Cool Stuff That's Coming

Borrowing concepts from 3D printing, scientists in Australia say they’ve come up with a device and a technique that could allow surgeons to precisely deliver live cells and growth factors directly onto damaged bones to help regenerate bone and cartilage.

For instance, if you’re going away for two weeks and want your fridge to enter energy saving mode, just text, "I’m going on vacation."

PointSwitch may even help advance a new design aesthetic that’s sweeping high-end European kitchens: the handle-free kitchen. Without handles, cabinets and appliances blend seamlessly for a modern, sleek look.

Along with 2014 comes a new year for innovation, and where else to look for smart design than the budding projects on Kickstarter?

MIT presents: a smart wheel which replaces your rear and does much more than you’re thinking. The capabilities of this revolutionary design will convince many to rethink the way they commute.

Its chemical cross-linking technology allows the researchers to eliminate gel shrinkage without reducing swelling; this improves its stability so that it serves as an effective delivery vehicle for growth factors and stem cell populations.

3D Printing Could Mean Stronger Local Business Models

Pacheco rounded up 12 well-known architects from around the world to contribute a house blueprint that the public can access for free.

This is important because lung transplants have a particularly poor prognosis.

Customers will be selected next year during a research program, with 100 drivers hand-picked to participate in the autonomous vehicle trials.