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Even though it's vitally important to check drinking water sources for pollutants, some places lack the facilities for performing such tests. A new system could help, as it uses a smartphone camera to check up on tiny aquatic organisms.

Increasingly, robots are being used to autonomously clean floors and other surfaces in places like airports and hospitals. You have to wonder, though … how do they know when a floor is sufficiently clean? A new module could soon tell them.

Oakland-based electric mobility firm Unagi has teamed up with acclaimed industrial designer Yves Behar for a smooth-looking, full-suspension e-kickscoot with AI smarts that warn riders of possible collisions with people or objects.

Back in 2018, Los Angeles-based startup Eli Electric Vehicles announced an electric microcar called the Zero for relatively short, low-speed jaunts around town. Now the Neighborhood Electric Vehicle has entered an initial production run.

Baluchon goes to great efforts to maximize living space with its models – and this is the case with its recently completed Farniente too. It features a relatively spacious kitchen, a movie projector with a pull-down screen, and a small porch area.

Look up in the air! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a … drone! In the U.S. alone, there are almost a million drones registered, be that for recreational, commercial or military applications. Why not join the action with this SG107 Smart Drone?

A major shipbuilding program for the Royal Navy is now underway, with the first steel being cut for HMS Venturer, the lead ship of the Type 31 Inspiration class frigates, which will replace the navy's aging Type 23 frigates.

A full-suspension electric 29er built for the city, the Åska may look like the latest electric light motorcycle, but a Gates carbon belt drive and Pinion gearbox keep your feet and calves engaged, while the modular design lets you swap in new components.

Something like a Triumph Spitfire for our eco-obsessed times, the Aura concept debuts with a roof- and window-free bio-composite shell, electric powertrain and efficiency-optimizing HMI that help it deliver 400 miles of quick, sharp Sunday driving.

Another year, another batch of iPhones – but how much has actually changed, and is it worth the upgrade? New Atlas compares the specs and features of the new iPhone 13, 13 mini, Pro and Pro Max models with last year’s iPhone 12 range.

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If there are two things that are essential to human life, they're water and oxygen – neither of which are easily available on the moon. Thanks to a new technique, though, astronauts may someday be able to harvest those elements from lunar soil.