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Working out of an office has had its day for many. But moving around as digital nomads should be done sustainably. Which is why a group of Dutch students has developed a new all-electric mobile home. When stationary, a rising roof creates a standing height of 2.54m and space for two to sleep. The unit comes with a TV,...

Children grow up knowing what they want to be. Many end up realizing their dreams. Take this young man from Leeds, for example. Born with an extra chromosome, his parents encouraged him that anything was possible from an early age. Now 20, he is about to embark on a career for a major UK children’s TV channel - becoming...

Plant-based alternatives are all the rage. Just take a look here. Now a startup from Chicago has developed vegan fish that could even be used for sushi or ceviche. Thanks to fermentation the taste and texture of tuna, white fish, shrimp and calamari can be perfectly imitated. During manufacture an organic base substance is fed with a nutrient solution....

A tear in vacuumed packaging is irritating. But excess air in your body is dangerous. A stab wound, say, can result in air leaking into the space between the lung and chest wall. If this air then presses on the lung, it can trigger a collapse. Cue a research team from Calgary University in Canada, which has developed a...

We learn best through play. With IT knowledge becoming ever more important, an American software developer has devised a workbook to help children of six and over learn the basics of coding. The entertainment factor is high, while screen time remains low. The aim is to develop children’s understanding of code and its structure, so that they can predict...

Eating half-sized portions helps us lose weight and is easy to achieve with a set of scales. But what about the plastic we consume each day? Thanks to a New York based startup, this can now be individually calculated. Subsequently, a cash figure is generated that can be paid monthly to fund the worldwide largest network of businesses collecting...