memory project was launched in 2015. Now it's about to get its first deposit.​Read more

SCIENCE Mile-deep experiment narrows the search for dark matter particles
	A 20-month experiment conducted a mile underground has failed to detect dark matter particles directly, but the results are still giving scientists important clues on the nature of this elusive substance.Read more

SPACE How Twitter led the way to finding the Milky Way's giant “X”
	Prompted by a series of tweets, a pair of astronomers have used data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer orbital telescope to identify an image of a massive “X”-shaped star formation located in our galaxy's central bulge. Read more

SCIENCE There might be an ocean of hydrogen gas underneath the ocean
	A Duke University study suggests that serpentinized rocks underneath the ocean floor may hold the key to finding an abundant and free hydrogen resource.Read more

AIRCRAFT Flyboard Air creator bought by US counter explosives company
	In April, Franky Zapata showed off the Flyboard Air; an impressive personal flight system that quickly started breaking records. Now, US company Implant Sciences has announcing its intention to purchase Zapata Industries.Read more

TINY HOUSES This tiny house is big on luxury
	With tiny houses, luxury features can be left out due to to size constraints, and it's unusual enough to see a model with a bathtub, let alone something fancier. The Alpha Tiny House, by New Frontier Tiny Homes, is an exception, and boasts real luxury for such a small dwelling.Read more

URBAN TRANSPORT Eon drive adds a motorized wheel (or two) to skateboards
	The new Eon from Unlimited might just be the most seamless aftermarket electric skateboard drive yet. It not only electrifies various shapes and sizes of board, it lets you choose between one or two battery packs and motors to get the perfect blend of range, power and capability. Read more

ARCHITECTURE Timber skyscraper takes root in the Netherlands
	Love them or loathe them, wooden skyscrapers are on the rise, especially in Europe and North America. This latest example is designed by Team V Architectuur and will rise to 21 floors in Amsterdam. Dubbed Haut, the project is due to begin construction in late 2017.Read more

DRONES Amazon patent proposes using lamp posts as drone docking stations
	Amazon has been awarded a patent for a drone docking system that would see its flying delivery robots come down to recharge on structures like street lamps and power poles before continuing onto their final destination. ​Read more

BIOLOGY Every fish species on Earth might soon be downloadable
	A professor at UW wants to catch 'em all, but he isn't content with just 700 Pokemon. His ambitions are a little loftier, aiming to collect and scan all 25,000 known species of fish, to create 3D models of their skeletons which can then be freely downloaded, 3D printed and studied.Read more

AUTOMOTIVE World's most efficient EV could cover 11,000 km on energy equivalent to 1L of gas
	Road cars are getting more efficient, but they’ve still got a serious drinking problem compared to the super light creations coming out of the world’s universities. The TUfast Eco Team has proven a little energy can go a long way, having created the world’s most efficient electric vehicle. Read more

TELECOMMUNICATIONS Facebook's lightbulb moment for drone-based internet access
	Facebook is taking the internet to the sky to get rural areas online. After last year unveiling the drones that will beam information-carrying lasers around, the web giant has now solved the problem of how those beams of light are received on the ground, achieving speeds of up to 2 Gbps.Read more

DRONES Introducing Teal - the world's fastest production drone has brains as well as brawn
	Capable of 85 mph under favorable circumstances, the Teal is a powerful, lightweight quadcopter that streams vision at 720p and has a powerful onboard computer to run advanced applications that could eventually include machine learning algorithms.​Read more

BIOLOGY Cancer stem cells hide out in fatty tissue
	Researchers have found that leukemia stem cells can thrive in a patient's fatty tissue, which they can transform into a supportive hideout that makes the cancer cells more resistant to chemotherapy treatments.Read more

AUTOMOTIVE Trucks, buses and more autonomy in Part Deux of Tesla Master Plan
	​Almost 10 years ago to the day, Elon Musk released the first Tesla Motors Master Plan. It was an optimistic set of goals for a startup car company, but on the most basic level those goals have been met. Now it's time for ​Part Deux​​ of the plan to spring into action. ​Read more

SPACE Checklist from John Glenn's historic Mercury flight up for sale
	Nate D Sanders Auctions is offering another vintage bit of Space Race memorabilia – NASA astronaut John Glenn's timeline of flight instructions that flew on his historic 1962 Mercury-Atlas 6 missionRead more

URBAN TRANSPORT Eco-minded commuters could soon be pedalling a PEBL
	​Perhaps you're one of those people who doesn't own a car, but who sometimes needs a vehicle that's a bit "more" than a bicycle. If you are, then better.bike's PEBL velomobile might be what you're looking for. Read more

SCIENCE Fossil discovered by kid suggests turtle shells were for burrowing, not hiding
	A turtle fossil pulled out of the ground by an 8-year-old boy in South Africa helped scientists learn more about the early uses and evolution of the turtle shell. Read more

SCIENCE Lemurs Morticia and Merlin say "aye-aye" to alcohol
	A new study out of Dartmouth figured out that a type of lemur known as an aye-aye likes to gobble up food with the highest alcohol content – but not necessarily for the reasons you might think.Read more

COMPUTERS Five nearly-useless emoji and where you can stick 'em
	​Love ‘em or 😐 ‘em, emoji are here to stay. Though some emoji are genuinely useful or expressive, others are, well… not so much. In that spirit, here are five emoji so downright obscure, you have to wonder what the emoji overlords were thinking.Read more

ARCHITECTURE New super-efficient Siemens HQ slashes energy use, ups style
	After three years of construction work, Siemens has moved into its new headquarters in Munich, Germany. It has apparently cut its annual CO2 emissions by the equivalent of 5.6 million km of air travel, consumes 90 percent less electricity than Siemen's previous HQ and uses 75 percent less water.​ Read more

ENVIRONMENT Ford explores making plastics from tequila waste
	Ford has teamed with tequila producer Jose Cuervo to create car parts out of bioplastics made from the byproduct of tequila making. Researchers are testing the durability and heat resistance of the resulting plastics as a sustainable way to make car parts.Read more

URBAN TRANSPORT Next stop, the future: New York subway set for train and station upgrades
	Life for commuters on New York's subway system is set to get a little more comfortable, with the announcement that both its trains and stations are set for a revamp. The new subway cars will boast bigger doors for easier access, more standing space, Wi-Fi and USB charging ports.Read more

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