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20/08/2026

Mark Morad developed ScribeMe to allow him to study engineering. Now it has become a tool that allows AI to become 'A-Eye', describing the user's surroundings using a phone camera or even Meta glasses.

Morad's sister Karen is also blind. On holiday in Kenya, ScribeMe allowed Karen to enjoy a safari. "It started describing all the animals in detail, their colour, what they’re doing, how they look, where they are, how many, I felt like it was an experience I'd never felt before in my life. It gave me a little hope, and I felt like I could see," she says.

12/08/2026

LIVE: Watch total solar eclipse unfold across Iceland and Spain

12/08/2026

WATCH LIVE: Solar eclipse seen from Iceland and Spain

07/08/2026

Kristoffer Tjalve, Matt Muir and Matt Klein created the Tiny Awards to shine a light on the quirkier side of the web. Four years on, the awards are still going strong and some people are asking: are we seeing an Indie Web revival?

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27/07/2026

A team of researchers from South Korea's Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and Stanford University in the US have developed clothes that put themselves on.

The tech, powered by air, could help people unable to dress themselves and speed things up in workplaces where people need to put on and take off special clothing quickly, such as scientific and medical facilities.

13/07/2026

has shot to fame for her great quality hardware and electronics content.

We sat down with her to talk about some of her favourite projects so far and what the future has in store.

07/07/2026

Dexter in his laboratory, Doc Brown, Tony Stark… eccentric inventions have typically been seen as the domain of the male species. However, recently women designing and developing hardware from their bedrooms have grown in popularity on social media.

Two of the biggest creators in the space, and , talk about why we’re seeing this trend in 2026.

04/07/2026

Water from glacier meltwater in the Kunlun Mountains has formed striking turquoise lakes along the edge of the Taklamakan Desert in northwest China.

Once a seasonal phenomenon, these waters now help irrigate poplar forests, creating a green barrier against the desert while transforming the landscape into a rare oasis that is increasingly attracting visitors.

01/07/2026

The Xiangride River, in Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, turns red when it enters high water season during the summer.

The crimson hue comes from iron-rich sandstone and sediment being washed into the stream.

The color is especially pronounced this year due to the heavy rainfall China has experienced.

24/06/2026

These eyewitness videos from Sunday (June 21) show heavy rainclouds in Russia streaked with dramatic hues of red.

Heavy rain has swept the Chelyabinsk region, where these videos were filmed, as well as other parts of Russia. In Moscow, parts of the city reportedly received nearly half their monthly rainfall in a single storm.

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