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Rollcap 4K action cam will have a built-in 3-axis image stabilizer

Chinese drone manufacturer ZeroTech has announced that it will soon launch Rollcap, a 4K-capable action camera.
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Pushing the body’s boundaries: BodyHacking Conference 2017 kicks off

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Engineering students hurl Hyperloop pods down California test track

The Hyperloop will need passenger pods if it's ever to become a reality, and teams of student engineers are hoping to create them.
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NASA's pressure-sensitive paint can help it build better rockets

Special pressure-sensitive paint is helping NASA researchers learn how to build better-performing rockets.
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Ireland may become the first country to completely divest from fossil fuels

In a 90 to 53 vote, the Irish Parliament passed legislation that drops coal, oil, and gas investments from the government's Investment Fund.
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Buying with bitcoin helped make this homebuyer a $1.3 million profit on his new house

One bitcoin enthusiast managed to luck into not only a new house, but a $1.3 million profit as a result of his payment choices.
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This incredible South Korean home is inspired by an owl

Owls may not be a common sight in cities, but to make up for the bird's absence, one architect is building houses inspired by the bird.
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Smartest city in U.S. may soon be Miami thanks to partnership with CIVIQ

Miami announced a new partnership with CIVIQ Smartscapes to launch the first fully interconnected smart-city ecosystem in the U.S.
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Spaceworks may have a real-world stasis chamber for space travel by 2018

While stasis chambers in space travel has long been a theme in science fiction, Spaceworks is working to make this science a reality.
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Steady hands — a robot just helped doctors perform a novel eye surgery

If the idea of something touching your eye upsets you, you won't like a medical innovation involving a robot, a needle, and a retinal vein.
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2 babies treated with novel technique that may have cured them of cancer

Doctors in London watched leukemia vanish from two babies after being treated with genetically engineered immune cells from a donor.
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Iceland is drilling a giant hole, not for oil, but for geothermal energy

Drill, baby, drill. But in this case not for oil -- rather, Iceland is digging a giant hole into a volcano in the name of renewable energy.
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Ohroma’s ‘smell-o-vision’ VR wants to put your nose in a porn star’s room

Adult entertainment company SodaCam thinks the future of porn is live virtual reality with a smell-o-vision gas mask. Yep, really!
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The best of biomimicry: Here’s 7 brilliant examples of nature-inspired design

Many of our technological innovations have been based on natural design properties. Here are the seven best technologies inspired by the animal kingdom.
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Stay warm in even the coldest weather with this heated jacket from Ravean

You'll never cringe again at the words "winter is coming." At least, not because you'll be cold, thanks to the Ravean Down 2.0 jacket.
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New pig-human hybrid embryos could be used to grow transplantable organs and tissues

The creation of an embryo with pig and human cells is a leap forward for the field of regenerative medicine.
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Breathe in, breathe out: New technique controls smartwatch using breath and skin

New apps allow users to answer phone calls using their breath and scroll through apps by running their fingers against the watchband.
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Biggest aerial photography competition shares impressive worldwide drone shots

SkyPixel, a drone photography community run with DJI, recently shared the top aerial shots of 2016 from the biggest contest of the year.
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The summer wind came blowing in … and powered 50,000 Long Island homes

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has approved a massive 90-megawatt wind farm that is to be built off the easternmost tip of Long Island.
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Patent application suggests Apple might be eyeing the vaping industry

A patent application suggests that Apple may be eyeing the booming vaping industry with its own high-tech vaporizer unit.
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There’s an android helping out at an airport in California

SoftBank's friendly Pepper humanoid robot could make all that hanging around at airports a little easier to bear.
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American Airlines is ditching seat-back displays in its new 737 jets

American Airlines is ditching seat-back displays for its new Boeing 737 MAX jets that go into service later this year.
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Deep learning algorithm matches dermatologists at recognizing skin cancer

Researchers at Stanford University have developed an AI that can recognize skin cancer as well as the professionals.
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Researchers are programming robots to learn as human babies do

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon are taking a new approach to robotics -- they're programming robots and teaching them like human babies.
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Put it where? Perifit turns kegal exercises into an app game

Using a Bluetooth enabled vaginal sensor, Perifit turns your kegal exercises into an app game on your smartphone or tablet.
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Airthings Corentium Home radon detector review

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Pearl RearVision Backup Camera review

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Just how good are the Pro Bowl receivers? A new drone competition aims to find out

Just how good are the Pro Bowl Receivers? A new drone drop competition is aiming to find out at tonight's Skills Showdown.
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The Rosetta Disk will last 1,000 years, contains mankind’s most important books

Containing thousands of pages of information in hundreds of languages, the Rosetta Wearable Disk is a wearable that will make your jaw drop.
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Tough as scales: Researchers create protective material inspired by fish skin

In a bid to build flexible and protective gear, researchers turned to nature for inspiration and frequented a fish market for subjects.
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No 'HD Rumble' in 'The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild,' says Nintendo

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild won't utilize the Nintendo Switch's new HD Rumble feature, in order to achieve parity with the Wii U.
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Pocket-sized gluten sensor aims to make life easier for celiac disease sufferers

Nima is a gluten testing device that can detect trace amounts of gluten, since tiny quantities are still harmful to some sufferers.
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Oculus wants to help you set up the perfect virtual reality room

Oculus VR has published the first of a four-part series aimed at helping Rift owners set up the perfect VR room.
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Mathematician suggests firing deep-ocean sound waves could stop tsunamis

A proposal from the U.K.’s Cardiff University thinks future tsunamis could be halted in their tracks by using deep-ocean sound waves.