Chasing comets, Pluto fly-by and Falcon landing: A year in space, 2015

From commercial space to space lettuce, 2015 was a bumper year for exploring the Solar System and beyond. To get the low down on the high ground, Gizmag looks back on the highlights of space exploration and technology over the past twelve months.

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Section: Space

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• Rosetta
• NASA
• Spaceflight
• SpaceX
• Ceres
• New Horizons

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Clip-on device gives unplugged electric guitar a sound boost

Noodling away on an unplugged electric guitar is a great way to practice chops any time, day or night. But the raw sound can be a bit disappointing, lacking body and volume. DelSonix says that its clip-on guitar speaker can give a solid body electric a 10 dB sonic boost, which can be directed straight at the player.

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Section: Music

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• Guitar

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Capsules made from seaweed could replace insulin injections

People with type 1 diabetes have to live with daily injections of insulin. As research progresses in this field, scientists are looking into new methods that can free, or at least partially free, patients from regular doses. One such method is pancreatic islet transplantation, something that researchers at Okinawa Institute of Technology and Science Graduate University (OIST) claim they have improved.

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Section: Health and Wellbeing

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• Insulin
• Diabetes

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Samsung pulls three devices out of experimental research lab for CES

Samsung is set to give CES attendees a little glimpse into its research division next week, unveiling for the first time a set of projects underway in its secretive Creative Lab (C-Lab). With the curtain to be pulled back on a weight-managing belt, a VR controller and an ambitiously discrete audio device, Samsung will be looking to gauge the potential for some of its more promising, yet experimental ideas for near-future technologies.

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Section: Wearable Electronics

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• Samsung
• Virtual Reality
• CES 2016

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Standout science and technology in 2015

The blistering advance of technology we are experiencing in the 21st century is nothing short of mind-boggling, and the rate of change being exponential, 2015 was by definition the busiest year yet. So before the Gregorian calendar keels over into 2016, let's take a wander through some of the year's most significant, salutary and attention-grabbing examples of scientific achievement, technological innovation and human endeavor.

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Section: Science

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• Energy
• Quantum
• Light
• 3D Printers
• World Records
• Spaceflight
• Robotics
• Brain

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Vanderhall treads a unique path to weekend fun with three-wheel Laguna

Until now, the Morgan Three Wheeler was the leading option for wealthy petrolheads willing to trade out-and-out laptimes for left-field fun, but Vanderhall is encroaching on the old British manufacturer's turf with its new Laguna.

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Section: Automotive

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• Three-Wheeler
• Carbon Fiber
• Vanderhall

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LG looks to centralize communications between home appliances with SmartThinQ Hub

If the launch of its Internet Refrigerator more than a decade ago didn't get the point across, then its steady stream of other smart fridges, washers and other appliances since certainly did. LG is a big believer in the connected home, and at CES next week it will showcase a new device targeted at those of a similar faith. Its SmartThinQ Hub is designed as a communication center for a home's smart appliances, while serving as a speaker and notification system at the same time.

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Section: Around The Home

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• Smart Home
• CES 2016
• LG
• Internet of Things

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