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| MOTORCYCLES |
| SWM Motorcycles unveils first new lineup in 30 years |
 | Speedy Working Motors recently introduced its new range of street and off-road motorcycles at the Italian round of the World Enduro Championship in Bergamo. Production is set to start this month on the first of seven new models – a 650 cc enduro bike. read more |
| BICYCLES |
| Review: Light & Motion Urban Trail 850 FC bike light is compact but packs a wallop |
 | Gizmag tries out Light & Motion's Urban Trail 850FC bike light. Although it may or may not actually be "the most powerful single-LED bike light that exists," it's definitely an intense little headlight. read more |
| LAPTOPS |
| LG's AIT touch panels to usher in lighter, thinner notebooks |
 | LG has announced that it will begin mass producing notebook displays using Advanced In-Cell Touch (AIT) technology. The tech, which does away with the dedicated layer for touch sensors you'll find in more conventional panels, should lead to some of the thinnest and lightest notebooks yet. read more |
| ARCHITECTURE |
| 22 Bishopsgate to join London's high-profile high-rise cluster |
 | Revised designs have been released for 22 Bishopsgate in London. The tower will sit at the center of a cluster of high-rises in the City financial district, which includes the Leadenhall Building and 20 Fenchurch Street. It will be the second tallest building in the UK behind the Shard. read more |
| MEDICAL |
| Turning the smartphone into a mobile pregnancy test |
 | The latest advance in the area of smartphone diagnostics comes in the form of a fiber optic sensor that when attached to a phone's case, could monitor bodily fluids to test for things such as pregnancy or keeps tabs on diabetes. read more |
| MEDICAL |
| Elastic, wound-healing hydrogel activated by light |
 | Hydrogels have huge potential in biomedicine, though they aren't without their shortcomings. But researchers have now developed a hydrogel that mimics the elasticity of human tissue and can be activated by exposure to light, claiming it could offer safer means of repairing wounded tissue. read more |
| SPACE |
| Contact temporarily lost with New Horizons spacecraft |
 | On July 4, NASA's New Horizons deep space probe temporarily lost communications. The spacecraft, which is only nine days from its historic flyby with the dwarf planet Pluto, lost contact with the Deep Space Network at 1:54 pm EDT and came back online at 3:15 pm. read more |
| ENVIRONMENT |
| Kepler Energy reveals plans for tidal energy scheme in Bristol Channel |
 | Kepler Energy has announced plans for a 30 MW tidal energy fence to be built in the Bristol Channel somewhere between Aberthaw and Minehead. If it gets the nod, the fence could be operational by 2021. read more |
| WEARABLE ELECTRONICS |
| ADAMAAS smart glasses to assist elderly and disabled in everyday tasks |
 | Elderly or disabled people that struggle with everyday tasks are the intended users of a pair of smart glasses being developed through the ADAMAAS project. The glasses are designed to determine what the wearer is doing, react when a mistake is made, and provide context-appropriate assistance. read more |
| ENVIRONMENT |
| Australia's vast geothermal energy resources represent thousands of years worth of untapped power |
 | Australia is sitting on top of some of the world's most potent geothermal energy sources. Just one percent of the hot rock energy less than 5 km underground would be enough to meet the whole country's entire power needs for 26,000 years if it was tapped. So why aren't we seeing more movement on it? read more |
| GOOD THINKING |
| X-Tainer shipping container expands into a giant pavilion |
 | Having developed containers that can load and unload themselves, Excalibur Shelters has continued to think outside the box with the creation of a standard size shipping container that unfolds into very large shelters and pavilions. read more |
| AUTOMOTIVE |
| One and only Maserati Boomerang concept headed for auction |
 | The Maserati Boomerang concept car is the epitome of the way-out, wedge-shaped automotive supercar style of the early 1970s. Now, more than 40 years after this iconic machine was first unveiled, it is to be auctioned to the public. read more |
| SCIENCE |
| The key to awesome future robots could be seahorse tails |
 | The key to better, tougher and more coordinated robots as well as improved surgical procedures, among other advances, could derive their inspiration from an unlikely source – the odd, square tail of the all-around strange seahorse. read more |
| MOBILE TECHNOLOGY |
| Chevy gives smartphones their own air conditioning vent |
 | Some of Chevy’s newest vehicles will include a cooling vent just for your smartphone. The inclusion of an air vent next to the charging bin is designed to keep the phone cool and improve its performance, and possibly its life span as well. read more |
| AIRCRAFT |
| Solar Impulse 2 lands in Hawaii |
 | Solar Impulse 2 has landed in Hawaii after completing its record-breaking longest leg of the Round the World Solar Flight. With pilot André Borschberg at the controls, the solar-powered, single-pilot aircraft touched down today at Kalaeloa Airport at 5:55 HAST (15:55 GMT). read more |
| MEDICAL |
| Silver mesh lets users "wrap heat" around body parts |
 | In order to treat injured joints, patients are often advised to apply heat. This typically takes the form of a hot water bottle or microwavable hot pack or a heating pad. Now, however, scientists have created a battery-powered thin mesh that applies heat and stays put. read more |
| GOOD THINKING |
| "Nemo's Garden" grows terrestrial crops underwater |
 | Underwater gardeners off the tourist beach of Noli, Italy are growing basil crops underwater over a span of 50 days. It's part of an effort to develop an energy-efficient farming technique that could be used to grow food where this wasn't previously possible. read more |
| GOOD THINKING |
| Connected Bottle fights luxury piracy |
 | Rémy Martin and Selinko have come up with a solution to the counterfeiting of luxury goods with the Rémy Martin Club Connected Bottle, which authenticates bottles of the upmarket spirit and warns when they've been opened. read more |
| AROUND THE HOME |
| Albert clock uses math to tell time |
 | If you want to know what time it is, you’ll have to do a little work with this clock. Meet Albert, a wall clock for children that breaks down the current time in math problems. Named after Albert Einstein, the clock makes you solve math problems in order to tell the time. read more |
| ARCHITECTURE |
| Luxury floating homes planned for The World in Dubai |
 | A new development of 33 private luxury floating homes is to be built at The World artificial archipelago in Dubai. Designed by Waterstudio.NL and Jean-Michel Cousteau, they will be part of the Oqyana World First, which forms the Australasian portion of The World. read more |
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