Parents are known for filling up their phones with photo after photo of the best thing that’s ever happened to them/the reason they’ll never sleep again. But it turns out all those pictures of your new baby aren’t just a side effect of being obsessed with them, but also a potential tool for diagnosing cancer.…

Window shopping is about to get a lot more real with the news that scientists have invented a transparent wall that responds to the touch. A team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) led by Woohun Lee, a professor of Industrial Design, developed what they call the TransWall. It’s a two-sided…

A brain implant that can bring back memories? Probably a bad idea after a night on the tiles, but a great idea for patients with Alzheimer's disease or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). This week, the US government announced that its Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $2.5 million grant to…

An out of body experience isn’t just a metaphor or something you have to drink a lot of ayahuasca to have anymore. Yifei Chai, a student at Imperial College London, has designed a virtual reality system to give users the surreal feeling of being in (and able to control) someone else’s body. One person wears…

You might think that your nose is the only part of your body that smells things, but you’d be wrong. Oh, so very wrong. Olfactory receptors (i.e. the things that detect odours) are also found in the colon – which seems unfortunate – and, if you’re a man, in the prostate and sperm (yep, that’s…

Disability campaigners are putting pressure on Apple to improve accessibility to apps for blind people. Members of the National Federation of the Blind in the US have approved a resolution to request Apple to create accessibility requirements for developers. They may take their fight to the courts in future, but hope the company will do…

A new device has been used to suck blood clots out of patients’ bodies, removing the need for invasive, high-risk surgery or blood transfusions. When a blood clot breaks away from a blood vessel wall and lodges in the lungs or heart, it can be fatal: over 32,000 people in the UK die every year…

It’s been rumoured for over a year, but speculation about Microsoft’s alleged Surface Mini tablet has heated up again after long-time leaker @evleaks tweeted: ‘Microsoft Surface Mini is back in production, in anticipation of a summer release’. There were reports from multiple sources that the elusive device would finally be revealed alongside the launch of…

Nokia’s new flagship phone, the Lumia 930, will be released in July, the company confirmed today. It’s a phablet with some impressive specs, including a 5 inch 1080 pixel full HD display, 20 megapixel rear camera with optical image stabilisation, and a 2420mAh battery that charges wirelessly. It also has a 1.2 megapixel front camera,…