The IPO market may be cooling down for a lot of tech companies, but that doesn't seem to be the case with Atlassian, the business-software maker best known for its Jira and HipChat products.Atlassian, slated to begin trading on the public markets Thursday, set its IPO price at $21 per share, giving it a $4.4 billion valuation.That's a nice boost from the price range Atlassian had originally pro...

Manolios tells us that the device costs less than a dollar.Determining a blood type to ensure compatibility ahead of a transfusion isn't straightforward at the best of times, but in regions of the world where proper medical equipment is unavailable it is nigh on impossible. A new, bioactive piece of paper promises to change that, however, with the ability to analyze just a few drops of blood an...

The tiny temperature sensor on the finger of PhD-student Hao Gao. One of the problems for the smart buildings of tomorrow is that they may depend on some very un-smart wires to power them. To cut the cord, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) researcher Hao Gao, as part of his PhD thesis, has developed a tiny transmitting temperature sensor that is powered by radio waves, eliminating the n...

Tetris House was designed by Janjaap Ruijssenaars of Universe Architecture.Have you ever wanted to change the layout of your house? Well, a new concept from Universe Architecture will let you do so simply and with relative ease. Tetris House is a modular system of blocks that can slot together in a number of different arrangements. Residents can also attach accessories to its façade.The cost o...

Among all US alcoholic beverage producers funded since 2013, 56% were breweries, as the craft beer movement continues its rise.Investors are increasingly taking an interest in the food and beverage landscape including packaged food brands like Exo and Hungry Root. However, with the rise of the craft brewing and distilling movement, will that same appetite extend to the producers of beer, wine,...

Tobii is an innovative Japanese tech company behind eye-tracking technology. They came out strong at the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas debuting a variety of interactive technology for syncing eye movements to control things like games and other electronic devices. While eye-tracking technology isn’t exactly new, Tobii is taking it to the next level in an attempt to...

This design concept for the Future Classroom puts a spin on the futuristic kitchen with an integrated garden.For Electrolux Design Lab, a product designer proposes a future kitchen that will not only grow its own salad and raise fish for protein, but will also teach future generations about healthy meals from the ground (or water) up.Future Classroom, by 24-year-old German design student Tobias...

Water-based “Band-Aid” senses temperature, lights up, and delivers medicine to the skin.MIT engineers have designed what may be the Band-Aid of the future: a sticky, stretchy, gel-like material that can incorporate temperature sensors, LED lights, and other electronics, as well as tiny, drug-delivering reservoirs and channels. The “smart wound dressing” releases medicine in response to chan...

A new service will email users images of the physical envelopes they receive each day, especially helpful when anticipating an urgent letter.Ever wanted to get your paper mail through your email? The U.S. Postal Service is testing a notification service called Informed Delivery so that you can get photographs of the physical mail envelopes you receive each day to your email inbox (just the enve...