Ben Coxworth

While battery-electric ferry boats may be more eco-friendly and require less maintenance than their diesel-burning counterparts, they're still not perfect.

Motorized carts like the e-Wagon can definitely help you haul heavy loads, but what if the cart itself is a bit heftier than you'd like? Well, you can always just buy a lighter and less costly model … such as the e-Wagon Air.

Although treadmills do let you vary your running speed, you have to repeatedly reach down and hit the controls in order to do so.

The ANYmal quadruped robot not only walks on four legs, it can also roll on four wheels stand up throw boxes , and make its way up and down stairs . As if all that wasn't enough, the thing can now also climb ladders.

Ordinarily, the 3D printing of multi-colored, multi-textured objects is a relatively complex and inefficient process. That could soon change, however, thanks to a clever new technique in which a temperature-sensitive print media gets "ironed" after being extruded.

When it comes to things that have a reputation for being hard to learn, flying an airplane certainly ranks among the hardest. The Airhart Sling could soon change that, however, as it's designed to radically automate and simplify the flying process.

Once you've ridden a bicycle with a bell, shouting out warnings to pedestrians seems very loudmouthed and ineffective.

Vibration-absorbing, sound-damping materials such as sheets of rubber and expanded foam tend to be thick, bulky and soft.

How would you like to have your own AT-ST walker from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi ? Well, the just-announced Tron 1 biped robot is the next-best thing.

If you were a flowering plant, wouldn't you want your pollen to be received by a plant of your own kind?