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| SMARTWATCHES |
| Gear S2: Early impressions of Samsung's best smartwatch to date |
 | After Samsung blasted out five smartwatches in the span of a year, the company took more time with its latest watch, the Gear S2. Out of the box, it's already clear that the extra TLC paid off: this is easily Samsung's best watch to date. read more |
| ARCHITECTURE |
| Penda's Rising Canes Pavilion promotes bamboo-based construction |
 | Chinese architecture and design collective Penda reckons bamboo should be a more widespread construction material than it currently is. To promote this view, the firm recently produced the Rising Canes Pavilion for this year's Beijing Design Week. read more |
| ROBOTICS |
| Robo Wunderkind is a modular robot even a five-year-old can program |
 | The Wunderkind marries Lego block-building skills with smartphone and tablet use to build and program custom, modular robots, letting even the youngest hands and minds (aged five and up) build and program their own robot creations. read more |
| MEDICAL |
| Tiny particles propel themselves upstream to stop severe internal bleeding |
 | A team of Canadian researchers has developed a gas-generating particle capable of propelling itself against the flow of blood, a development that could bring about significant improvements in treating internal bleeding. read more |
| ENVIRONMENT |
| WaterStillar readies roll-out of scaleable solar water distiller |
 | In a bid to help bring greater access to clean drinking water to the developing world, WaterStillar has created a modular solar-distillation system designed to produce clean drinking water from almost any source. read more |
| AUTOMOTIVE |
| Self-driving truck hits the highway in world first |
 | Daimler Trucks' progress in autonomous driving has just shifted gears, with the company fitting its a self-driving system to a Mercedez-Benz Actros to steer the truck down a stretch of the Autobahn, marking the first time an autonomous series production semi has been tested out on public roads. read more |
| SCIENCE |
| Swimsuits for sea turtles |
 | As part of a study to find the foraging areas of endangered loggerhead turtles, researchers there designed a bespoke swimsuit that acts as a harness for a "giant nappy" to collect fecal samples.​ read more |
| MOBILE TECHNOLOGY |
| Nexus 6P vs. Nexus 5X |
 | Both of Google's new Nexus phones are up for pre-order now. Maybe you're torn between premium value and just plain value? Let's compare the flagship Nexus 6P and its cheaper (but still powerful) sibling, the Nexus 5X. read more |
| SPACE |
| Rosetta explores the dark side |
 | ESA's Rosetta probe has shown that comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's southern hemisphere was hidden in a darkness from a winter that lasts over five years and hides ice in larger amounts than the rest of the comet. read more |
| URBAN TRANSPORT |
| Funky INU electric scooter auto-folds in under 5 seconds |
 | The INU folding scooter looks a little like some type of wheeled insect. Step inside that wingspan and you'll find a sleek electric commuter with a smartphone-controlled folding system and other high-tech features. read more |
| ARCHITECTURE |
| Zinc-clad artist’s studio stands in and against the elements |
 | As an architectural material, Zinc offers an extremely durable, corrosion resistant, easy to maintain surface that can be used to cover and create buildings. Studio Weave fully embraced these metallic, weather busting properties when it created Midden Studio. read more |
| AIRCRAFT |
| Additive could keep jet fuel from exploding in crashes |
 | Many people are killed by the flames and smoke that result when jet fuel ignites in plane crashes. Researchers are now trying to minimize the chances of that happening, with an additive that helps reduce the intensity of postimpact fuel fires. read more |
| MARINE |
| SeaXplorer yacht will break the ice to reach new places |
 | It's possible that the world's super-rich could eventually get bored of cruising the same ol' places. Reaching more remote locations, however, would take a special kind of yacht ... and that's just what the ice-breaking SeaXplorer is intended to be. read more |
| AUTOMOTIVE |
| Proterra Catalyst XR electric bus delivers 258-mile range results |
 | One of the biggest limitations of electric buses is range. Now, though, a US company has eked out over 250 miles (402 km) from one of its electric buses. The Proterra Catalyst XR is said to afford the best efficiency rating ever for a 40-ft (12-m) transit bus, at 22 mpg (12.8 l/l00 km) equivalent. read more |
| TINY HOUSES |
| The Drifter trailer offers something for the weekend |
 | The Drifter, by Seattle, Washington-based firm Drift House Campers, could appeal to those seeking an inexpensive trailer for weekend getaways. It boasts a bed, kitchen area, and some storage space, and prices start at US$6,250. read more |
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 | "Lost socks and wrinkled clothing may be a rite of passage for you, but why not throw some organization into your travel plans? Rolo makes it easy for even the messiest of us to travel like a pro with its separated mesh pockets and 360-degree hanging hook. Just open your bag, swing the hook around, and hang for easy access to everything you need. read more |
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