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Cross-platform fit tech business Fiit, has hit a £1 million crowdfunding target in seven days. Over 1,000 investors have already supported the company’s ambitions on ... More

Rising workplace stress among employees has led companies to increase their investment in incentives as rewards – with wearable fitness gadgets among the most popular ... More

Hollywood icon Tom Hanks has announced the long-awaited opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, with the iconic Hollywood addition set to open on ... More

The Tower of David – Museum of the History of Jerusalem has started offering "mixed and augmented reality" tours that allow visitors to experience key ... More

Porto Architects have created a concept store for a vineyard in Porto, Portugal, that they describe as "blindingly white, minimal and circular." The 90sq m ... More

The Samsung Digital Discovery Centre (SDDC), a technological hub for children and young people at the British Museum, has been reopened following a major refit. ... More

Private equity firm North Castle Partners has taken a stake in at-home fitness and indoor cycling specialist Echelon Fitness. The undisclosed investment will be used ... More

Based inside the former palace of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, Basra Museum has just opened three new galleries – quadrupling its display space following its ... More

Google’s Glass smart wear technology has been resurrected with job productivity in mind, two years on from the company scrapping its original consumer model. The ... More

We wrap up our CLAD review of 2016 with a look at some of the most significant new cultural buildings that have opened this year. ... More

Lazy summer holidays are leading to a significant drop-off in schoolchildren’s fitness levels and hampering efforts to reverse the UK’s physical inactivity epidemic, new research ... More

A mysterious pop-up shop emerged in Tokyo’s famous Harajuku district in May, offering passers-by free vitamin supplements – as well as an educational experience. The ... More

ukactive has called for a major rethink of how children are engaged with physical activity, after new research found almost nine in ten UK parents ... More

Virtual reality will enjoy its first billion-dollar year in 2016, providing new opportunities to businesses that want to create more immersive experiences for consumers, according ... More

Lanzarote’s Museo Atlantico, Europe’s first underwater art museum, is preparing to open 12 metres below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. Divers, snorkelers and visitors ... More

Disney and Creative England have named Liverpool-based tech firm Citrus Suite as the winner of an £80,000 development fund to create an app that inspires ... More

Devices such as iPhones and tablets should be harnessed to create active lifestyles for children, rather than obstruct them, according to ukactive executive director Steven ... More

It seems the word on everyone’s lips at the moment is beacons. Partly because it’s fun to say, but more so because these simple devices ... More

MyLocalPitch, which offers Londoners the chance to search and book sports sessions, has expanded its services by launching an app to better cater for people ... More

The British Music Experience (BME), which since 2009 has called London’s O2 Arena home, is about to position itself as one of the UK’s most ... More

Almost three quarters of primary school teachers expect their pupils to spend the impending summer holidays in front of tablets and TVs, according to Fit ... More

The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is the first aquarium in the world to utilise new proximity-based technology in its facility as part of the ... More

A bus carrying a group of 20 spa resort guests and the driver was reportedly hijacked and robbed outside Atteridgeville, west of Pretoria in South ... More

Doctors from Canadian universities in Montreal have conducted a study to explore the possibility of resetting circadian rhythms – sleep cycles – with the aim ... More

Fast and free, unlimited Wi-Fi tops the wish lists of travellers and ranks higher than getting a good night’s sleep, according to new research. Commissioned ... More