Ben Coxworth

When a raging forest fire is approaching a community, a good rainfall greatly reduces the chances of the flames actually reaching the buildings.

While many EVs use solar panels to extend their range, those panels often don't look like they'd make much of a difference.

When a patient's blood flows through catheters, stents or other medical devices, there's always a risk that harmful clots may form.

In the real world, you wouldn't want to carry a handheld controller all the time, or have menus constantly popping up in front of your face – so why put up with those things in VR worlds? With EgoTouch you don't have to, as it puts an interface on the palm of your hand.

Meteorology may not seem like an eco-unfriendly field, but its does need to clean up its act in at least one way. A new high-tech glider could help it do so, by allowing single-use weather-balloon-carried devices to be reclaimed and reused.

Pushing heavy loads in a wheelbarrow may be easier than carrying them, but it can certainly still be a plenty difficult task. The eBarrow Kit was designed with that fact in mind, as it electrifies existing wheelbarrows.

Although autonomous, uncrewed ships are now being trialled, those vessels still need human workers to moor them when they come into port. That could soon change, however, thanks to a new automated suction-based mooring system.

Mountain bikes have a way of getting muddy, while their riders have a way of getting dirty and sweaty.

In order to stand out in an increasingly crowded market , an electric surfboard really has to offer something special these days.

Although a number of wheeled robots can traverse uneven terrain , their body doesn't stay level as they do so, making them unsuitable for many tasks.